C’s alumni dominating Midwest and California; C’s hold auditions

Posted in May 29th, 2009
by Jeremy in 2009, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, History, In The System, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

There have been plenty of great baseball players to play for the Vancouver Canadians over the past 30 years, including the likes of Sammy Sosa, Garrett Anderson and Troy Glaus.  What’s the difference between them and the Single-A studs we have now a days patrolling ‘The Nat’?  For one thing, those guys were just one [...]

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Odds and Ends: Canadians site, UBC T-Birds, Alumni

Posted in May 14th, 2009
by Jeremy in 2009, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, In The System, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, UBC Thunderbirds, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

Canadiansbaseball.com
If you’ve regularly followed the Canadians official homepage this off-season, you’ll have noticed a few changes yesterday, when they switched to the (I would guess) mandatory MILB.com format which will soon house the sites of all MILB teams.  I think it looks great, and am still loving the header at the top of the page.
It’s [...]

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All the goods wrapped into one

Posted in April 16th, 2009
by Jeremy in 2009, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, In The System, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, UBC Thunderbirds, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

Whatever it is I did to piss off the Word Press staff, please tell me.  4 drafts, all with no writing in them anymore.  Two were from Arizona, the other two on UBC and the A’s Minor Leagues respectively.  I don’t know what is up, so I’ll dish out some time now to get it [...]

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Introducing the newest Blue Jay: Kevin Melillo

Posted in June 7th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

Advice to Blue Jays press corps: Melillo gets REALLY pissy if you spell his name wrong.
So our post from a few days ago, suggesting that Melillo getting kicked off the 40-man roster would be a good thing for his career, turned out to be true.
Today, the Toronto Blue jays offered the A’s a cash deal [...]

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Minor league rosters set

Posted in March 31st, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Newswire, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

The Oakland A’s set their minor league rosters today for all teams from low-A to AAA, and there are few surprises.
Triple-A: Sacramento Rivercats of the Pacific Coast League
Pitchers
Blevins, Jerry
Braden, Dallas
Cate, Troy
Devine, Joey
Gonzalez, Gio
Gray, Jeff
Kilby, Brad
Knox, Brad
Saarloos, Kirk
Smith, Greg
Wing, Ryan
Ziegler, Brad
Catchers
Knoedler, Justin
Powell, Landon
Ortiz, Gabriel
Infielders
Baisley, Jeff
Bankston, Wes
Conrad, Brooks
Cornejo, Eddie
Petit, Gregorio
Rogowski, Casey
Outfielders
Fiorentino, Jeff
Gonzalez, Carlos
Linden, Todd
Robnett, Richie
Surprises: None. [...]

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Short Hops: Off-season news roundup

Posted in October 11th, 2007
by Oz in 2007, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, Draft, Meet The Staff, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Roster changes, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

KEOUGH FINDING FORM IN INSTRUCTS: Oakland A’s Instructionals are underway, which means the best of the class of 2007 (and beyond) are in a field in Arizona being told to shift their feet and raise their elbows.
Scout.com has an interview with Oakland Farm Director Keith Lieppman, in which he says Shane Keough is showing some [...]

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