When I used to coach high school soccer teams, there was one rule that I always drummed in to the kids from day one; anticipate the error. Always anticipate the error. Even if your opposite number only makes one mistake per game, if you’re anticipating that mistake, you can turn that single slip-up into a [...]

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Since this blog began, all of two weeks ago, traffic on the site has steadily increased to a crazy extent. First day it was up we got 31 people to come look. Second day it was 60. Third day - 158. It took six days to get to 1000 users, and just today we cracked [...]

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Could there be anythig worse for a pitching staff than when you combine to concede only one single run over nine innings, and you still get beaten? Well, I guess conceding 18 runs would suck more, or breaking a hip bending down to pick up a rudimentary groundball. Finding out your grandmother died during the [...]

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Plenty of reasons to be cheerful out there if you’re a fan of the Canadians, with several of last year’s alumni making moves up the system towards the big leagues.
Jason Windsor: After a solid start in Advanced A-Stockton and an even better start in AA Midland, Jason Windsor has recovered from an arm injury and [...]

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The mark of a great team is when skilled opponents play well, your team plays like crap, and the other guys still get their asses handed to them. That’s been the tale of the tape for the Vancouver Canadians this past week, as they’ve squeaked out wins in the most unlikely of places. They beat [...]

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Picture it - you’re fresh out of high school and you’ve been drafted by the Oakland Athletics. You’re stoked, ready to do battle with the big guys and prove you have good stuff. You’re sent to Vancouver, where you sleep in an old woman’s basement by night, and train, train, train and play by day. [...]

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A fellow C’s fan, who we know only as ‘ZoomLens‘, went along to the game last Wednesday, and asked if we’d like to post his/her pictures from the game. The answer was, of course, a big yes!
Check these out - they’re really solid examples of sports photojournalism.
Second baseman Isaac Omura hurdles a sliding Travis Becktel [...]

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