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Denis Kang on Machida/Rua, knees to the head, Crocop, Hendo, Kimbo and more
by Ozzz on Oct 29, 2009 7:48 PM EDT
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At a Vancouver Sun live chat tonight, UFC fighter Denis Kang answered a ton of questions candidly and honestly, including one about what he thought of the Rua/Machida decision that brought about an interesting answer.
I think Rua CLEARLY won that fight. THat was a huge mistake on the judge's part. I dont know if it was corruption or human error but it was wrong nonetheless .... I think Machida was off from the get-go. IMO he seemed a little intimidated and stressed by the pressure. Winning a title and defending one are two different things.
Kang went on to discuss his thoughts on a range of issues.
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UPDATE: Vancouver city council punts MMA decision, leaves sport unregulated
by Ozzz on Mar 25, 2009 1:54 PM EDT
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UPDATE 2: The Vision Vancouver-led council heard a ton of arguments in support of MMA regulation, including from their own athletic commission, then ducked the issue entirely.
Dr Rajindar Sandhu, a member of the Vancouver Athletic Commission was visibly angry at the decison.
"I am literally pissed at this," he said. "This council does not want to make a decision. I think if we come back with the information they want, they are going to just table it again."
Council asked for a bunch more 'studies' to be done and asked for the provincial govt to take the issue over. One wonders why they're happy to let someone else tell them whether MMA can happen in their own buildings, rather than control the issue themselves. The only possible reason could be they don't want to be the ones to approve 'ultimate fighting'..
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Update 1 on the Vancouver MMA regulation vote - Jeff Lee at the Vancouver Sun has got Suzanne Anton, one of the councilors who will make the ultimate call on MMA, to confirm she's in the pro-regulation camp.
“The sport has come a long way in self regulation,” Anton said in a press release. “And with additional regulation by the Vancouver Athletic Commission (VAC), I am confident these events can be relatively safe.”
Anton said mixed martial arts events draw huge crowds and could be a good economic driver for Vancouver. “A lot of people love this sport,” she said. “You could fill GM Place with one of the events.”
Anton is a member of the NPA, which ran council when they de-regulated MMA in '07, so this is a positive shift. I know at least two other councilors are also leaning pro-regulation, so we're in good shape. Should know more in the coming hours.
Word from the meeting says council is giving the sport the jaundiced eye at the moment, but their own athletic commission, the owners of the local Vancouver Canucks NHL stadium, city staff and local MMA trainers are putting up a strong fight.
Jeff Lee's article above has been updated with details.
Promoted to the front page from the FanPosts by Luke Thomas.
The media in Vancouver has been buzzing for the past week as the local council prepares to decide whether to move towards MMA regulation or spin off into some hand-wringing NIMBY wonderland.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried the latter might win out, but if it does, it won't be because of the media in this town. It's pretty clear that there's a lean towards welcoming MMA and the money, etc that follows.
Anyhoo, today the UFC's Marc Ratner, VP of regulatory affairs, gets the op-ed page in the Vancouver Sun - the paper of record in Van city.
He makes a good pitch:
In these tough economic times, I would be remiss if I didn’t touch on the economic impact a UFC event brings to a city. As an example, on April 18 we will be holding an event in Montreal’s Bell Centre, our second show in that venue. 18,000 tickets were sold two months in advance of the show - our second sell-out there in twelve months - which generated $4.6 million in ticket revenue. We’ve been told by the Bell Centre that over half of that crowd comes from outside Montreal, so the economic benefit for local businesses can be anywhere from $6 to $8 million alone for a single three-hour event.
And this isn’t a situation where the UFC comes in for one night, makes some money and leaves, never to be heard from again. We’re looking to build a sport in Vancouver, and anywhere else we go. In the last couple of years, as well as the province of Quebec, we’ve added London, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, and Newcastle to the list of international cities that have welcomed the UFC locally. We will be visiting Germany in June, and close to 40 states in the United States have sanctioned the sport in the last decade, including the two states considered to be the capitals for professional combat sports, Nevada and New Jersey.
