After Notes From the Nat explained the minor league rosters yesterday, another minor league list came out, and it’s not a good one.  The dreaded ‘Extended Spring Training’ roster came out Monday, and there are many ex-Canadians who will be staying at Papago Park until a spot opens up for them with one of the [...]

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After writing this one the weekend, my computer froze so I’m writing this again - hopefully with a better result.
Anyone who has ever been to Spring Training and complained about anything they experienced, should really think twice.  The 9 days I was down there I had one complaint, and it was that it rained for [...]

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The stars of the C’s from years 2002 to 2007 are all over Arizona right now, and some familiar names were yesterday not just notching hits, but also runs, RBIs and even homers while wearing Oakland green.
As part of an 11-6 loss to the Texas Rangers, ‘07 Vancouver Canadians star, Uptown Corey Brown [seen right], [...]

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After a minor-league filled day on Saturday, today’s game we went to was a major league bout between the Oakland A’s and Texas Rangers. The starting pitchers were Oakland’s top prospect Gio Gonzalez, and for the Rangers, Sidney Ponson.
Oakland put some-what of a B-Squad on the diamond, facing Texas’ A-Lineup.
Oakland had the following batting order:
LF [...]

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For anyone who’s ever been to Spring Training before, you can feel my excitement.  The cactus on the roads, the canyons in the distance, and the smell of baseball on every corner.  There is no better place to be.
Today was my first day at my first Spring Training, and was a great way to start [...]

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2005 Vancouver Canadians third base standout, Jeff ‘Buttah’ Baisley, is doing more than signing autographs in major league spring training.
He’s hitting .667 at the moment (granted, we’re talking small sample size), and today he knocked in the tying and winning runs in a pinch-hit appearance to get the Athletics home in a 2-1 squeaker [...]

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Notes From The Nat has been giving the Oakland A’s a lot of writing time as of late, and why not?  Their spring training schedule has started, going 1-1 heading into Saturday’s match-up against Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants, and all signs are pointing to a better season in 2008.
Today, as Oakland hits [...]

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