28/04/08: Around the Horn: The Chicken to cluck once more at Nat Bailey; C’s name Hitting Coach

Posted in April 28th, 2008
by Jeremy in 2008, Baseball News, Between The Innings, Meet The Staff, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

After the 2007 visit of the Famous Chicken to Nat Bailey Stadium was dubbed ‘his final’, the Chicken will cluck once more, heading to Nat Bailey on July 23rd, when the Canadians play against the Yakima Bears.  Maybe this will be his actual ‘farewell tour’, but for the sake of Canadians fans, let’s hope not.  […]

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Random thoughts on a slow news week

Posted in April 15th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Rants'n'Raves, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

* The Oakland "Baby A’s" are on a tear right now, and as a Vancouver Canadians fan, I can’t help but point out to all MLB fans I know in the area that half the team that just kicked the ass of both Toronto and Cleveland, played at Nat Bailey Stadium in the last handful […]

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The Spring break round-up: It’s getting old; Harden K’s 9 en route to victory

Posted in March 26th, 2008
by Jeremy in 2008, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, Meet The Staff, Newswire, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

I’m back from Phoenix, where 9 days in baseball heaven has me even more pumped for June 17th than I already was.  I wrote a very long post Monday afternoon about everything I encountered at Papago Park and everything else baseball, and then when I hit Submit my computer froze.  Give me a couple more […]

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