MMA is a great international sport that I am privileged to be associated with, and we would love to bring it to Vancouver so fight fans here can experience it for themselves.MMA is a great international sport that I am privileged to be associated with, and we would love to bring it to Vancouver so fight fans here can experience it for themselves.
Will the Pacific Northwest open up to the UFC? We should know more Thursday afternoon.
Feel free to visit the link above and post your thoughts.
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Vancouver BC Considering Regulating MMA
by Ozzz on Mar 20, 2009 1:11 PM EDT
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Promoted to the front page from the FanPosts by Luke Thomas.
Hey all. So I write for a newspaper up here in Vancouver Canada, and over the past year I've managed to convince my editors that MMA is worth supporting.
At first it was tough. I was told it was 'too tacky' and that newspaper readers aren't interested in such pursuits. So I kind of... uh... broke the rules.
I came in one Saturday night and put an article about a UFC event on the paper's website, then snuck out..
Well, it's been a big success since. Last year, 4 of the top 10 most visted articles across the entire chain of newspapers were our MMA pieces. Now I get calls from corporate asking if I'll be covering an event because, and I quote "we're relying on this stuff.."
Much success, high five.
But all was not well in Van land, as the local council (and it's municipalities that have to regulate combat sports up here) was a little scared that MMA events might be a liability nightmare, so they de-regulated the sport here in Sept. 2007.
Today, this is finally looking like it might change.
Behold, the culmination of a year of pushing: I called every Mayor and a ton of local councilors and asked them, "Okay, what's your problem with MMA?", then I called every local fighter, trainer, promoter - and Marc Ratner at the UFC (who is the nicest guy in the world) and John Prisco at the XFC (also a great guy) - to answer those questions.
And my bosses, who run a legacy 'paper of record' in this town, gave me a full page to work with.
A selection follows:
[Richmond councilor] Bill McNulty: "I would want to see a proposal. I personally have seen it on TV and turned it off, but that's me personally. I'd want to see a proposal of what the whole program would entail."
Marc Ratner: "I would fly to Vancouver immediately with some of our other people if any commission needed our help to sort through the process. We'd be there in a second. In fact, I'd be there Thursday but unfortunately I'll be in Toronto that day talking to their commission. ... Today I talked to Philadelphia, Phoenix, they're all saying, 'When are you coming?' The answer is, invite us out and we'll be there -- no question."
John Prisco: "When Tennessee was thinking about approving MMA, they had no idea how to do it. They didn't know insurance, rules, equipment, so we flew up and spent a week with them, working through the details. Once they had a handle on it, they regulated and we not only ran a show weeks later that drew 5000 people, but we also set up a permanent gymnasium there to help the locals learn about the sport, train in it, and make it part of their daily lives. We don't just want to hold an event and make a bit of money, when we come to town, we're looking to stay and build an industry around it. You spend a lot of money marketing to a city population, it doesn't make sense to spend all that and never come back. So whatever a local commission needs as far as advice and help, we'll make the time.
Sun reader EastVanDude: "I shudder to think what sort of impact this sort of activity will have on kids. Fighting in a cage - it's like Thunderdome."
Adam Ryan, trainer/fighter at Vancouver's Dynamic MMA: "A lot of our clientele now is high schoolers, a huge amount of them. I've worked with some people who might, as teenagers have had troubled pasts who are now living really clean lives, stopped getting in trouble. Had parents telling me, 'Thank you so much, my kid isn't getting in trouble any more with all the time and energy he's putting in at the club.' The Vancouver Canucks have sent their prospects to train with us for the last two years. It instils discipline and people are surprised to hear it teaches you restraint."
