After a very promising series victory against the NWL First-Place Spokane Indians, things were beginning to look very promising for Vancouver Canadians fans.  However, a series loss to Salem-Keizer now has Vancouver 8 games back of the Volcanoes.  The C’s still have 20 games remaining in the short NWL season, and if they pull of [...]

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With the NWL season coming to a close, the Oakland A’s decided to bring up RHP Mathieu LeBlanc-Poirier to the Vancouver Canadians, making the Quebec native the first Canadian-born player to play for the C’s since Steven Ryder-Carter in 2005.  LeBlanc-Poirier is expected to make his C’s debut later on this homestand, as the Canadians [...]

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Strong Salem-Keizer pitching, mixed with Vancouver having a so-so middle innings, saw the Volcanoes win the finale of a three-game set with the C’s.  Ronny Morla hurled for the C’s, while the defence had Mitch LeVier, Jareck West, Jeremy Barfield, Rodney Rutherford, Jason Christian, Francisco Tirado and Dusty Napoleon.  Julio Rivera completed the battery with [...]

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After a tough loss Tuesday night to Salem-Keizer, the Vancouver Canadians were looking to rebound in Game Two of a three-game set.  The C’s sent Shawn Haviland out to the mound, as the Harvard Grad looked to pick up his second win of the short Northwest League season.
The Canadians lineup had David Thomas, Mitch LeVier [...]

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So in Spokane I had one of the funnest times you could have watching baseball on the road, with a baseball team that really does know how to come up with clutch hits (Hey Jareck!), timely pitching (Hector+Mike), and good intentional walking skills, even though the at-bat ends with a wild pitch that scores the [...]

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Two words describe why there were no post-game reports from Spokane: Slow. Internet.  My goodness, it was terrible.  Loading a single web page took as long as 5 minutes, before I gave up hope.  
So you get a batch of 4 post-game reports today.  Lucky readers. :)
Game 1 we missed, but I posted the report [...]

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I’m in Everett right now, and tomorrow will be going to Spokane to watch the remaining 4 games of the series with the Indians.  So, this is the press release from the C’s website, but expect Nat Notes recaps starting tomorrow.
(Avista Stadium – Spokane, WA) – The Vancouver Canadians continued their struggles on the diamond [...]

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