Odds and Ends: Draft, Ladies, Hall of Fame and more

Posted in June 7th, 2009
by Jeremy in 2009, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, Draft, History, In The System, Meet The Staff, Misc, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

2009 MLB Draft:
 

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week all culminate to a ‘three-day Christmas’ in my books, as they mark the annual MLB First-Year Player Draft.  This 50-round draft will bring in most of the 2009 Vancouver Canadians, and each year Nat Notes has brought you up-to-the minute Draft Blogging.  

This year will be [...]

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I just became a Vancouver Canucks fan.

Posted in April 25th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Baseball News, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics

For the last few days, Vancouver Canucks hockey fans have been falling over themselves wondering what the new GM, Mike Gillis, is going to point to as his executive philosophy going forward. 
Will he be an attack-oriented GM? Will he be a grit-meister? Will he look for the team to play a speed game? Will he [...]

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The good trade that just keeps getting better

Posted in April 10th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Baseball News, Oakland Athletics

Back when Mark Mulder was part of ‘The Big Three’ in Oakland, the general consensus was that Oakland was sitting on World Series potential pitching talent.
Then, one night a few years ago, Oakland GM Billy Beane tore it all down. In a heartbeat, and there were a few skipped that night, I assure you, both [...]

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