Bill Mahood: "People get obsessed by the cage, but it really isn't a 'two men enter, one man leaves' thing at all. If you've ever seen MMA in a boxing ring, you're constantly having fighters get tangled in ropes, even spill out of the ring. You have to keep restarting the fight, it really becomes a hurdle to having a good fight. The cage gives you something you can lean against, roll up against, and not worry about it. It keeps the action in the middle. It's a little harder to watch live, unfortunately, but it's there for a good reason that pertains to the sport, not to keep people from escaping."
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Sacramento Manager named: Say hello to Todd Steverson
by Ozzz on Nov 9, 2007 2:09 PM EST
on Athletics Nation
From the comments a few weeks back:
I'm guessing Todd Steverson goes to Sac-Town
He's marched through the system like a prospect player, and he's had good success along the way.
And if the A's keep Robnett around, all the more reason, since Steverson has managed him at every level and should be due a shift to AAA by now.
Nailed it.
Moneyball III: Bad health as an undervalued asset?
by Ozzz on May 24, 2007 1:55 PM EDT
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In the Moneyball era, the A's were considered big on OBP and college players, because they were undervalued by other teams.
Eventually other teams caught on and they changed tack. So then came the big defense and high school pitchers era, because they were things considered undervalued by other teams.
Eventually other teams caught on and again the A's changed tack - but where can one find value in a market already aware of what you're trying to pull off?
Injuries, that's where.
The Oakland Athletics All-Injured All-Stars
by Ozzz on May 23, 2007 1:52 PM EDT
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I was looking over the massive DL list just now, and it struck me that as bad as the following is:
Chris Denorfia - 60-day DL
Justin Duchscherer - 15-day DL
Rich Harden - 15-day DL
Bobby Kielty - 60-day DL
Mark Kotsay - 60-day DL
Esteban Loaiza - 60-day DL
Mike Piazza - 15-day DL
Chris Snelling - 15-day DL
Huston Street - 15-day DL
...when you add in the players that are injured but still playing (or not injured enough to be DLed), the situation gets insane.
Nick Swisher
Milton Bradley (still!)
Travis Buck (two injuries!)
Eric Chavez (a two-year old injury!)
Connor Robertson (after just two MLB innings!)
[UPDATE] Garret Anderson: Douchebag
by Ozzz on Apr 12, 2007 2:37 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
So by now you'd have to be an Anaheim fan not to have heard that certain players plan to wear Jackie Robinson's long-retired #42 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier.
Ken Griffey Jr thought it up, and now other players (such as Oakland's Milton Bradley) plan to do likewise. The Dodgers are even tossing around having their whole team wear the #42.
So what did Anaheim Angel Garret Anderson have to say about wearing #42 when it was offered to him a week ago?
'Not gonna happen.'
It's time we got some minor league blogs going.
by Ozzz on Dec 30, 2006 4:44 AM EST
on Athletics Nation
I posted this on Notes From the Nat tonight, and it seems to me that the natural place to cross-post it is here:
It's time that A's fans started getting together some blog coverage for our minor league teams.
Hear ye, hear ye: WE'RE IN FIRST PLACE.
by Ozzz on Jul 22, 2006 3:13 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
A quick look down the recent diaries thread right now will make you ask yourself a very odd question: Is this an A's FAN SITE?
Even odder, the answer to that question at the moment is 'no'. And that, good people, is abso-fricking-lutely insane.
I see goofballs posting diaries suggesting Billy Beane should have sent Swisher to the DL instead of Johnson. I see diaries talking about how there's nothing to like in the current A's team, and it was all so much better when we had Stairs and Berroa. I see people bitching that they're "losing patience" with this team.
Well I have just one thing to say - we, the Oakland Athletics, with injuries galore, no money, precious few fans showing up to games, a depleted AAA team, and slumps aplenty, is still in...
FIRST PLACE!
Crisis? What crisis?
by Ozzz on May 27, 2006 2:19 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
There's been much gnashing of teeth in Athletic Town over the past week, and we may well be getting to the point where some require a trip to the dentist as a result.
Woe is us, we lost another.
Woe is us, we have injuries.
Woe is us, the playoffs are all but an impossibility.
