Following in suit of the BC Lions and Vancouver Canucks, two local teams that hold annual sales to clean out un-sold merchandise, the Vancouver Canadians will be holding a blowout sale of their own this upcoming weekend.  On Sunday, between 12 and 2 PM, the Team Store will be open, with Bob Brown Bear and Santa Claus in tow, to sell C’s merchandise, although it won’t be game worn apparel.

Hats will start from $15, and T-Shirts will be as cheap as a 5 dollar bill.  Don’t miss it, and don’t forget to bring a non-perishable donation, for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. 

Schedules, Schedules and more Schedules:

Each year, one of the number one questions that is probably asked to the Vancouver Canadians Front Office Staff, comes to promotions.  When, who and when can I get tickets.  While the promotional aspect of the 2009 schedule won’t be out for another few months, the game schedule is out, and after combining different schedules from all the NWL teams, Nat Notes has the schedules for not only the C’s, but also the UBC Thunderbirds.

Vancouver Canadians 2009 schedule:

Home games in BOLD

Saturday June 20th-Monday June 22nd EVERETT AQUASOX

Tuesday June 23rd-Saturday June 27th at Tri-City Dust Devils

Sunday June 28th-Friday July 3rd SALEM KEIZER VOLCANOES

Saturday July 4th-Wednesday July 8th at Spokane Indians

Friday July 10th-Tuesday July 14th BOISE HAWKS

Wednesday July 15th-Friday July 17th at Everett Aquasox

Saturday July 18th-Wednesday July 22th at Yakima Bears

Thursday July 23rd-Monday July 27th SPOKANE INDIANS

Wednesday July 29th-Sunday August 2nd at Boise Hawks

Monday August 3rd-Friday August 7th YAKIMA BEARS

Saturday August 8th-Monday August 10th at Salem Keizer Volcanoes

Tuesday August 11th-Thursday August 13th EUGENE EMERALDS

Friday August 14th-Tuesday August 18th TRI-CITY DUST DEVILS

Thursday August 20th-Saturday August 22nd at Eugene Emeralds

Sunday August 23rd-Tuesday August 25th at Salem Keizer Volcanoes

Wednesday August 26th-Friday August 28th at Eugene Emeralds

Saturday August 29th-Monday August 31st EUGENE EMERALDS

Tuesday September 1st-Thursday September 3rd at Everett Aquasox

Friday September 4th-Sunday September 6th EVERETT AQUASOX

I have mixed feelings about the schedule.  I like opening at home with a divisional series, especially with the first two games being weekend ones, and I like even more having the 6 games against Everett to close out the season again, but I don’t like how we play Salem 6 times at the start of the year.  Traditionally, Oakland hasn’t had the best crop of players for the first two or three weeks, and facing the team that has dominated the West for so many years that many times in less than a week, is a bit troublesome.

I hate the fact we’re playing 9 games on the road in August, but that’s minor league ball for you.  The 8-game homestand is back, with Eugene and Tri-City playing here, and this year the C’s will get 3 off-days.

UBC Thunderbirds Baseball:

Home games in BOLD

February 11th at Simpson University 4:00 PM

February 12th at Fresno Pacific University 2:00 PM

February 13th at Concordia-Irvine 2:00 PM

February 14th at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1:00 PM

February 15th at Redlands 1:00 PM

February 16th at Occidental College 2:00 PM

February 17th and 18th at Westmount College 2:00 PM

February 20th and 21st at Patten College (Conference Series 1)

February 28th and March 1st at Concordia (Conference Series 2)

March 6th, 7th and 8th at Lewis-Clark State College

March 9th at Washington State (NCAA Division I) 3:30 PM

March 13th and 14th Corban College (Conference Series 3)

March 21st and 22nd at College of Idaho (Conference Series 4)

March 25th at University of Puget Sound 3:00 PM

March 28th and 29th Concordia (Conference Series 5)

April 3rd and 4th Bethany (Conference Series 6)

April 7th at Washington 6:00 PM

April 11th and 12th College of Idaho (Conference Series 7)

April 17th and 18th at Corban College (Conference Series 8)

April 26th (DH) and 27th Lewis-Clark State

UBC has a fairly good schedule, with two NCAA Division I schools (Washington and Washington State) as well as 6 games against NAIA Champion Lewis-Clark State.

Now there have been some changes to UBC’s conference situation, I’ll post more about that this weekend.