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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Odds and Ends:
A recurring question always comes up after the MLB Draft each year, who will sign, and who won’t.  This year there have already been 14 players who have signed on the dotted line for the A’s, but I would expect more to come in the next week or two.
The Vancouver Canadians Opening Day [...]

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The first 14 draft picks have been signed by the Oakland Athletics, and will now report to Phoenix, Arizona.  Most of the 14 will be in Vancouver by Thursday night, from what I hear.
3 picks from the top 20 rounds have signed, and they’re all pitchers.
RHP Murphy Smith is from Binghamton, Max Peterson could [...]

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31st round: Out of Puerto Rico, Ian Texidor comes in as a 6′2 3B, who doesn’t really have any info on the World Wide Web.  Texidor is turning 18 this week (Monday to be exact), and will likely report to Arizona should he sign.
32nd round: Oakland’s first pick from UCLA in this draft came for [...]

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Just because the later in the draft it gets, the less info you can find on players, here is a one-post recap on Oakland’s last 11 picks of the draft.
Round 20: After enjoying success both on the gridiron and on the diamond, Tyler Bernard has committed to Baseball from now on, and the A’s 20th [...]

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A young man who "wants to play professional baseball", has been drafted by the name of Max Peterson, and he is from the same school as ex-Canadian Brad Kilby.
Peterson was 7-1 this year, to go along with his 4.55 ERA.  He struck out 62 in 65 and a third, and walked 37.
Last year he [...]

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Oakland’s 16th round selection is a big C/1B from San Dimas, California.  Josh Leyland comes in at a powerful 6′3, 230, and has a big bat that accompanies him.
He once had 3 HR and 10 RBI one game, says his High School Coach Mike Regan, and has apparently been given a Scholarship to play for [...]

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