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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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Every baseball team has its traditions. At Safeco Field, you’ve gotta do the sushi. In Cincinnati, you’ve got to do the smokies. In New York, when watching the Yankees, you’ve got to be an ignorant douchebag. In LA, you have to leave during the seventh inning stretch, and in Toronto, you have to say, "Who [...]

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Baseball fans in the lower mainland come in two varieties – those who bought their tickets early for tonight’s home opener at Nat Bailey Stadium, and those who won’t be allowed in.
The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club have announces that tonight’s June 20th season opener vs. the Everett Aquasox is sold out.
But that doesn’t mean [...]

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I didn’t think it would come out three days before Opening Day, so expected to have more time on my hands in advance of Saturday, so the Top 5 list will be a ‘recap 5 list’, that will come out later this week in one post.
The new roster is the one that will be used [...]

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Odds and Ends:
A recurring question always comes up after the MLB Draft each year, who will sign, and who won’t.  This year there have already been 14 players who have signed on the dotted line for the A’s, but I would expect more to come in the next week or two.
The Vancouver Canadians Opening Day [...]

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The first 14 draft picks have been signed by the Oakland Athletics, and will now report to Phoenix, Arizona.  Most of the 14 will be in Vancouver by Thursday night, from what I hear.
3 picks from the top 20 rounds have signed, and they’re all pitchers.
RHP Murphy Smith is from Binghamton, Max Peterson could [...]

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Seeing as how last season none of Oakland’s picks after Round 33 signed with the big club, I’m not going to go into detail on Rounds 41-50.  I honestly believe only one will sign, just seeing as how they’re sophomores, or younger.
Bobby Crosby’s little brother Blake was drafted, and will probably sign, so the A’s [...]

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