Vancouver bats were all but silent over six innings of tonight’s game
against NWL West strugglers the Eugene Emeralds, notcing only two hits
over the first 2/3 of the game. Eugene, on the other hand, managed to
score an early run off starting pitcher Joe Piekarz (left), which put abundant
pressure on the C’s as, down south, division co-leading [...]

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With the fearsome Jimmy Shull (3-2, 2.36) on the mound for Vancouver,
all the C’s should have needed to register a win was 3 or 4 runs
against the Everett AquaSox, if they wanted to hold their one-game lead
over Salem-Kaizer.
Alas, 3 or 4 runs seemed to be a challenge beyond tonight’s Vancouver Canadians,
as they left TEN MEN [...]

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Those who have been watching the end of the AZL season and licking
their lips at the thought of who might be promoted to help the C’s with
their playoffs push might well be disappointed.
The new additions are Andre Piper-Jordan, and Frank Martinez.
Piper-Jordan, an outfielder, has played in the AZL all season, and his stats are as [...]

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Word coming from people positioned highly in the NWL right now is that
the farm directors of the major league clubs are giving serious thought
to making some fairly huge shifts in how the rookie leagues work.
I can’t give you names, and I can’t give you definite specifics, but
acting on advance word from someone involved with [...]

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Tonight on the mound for Vancouver, Michael Madsen (no, not the actor,
the gunslinging minor league pitching prospect who leads the NWL in ERA
- thanks for asking), owner of a record of 5-1, with a 1.85 ERA, 11
walks and 52 strikeouts on 68.0 innings pitched, towered over Everett’s
hitters like a Colussus. Then he throw lots of [...]

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Tonight’s game, the first of the Everett road series, pitted the Vancouver Canadians‘
Jeff Gray (3-2, 2.70, 4BB, 21k) against the Everett Aquasox’ Jeff
Gilmore (4-1, 4.84, 10BB, 47K) in a match-up that the C’s REALLY needed
to win.
With a strong line-up scheduled to start for the C’s, and a healthy
pitcher out on the mound, this was do [...]

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So I did a little looking through the box scores of the last three or
four days to try to figure out why Jeff Baisley hasn’t played since
Saturday night, and things are starting to get a little weird.
First off, Baisley isn’t injured, according to C’s staff. He’s got no
niggling knocks and pains, so he’s been sat [...]

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