Superstar Series: 
One of the main attractions for C’s fans last year was the Superstar series, which brought the San Diego Chicken, Fergie Jenkins, Bret Hart and Tim Raines out to ‘The Nat’.  This season the four-game roster has been completely revealed, and it features Bill Buckner, Cecil Fielder, Dave Henderson and Bill ‘Spaceman’ Lee (left).
Henderson [...]

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It’s kind of fitting the 1000th post on Nat Notes (thanks for the support), is announcing a tragedy that has struck the city of Vancouver, the Canadians, and their fans.  How is this fitting?  Well I’m not sure if we’d even be here if it weren’t for Bud Kerr, who passed away last night.  
The [...]

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(opens door, flicks lights on, watches cockroach scarper under the fridge, opens fridge door, throws out some very old milk..)
Oh. You’re still here?
Sorry, I’ve been away for a while. Probably should have left a note. Wow, dusty in here, huh?
It was a bit of a blah season for me last year. Didn’t connect with the [...]

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It might not have had a sell-out crowd, or a Canadians victory, but all-in-all it was a great night for baseball last night, at the Nat.  The one down-side, or questionable thing, from last night, was why there were so many TV crews and camera crews, yet there were absolutely no highlights of the team [...]

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For baseball fans in Vancouver, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and the baseball game at Nat Bailey, Christmas morning.  It should be a great day of baseball, and it has some phenomenal players, involved.  I’ll get to that in a second.  Here’s your basic information for tomorrow’s game.
Who: The Vancouver Canadians versus the Tri-City Dust Devils.
Where: [...]

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Last season at The Nat, on one of the many fine afternoons I sat next to one Bud Kerr, self-professed baseball historian and ladies man, he mentioned that the annual meeting of the local baseball statheads had taken place at the stadium.
"Damn it, I forgot that was coming up," I said.
"You should have been there," [...]

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Whenever folks from out of town ask about the history of Nat Bailey Stadium, folks normally point them to Sir Bud Kerr, Esq., the self-appointed club historian.
Bud’s routine never gets old, as he perches himself behind home plate, kicks off the oxygen mask, pats the bench next to him and regales Chuck from Brooklyn or [...]

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