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C’s Rewind – How The Northwest Was Lost

Here's a turn back the clock feature.  The Vancouver Canadians hosted Game 1 of the Northwest League final against the Hillsboro Hops on Saturday, September 6, 2014. For the first 2-1/3 innings, all was right in Canadians Nation when the home side jumped out to a 5-0 lead. An RBI single by Franklin Barreto scored … Continue reading C’s Rewind – How The Northwest Was Lost

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MLB Drops The Ball With No Moment Of Silence For Ottawa Shootings

It's disappointing Bud Selig and company chose not to hold a moment of silence prior to Game 2 of the World Series for the shooting tragedy that happened in Ottawa Tuesday morning that claimed the life of reservist soldier Nathan Cirillo. All MLB could muster was this tweet. Here is some of the reaction on … Continue reading MLB Drops The Ball With No Moment Of Silence For Ottawa Shootings

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Nat Bailey Expansion Plans Unveiled

The Vancouver Canadians organization held its annual World Series Parties by inviting Nat Pack and season ticket holders to Nat Bailey Stadium to watch the first two games of the World Series between Kansas City and San Francisco. A big screen TV was set up for folks to watch the game along with the TV … Continue reading Nat Bailey Expansion Plans Unveiled

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Blue Jays Connections To The 2014 World Series

It's been six long days since we've had baseball to watch after San Francisco took care of St. Louis in five games in the NLCS. Kansas City had an extra day off after completing a sweep of Baltimore in the ALCS. I was hoping for a rematch of the 1985 Fall Classic when the Royals … Continue reading Blue Jays Connections To The 2014 World Series

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C’s Release 2015 Schedule & More Seats Added At The Nat

The Vancouver Canadians 2015 schedule is out! Image from CanadiansBaseball.com The same eight teams are back again for another season in the Northwest League but three of the clubs have different major league affiliations. The Boise Hawks are now affiliated with the Colorado Rockies (formerly the Chicago Cubs), the Eugene Emeralds are now property of … Continue reading C’s Release 2015 Schedule & More Seats Added At The Nat

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The 1985 ALCS Revisited

The Kansas City Royals have made it to the World Series for the first time since 1985. That year, the Royals battled back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Toronto Blue Jays to reach the Fall Classic. What really made that painful was Major League Baseball deciding to extend the League Championship Series from … Continue reading The 1985 ALCS Revisited

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Blue Jays 2014 R. Howard Webster Award Winners

As is the tradition during the final Saturday home game of the regular season, the Blue Jays honoured the top players from each of their eight minor league affiliates for the 2014 season. Before handing out the hardware, the Jays paid tribute to the late Jorge Rivera, an amateur scout who helped sign arguably the … Continue reading Blue Jays 2014 R. Howard Webster Award Winners

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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles – September 28/2014

The pitching matchup for the season finale featured R.A. Dickey for the Blue Jays and Miguel Gonzalez for the Orioles. Both pitchers came into this one having given up 25 homers apiece so you might have thought the ball might have been flying out of the yard. However, there was just one home run and … Continue reading Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles – September 28/2014