Ah yes, the curse of the crowd as it has been known to C’s fans, that whenever a game has a big crowd, the Canadians almost always lose.  
Such was the case Tuesday and Wednesday, as neither Joselito Adames or Ricardo Penalba could do much against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, of NWL dominance.
The #1 and #2 [...]

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One night after losing 5-0 to the dreaded Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the boys of summer came back and shellacked the opposition, 14-0.  No typo.
So how big of a beating was that?  Well to give you an example of how unlikely it was, the biggest margin of defeat last year was 8 runs, in the back half [...]

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Heading into Thursday night’s contest with Vancouver, you would have to think the Tri-City Dust Devils were as confident as ever, being 5-0.  Vancouver had the same feeling, with a record of 2-3, because a pair of new draft picks made their debuts Thursday night, including 6th rounder Ryan Ortiz, behind the plate.
Visiting Lineup:
CF Tyreace [...]

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Monday the 22nd:
After a tight victory to even up their season opening series against Everett, the Vancouver Canadians looked to build on their momentum gained Sunday, and defeat the Aquasox Monday night in front of a somewhat smaller crowd.
One ‘big’ lineup change occurred, in that Jose Crisostomo was inserted into RF instead of Conner Crumbliss [...]

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It may have taken two games, but the Vancouver Canadians are back in the win column, and if you go back to last season, they have won 6 of their last 8 games in total.
Last night’s offence was driven by Rashun Dixon, who accounted for the only run-scoring hit (a solo HR), and today was [...]

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Crowd to be a factor:
For the second time in three seasons, the Vancouver Canadians have a sellout for Opening Day, and with clouds expected to clear in the next three or so hours, it will be a great night for Canadians baseball.
The last time the season opener was soldout was in 2007.
Most of these players [...]

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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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