Shortstop Grant Green is considered to be one of the best defensive players in this years Major League Baseball player draft. In fact, he was projected to be selected with one of the top three picks.
Oakland got him at #13. They got lucky.
But Vancouver baseball fans, who eagerly watch Oakland’s draft results to see [...]

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With three seasons under his belt at the University of British Columbia, playing for the T-Birds baseball program, Mark Hardy has quickly become one of Canada’s top baseball prospects, heading into next month’s MLB Draft.  The draft has been the day to best describe someone’s baseball career to that point.  It can make you, or [...]

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It’ll be a historical week for the UBC Thunderbirds who are hoping for their 2nd appearance to the NAIA World Series.  This week marks the opening round of (I believe) the inaugural NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round.  
It is a 5-team double-knockout tournament that goes from today through Friday.  There are 9 of these [...]

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‘Thunderball’
It has been the perfect start to 2009 for the UBC Thunderbirds Baseball team, who are in great shape for the Conference Season, as their record as of Monday is 8-1 (4-0).  Why the great start?  Well the UBC pitching staff has been excellent and the top half of the lineup, plus Mike Elias have [...]

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