When he played in Vancouver in 2004, I had a lot of time for Tommy Everidge. 
T-Mobile took a little time to warm up to the presence of a tape recorder under his nose, but once Benny Winslow started dishing the inside scoop on nicknames (Super Mario!), the big first baseman from Santa Rosa started talking [...]

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The Vancouver Canadians haven’t got a long and glorious past when it comes to marketing.
Sure, they tried for many years to break through the Vancouver sporting press embargo on anything not rhyming with ‘eye sockey’, but they did it with baby-steps and mis-steps more often than not, and a distinct lack of vision; at least [...]

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As we mentioned a few posts back, the Calgary Vipers have left the Northern League and joined the Golden Baseball League. 
Now, I’m not going to say they’re a rinky-dink organization, but…
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself. That sure changed this [...]

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It’s been a long time coming, but the Canadians have finally revealed their new 2008 jerseys, to the public.  While I’m not as keen on the road jerseys as I am the alternate black and home white, these jerseys are still a huge step forward from the variations of team jerseys since the short-season inception [...]

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Congratulations, Gregorio Petit!
From the official release:

OAKLAND — The Oakland A’s today recalled infielder Gregorio Petit from Triple-A Sacramento and placed right-handed pitcher Santiago Casilla on the 15-day disabled list with soreness in his right elbow.
Petit was batting .304 with no home runs and 15 RBI in 37 games with Sacramento this year, all at shortstop. [...]

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There’s an election coming up for the city of Vancouver, and traditionally that matters to most people about as much as what’s playing on the Lifetime Channel tonight at 2am.

But if you’re a sports fan in this city, politics matter at the local level, and the fact that Nat Bailey Stadium exists, and has been [...]

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I’ll admit that when the Golden Baseball League came to fruition, I laughed my ass off at what I was sure would follow.
‘There’s no way this thing is going to work,’ I said. After all, the single-ownership model has just never worked out well, historically.
And the embarrassingly short-lived Canadian Baseball League would be a [...]

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