Jeremy Barfield is a familiar name for most C’s fans, as he prowled Nat Bailey Stadium last summer, exploding with the best offensive campaign on the team.  After a MWL-record-tying night at the dish last night, going 3-4 with 3 HR’s and 7 RBI, Barfield talked to Nat Notes after his Wednesday game was rained [...]

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NOTE: Photo credit to Bob Broughton, tbirdbaseball.net
Vancouver Canadians fans were pleasantly surprised when OF Jeremy Barfield showed up at Nat Bailey Stadium this summer, the son of Blue Jay great Jesse Barfield.
While I don’t think some of the expectations made were fair to the youngest of the Barfield baseball trio, he certainly did well [...]

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When scanning a roster of the Vancouver Canadians, one name sticks out.  Barfield, Jeremy.  Look at the stats, and they’re very respectable numbers beside his name, but if you watch him bat, or play in the field, he’s playing much better than the stats say.
Take last Thursday afternoon for example.  He hit a foul ball [...]

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In May, the Canadians welcomed Rob Fai as the Media Relations Manager, in addition to being the broadcaster for the club on the Team 1040.  Fai was already known to Vancouver residents because of a sports-related background.
Maybe you heard about him when he was doing Canadians broadcasts on Shaw TV?  Maybe you met him way [...]

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Justin Frash reminds me a lot of Isaac Omura. The two share a lot of characteristics – they’re both infielders, they both played for the C’s (Omura in 2005, Frash this season), they’re both short (in pro ball terms, at least), they both attended the University of Hawaii, they both wear/wore the number 4, and [...]

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One of the great things about the change of scenery at Nat Bailey Stadium this season has been the phenomenal job being done by the retooled and ultra-professional C’s media department.
It’s gotten so that I know that if I miss a game, I can turn on CTV news and get a scoreline, or I [...]

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After Monday’s game, when Junkball Jenkins ripped through the opposition like a man possessed, he had a few words with Canadians radio caller, Rob Fai.
What follows is a (very, very) rough transcript, so you can get a little more insight into how the kid operates.
Q: You seem to line hitters up by going after [...]

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