Nat Notes has been running a daily feature for the ‘Player of the Game’ for each hitter and pitcher that we feel did the best on a given night for the Canadians, based on the stats, and judging by how we saw them play.  At the end of each month we’ll add up that respective [...]

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Ah yes, the curse of the crowd as it has been known to C’s fans, that whenever a game has a big crowd, the Canadians almost always lose.  
Such was the case Tuesday and Wednesday, as neither Joselito Adames or Ricardo Penalba could do much against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, of NWL dominance.
The #1 and #2 [...]

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One night after losing 5-0 to the dreaded Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the boys of summer came back and shellacked the opposition, 14-0.  No typo.
So how big of a beating was that?  Well to give you an example of how unlikely it was, the biggest margin of defeat last year was 8 runs, in the back half [...]

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If there was any game that the Canadians would lose, albeit by form of a shutout, I knew it would be last night.  Last night, just 14 hours after the boys returned from a 6-hour or so bus ride back from Tri-City.  It was a good game til the 9th, but you really couldn’t expect [...]

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Happy reading.
10. Rashun Dixon: The Bullet has thrown out runners in three straight games, good enough for the Northwest League lead, one ahead of teammate Tyreace House among others, and is the lone C to hit a HR this year.  He is batting .417 at Nat Bailey this year, in three games.  The 18 year [...]

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After losing three of the first four games in their opening road series at Tri-City, the Vancouver Canadians turned to one of the best pitchers on the roster to get them back on the winning track, in advance of their series against the Salem Keizer Volcanoes, that I’m predicting will be the biggest series of [...]

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I didn’t want to jinx it after Sunday’s game, when Ricardo Penalba pitched arguably the best game of the season for Vancouver, but even if the young RHP pitched phenomenally, he reminded me a bit of Leo Martinez (left), the #2 starter from 2007.
Leo was a big southpaw who pitched two great games to open [...]

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