After an MVP Season in Vancouver, just a year after a scary incident running into an outfield wall in the Arizona League, Javier Herrera had two things follow him on his ascent to the big leagues: Injuries and Steroids.
Yes, Herrera (left) was actually juiced in Vancouver, and then was promptly suspended 15 games for it [...]

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Whatever it is I did to piss off the Word Press staff, please tell me.  4 drafts, all with no writing in them anymore.  Two were from Arizona, the other two on UBC and the A’s Minor Leagues respectively.  I don’t know what is up, so I’ll dish out some time now to get it [...]

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So after writing my last post, the next time I fired up the internet at the hotel, I was writing my post, and the internet just stops working as I frantically hit ‘Publish’.  I try again, this time hit ‘Save’, and "you are not connected to the internet".  Well that’s just great.  I’m home now, [...]

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I never got around to a game report for yesterday’s nooner, but here’s the crib notes version: Errors killed a strong pitching outing.
That about sums it up.
The C’s managed nine hits and four runs, and the pitching staff held Salem-Keizer close, with Andrew Bailey giving up only three hits and two earned runs over [...]

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