I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while, but the urge really ramped up when Bobby from The Future of A’s Baseball blog announced he was shutting his site down - we need more minor league blogs out there.
More than that, we need more minor league club-specific blogs out there. All over North […]

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Tonight, Saddam Hussein was executed for crimes against humanity. Of course, no tears should be shed for this high level scumbag, tyrant, and war criminal, but while we spit on his still-warm corpse, it’s imperative that we don’t forget how he got into power.
See that picture on the left? That’s recently-fired Bush Secretary of Defense, […]

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I’LL GIVE $50 TO THE FIRST GUY THAT PLUNKS HIM 
News has come to hand that Sammy Sosa, one-time Vancouver Canadian, steroid user and baseball history abuser, wants someone to give him a shot at the 2007 season. 
"I feel like I did when I was a rookie," Sosa told The Associated
Press. "I have a lot of […]

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SHAWN CALLAHAN - 2005 Vancouver Canadians Catcher/3B
During
the 2005 season, nobody showed more versatility than catcher Shawn
Callahan. Realizing that, with Ty Bubalo and Anthony Recker clamoring
for a spot as catcher, his face time would be limited, Cally went out
and turned his arm at third base a few times when the team needed
infield help, doing a pretty […]

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JOSH BEAUREGARD  - 2004 Vancouver Canadians OF
During the 2004 ball season, one of my favorite guys to watch at Nat Bailey Stadium was Josh Beauregard. A utility outfielder who seemed to be living the dream with every swing of the bat, he was the guy called upon if the team needed a late inning steal […]

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It always rains hardest after a few weeks of sunshine, and nobody knows that better than Mark ‘Tiger’ Kiger, 2002 Vancouver Canadians infielder and currently unemployed professional baseballer.
Kiger made history this season when he was promoted from AA Midland to the major league Oakland Athletics during the American League Championship Series, taking the spot of […]

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Last year, the Glib Globe and Mail ran a piece about watching a ballgame at Nat Bailey Stadium that indicated that you’d have to be fairly nuts to enjoy yourself there, though it’s nice to know some do. Reaction to the piece in the Canadians community ranged between begrudging acceptance and full-on annoyance, and with […]

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