Every summer up in Vancouver, when the half an inch of winter snow has melted, and the spring rains have long swept over the Rockies, a group of young men from different nations gather within the historic confines of Nat Bailey Stadium to play a little baseball.

They inevitably call themselves the Vancouver Canadians. And we, the baseball fans of Vancouver, British Columbia, pay a little money to watch.

Notes From The Nat is the chronicle of their exploits - a place where Vancouver baseball fan, visiting coach, lowly-paid employee and hard-working player can kick back, throw some anonymous wisdom about, and be mocked roundly for their haircuts and/or hockey allegiances.

Things you won’t find here, though we know from our server data that people have come to the site looking for them:

  • Vancouver Canucks (sorry, but they get the other 99.9% of Vancouver’s sporting press, so they’ll just have to learn to live with their banishment here)
  • Canadian Tire (hey, we love an $8 power drill as much as the next guy, but we don’t sell ‘em here)
  • Vancouver Canadian border information (suffice to say, ‘easier than getting into the US’)
  • Jobs in Vancouver Canada (we could use some help with the vacuuming, but not on a full-time basis)
  • Vancouver Canadian pharmacy (you wanna buy some cheap Cialis? Barely used…)
  • Vancouver Canadian hotel (try Priceline - seriously)
  • Vancouver Canadiens (try Montreal)
  • Montreal Canadians (try Vancouver)
  • Granville Island Vancouver (at least until they build that waterfront stadium…)
  • Vancouver salaries (If you work in construction, seriously, get out here pronto)
  • Vancouver AAA (oh, we can dream)
  • Vancouver Giants (the kids can play, they just don’t play here)
  • Vancouver NBA (hahahaha! Bwaaaahahaha!)
  • Vancouver Cascade little league (there are days when this would make sense, but…)
  • Baseball in Vancouver Washington (isn’t it time they got their own name down there?)
  • Vancouver real estate (keyword: expensive)
  • Vancouver Voodoo (who would have thought professional roller hockey wouldn’t take off?)
  • Stadium seats (you can’t have them - they’re attached)
  • Links to Armenian nightclubs and strippers (for those, you’d have to look for the previous domain we had, which was swiped by an Eastern European spammer - adjust your bookmarks accordingly)

Things you WILL find here:

  • Short-season minor league Low-A Northwestern League (NWL) baseball, played at Nat Bailey Stadium, in affiliation with the major league Oakland Athletics, during the beautiful days of Vancouver’s summer months.
  • Snark.

We’ve been doing this since 2004, but baseball in Vancouver has been about for over a century, so we’re doing our best to ensure that the next hundred years will be far better reported than the last. 

Stick around. Mourn the mini-donuts.