It’s Head of the Class season: New group of 2013 honourees will join alums...
VANCOUVER — Here in the sports department at The Province, when it comes to our coverage of high school and university sports in B.C., it’s all about a four-season labour of love. First comes the fall...
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Stories of the week: The Amazin’ Astros: The Houston Astros are setting themselves up for a season of futility unseen in Major League baseball for 50 years, after they dropped five of their first six...
View ArticleThe Baseball Blog – week two
Story of the week Atlanta Braves win 10 in a row: The Washington Nationals were the consensus pick to win the NL East this season, but if the early going is any indication, the Atlanta Braves are the...
View ArticleThe Baseball Blog, week three in the Majors
Historical ineptitude? The five worst teams in baseball – the Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres – have a combined record of 26-74, and are all on pace...
View ArticleThe Baseball Blog – Tribe and M’s coming on, Jays struggles continue
Here come the Tribe: On April 28th, the Cleveland Indians were dead last in the A.L. Central with a 4-10 record. Since then, they’ve won 13 of their last 17 games, scoring 107 runs in the process, and...
View ArticleMiggy Miggy Miggy can’t you see, sometimes your bat just hypnotizes me
If Miguel Cabrera wasn’t considered among baseball’s all-time greats after winning the 2012 Triple Crown, he is now. This season, Cabrera is on pace for 50 HR’s, 267 hits, and 198 RBIs to go along with...
View ArticleThe Baseball Blog – Mid-Season Review
Every team has past the halfway point in the baseball season and the All-Star break is only a few days away, it’s time to recap some of the best moments, players, plays, surprises, and biggest...
View ArticleDawel Lugo hits clutch home run for Canadians but Tri-City rallies; C’s can’t...
Dawel Lugo hit a game-tying, ninth-inning two-run home run Wednesday. (Province Files.) By Steve Ewen The Province The Vancouver Canadians missed a shot Wednesday night at improving their chances of...
View ArticleCanadians’ playoff hopes take hit with loss to Tri-City in final regular...
David Harris scored one of the Canadians’ runs Friday. (Province Files.) The Vancouver Canadians’ playoff hopes took a hit Friday. The C’s dropped a 5-3 decision to the Tri-City Dust Devils at Nat...
View ArticleFirst-rounder Mitch Nay highlights cavalry brought in by Vancouver Canadians...
Mitch Nay comes to the Vancouver Canadians after leading the Rookie Appalachian league in RBIs with 42. (Bluefield Blue Jays) Third baseman Mitch Nay, a 2012 first-round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays,...
View ArticleVancouver Canadians tab call-up Jairo Labourt as Game 1 starter for finals...
Clayton McCullough is going with a newcomer on the mound in Game 1 of the Northwest League final. (Province files.) Slugger Mitch Nay won’t be the only newcomer thrust into the starting line-up for the...
View ArticleLadner lefty James Paxton guesses big-league gig will feel real when he steps...
James Paxton got to show off his form in Seattle gear in spring training. Saturday, he gets to do it for real. (Getty Images.) James Paxton figures it will finally hit him that he’s a major leaguer...
View ArticleVancouver Canadians show off new uniforms, logos for the 2014 Short Season...
The new Vancouver Canadians logos. The Vancouver Canadians unveiled some changes to their uniforms for the 2014 Northwest League season on Friday at their annual Hot Stove Luncheon at the Fairmont...
View ArticleLadner lefty James Paxton says getting nod for Mariners home opener has...
Check another item off James Paxton’s baseball bucket list. The Ladner left-hander, who made his major league debut last September for the Seattle Mariners and then landed a spot on Seattle’s...
View ArticleBusy times for Aldergrove fireballer Mathieson; comes to bat for Gillies,...
Tyson Gillies starred in centre field with Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic last spring. (Getty Images.) Scott Mathieson has Tyson Gillies’ back. Gillies, an outfielder from Kamloops, was...
View ArticleRemembering Marcus Stroman’s Vancouver time; newest Blue Jay excelled at...
Old Vancouver Canadian and newest Blue Jay Marcus Stroman takes aim against Pittsburgh earlier this week. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) Marcus Stroman became the second former Vancouver...
View ArticleBlue Jays pitching prospect Tom Robson, the Ladner ace who helped the C’s to...
The Toronto Blue Jays have shut down Tom Robson, the right-hander from Ladner, with a sore arm. He’s 2-4, with a 6.25 ERA in eight starts this season with Lansing. (Scott Mapes/Lansing Lugnuts photo.)...
View ArticleFormer Vancouver Canadian Dalton Pompey making his way up Blue Jays ladder
Dalton Pompey, back in his Vancouver Canadians days. (Province Files.) Could Dalton Pompey be the Toronto Blue Jays’ next home-grown star? The speedy outfielder, who was born in Mississauga and also...
View ArticleTop Blue Jay prospects Tirado, Barreto and Castro highlight opening day...
David Harris is back in Vancouver. (Gerry Kahrmann/PNG) The Vancouver Canadians announced their 2014 opening day roster on Tuesday, and the Toronto Blue Jays’ Short Season Single A affiliate will...
View ArticleBlue Jays first rounder Max Pentecost expected to join C’s Tuesday; manager...
Max Pentecost, a first round pick of the Blue Jays this June, is expected to join the Canadians on Tuesday. (Province Files.) Toronto Blue Jays first-round draft pick Max Pentecost is slated to join...
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