After being swept by the Eugene Emeralds, the Vancouver Canadians were virtually eliminated from NWL Post-season contention.  Even after a series opening victory against the Everett Aquasox, the C’s fate is still gloomy.  Heading into Sunday’s NWL action, the C’s are tied with the Aquasox for last place in the West Division, 8 games back [...]

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Suzanna Ahearne of the Vancouver Sun profiled C’s pitching coach Jimmy Escalante in yesterday’s ‘Westcoast’ section of the Vancouver Sun.  You can read the full article, here.  
Young pitchers working with Escalante don’t just get the opportunity for intensive coaching in their mother tongue, a great leg-up in itself, but also have in Escalante a [...]

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A week ago, the Canadians were closer to 10 games back of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, but now, they’re just six away from the first-place powerhouse.  Would it take a miracle for Vancouver to get into the playoffs?  Yes, but they’re still not out of the picture entirely.  
Vancouver is on the bus heading to Eugene [...]

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Two new players have flown into Vancouver, and were in uniform for game time last night.  The one player, is a 2008 returnee.  He started the year with the C’s, got promoted to Kane County, hit .333 and then got injured on July 14th.  He’s back now, in Vancouver, and is a catcher named Juan [...]

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When you’re 8 games back going into the final 5-game series of the season, you might ask yourself, "Why am I doing this,"?  Well, the 2008 Canadians didn’t and picked up a 3-1 victory over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.  Thanks to the stellar pitching of Pedro Figueroa, and the amazing bat David Thomas had on the [...]

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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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