Well, good people of Oakville, I've had enough. I'm about to unload a can of whup-de-doop on your asses, and you're about to shut up, sit down, and soak it all in. Here's the crib notes version: We're doing just groovy. Here's why.
Angels self-destruction update.
by Ozzz on May 20, 2006 3:00 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
So last night the Angels Angels of Anaheimels blew chance after chance to beat the Blue Jays and lost it in the 10th, leading to clubhouse fights and yelling.
You might think that, today, they'd come out firing, determined to make it all better, right?
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers enjoyed a nine-run sixth inning and rolled to a 16-2 win over the Angels in front of a sellout crowd of 55,655 on Friday night to open the Interleague series.The sixth-inning outburst was the Dodgers' biggest frame since May 6, 2005, and sent the Angels to a season-high eight games under .500.
DLD 05/19: Angels Angels of Anaheim self-destructing?
by Ozzz on May 19, 2006 5:12 AM EDT
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Today's LA Times has a great piece on the rubble that used to be the LA Angels of Monkeyland's team chemistry.
Seems Darin Erstad had to yell at the lot of them after today's astounding loss to the Blue Jays, when two players got into a yelling match about who was to blame for the loss. Read it and smile:
A's pick up two-time CIAA player of the year
by Ozzz on May 5, 2006 1:02 AM EDT
on Athletics Nation
In 'gee,that was random' news, Oakland has signed a free agent outfielder out of Elizabeth City State University, ahead of the draft. Carlos Gutierrez set school records in runs scored, batting average, doubles, triples, dingers and more, and was apparently offered a deal after A's scouts saw him play just one time.
He hit .548 this year (!).
"He has the ability and a good track record which is why we wanted to sign him. With the kind of numbers he has put up, he is definitely the type of player that is deserving of an opportunity. We are happy that he will not be around for another team to draft in June," [says A's scout Neil Avent].
He's headed to Vancouver.
The true value of Jason Kendall.
by Ozzz on Apr 10, 2006 10:43 PM EDT
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Last season he was everyone's whipping boy. That baton seems to have been passed to Esteban Loaiza for now, but Jason Kendall isn't out of the woods just yet.
While he managed to raise his batting average to .271 after a weak first half last season, he's currently sitting on .200, and not looking likely to hit a homer any time soon.
So why have people more or less stopped giving Kendall grief?
Dare I say it: intangibles.
From Scout.com:
He can run. He can catch. He's a gamer. But the ability to bring a young, potentially wayward pitching staff through 27 scoreless innings - that goes beyond grit.
That's worth $7m a year.
DLD 08/04: Minor League edition
by Ozzz on Apr 8, 2006 12:45 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
A very different kind of link dump. Since nobody else was on it.
CHERRY!
SHOCK: Rampant homerism on Halos' Heaven
by Ozzz on Mar 26, 2006 3:30 AM EST
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So RevHaloHomer posted a front pager on the regularly mocked and always derided Halos' Heaven tonight, taking great glee and making great predictions for the 2006 season based on the fact that the A's split squad managed just one hit against the Cubbies yesterday.
Of course, across Arizona, the other A's squad beat the tar out of the Mariners, 20-8, but the LAAAAAAA folks would prefer to point out that Richie Robnett and Korey Wayment couldn't muster a hit against big league pitching. I guess they figure the (AA) next to Robnett's name means "Angeles Angels".
Here's a sample of what passes for informed debate on the Rally Monkey end of town:
Advice for a Coliseum newbie.
by Ozzz on Mar 7, 2006 8:06 PM EST
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Hey folks, I'm flying in to Oakland on business on the 29th, zipping out to Petaluma for a few days, and coming back to town on the 31st, just in time for the Oakland exhibition game against the San Francisco Steroid Abusers on the 1st.
I've decided to stick around for a day or two after that and take in the home opener against the Yankees on the 3rd (to my surprise there were still tickets available, albeit in the outfield plaza, but hey - I can at least yell at Sheffield from there).
My questions, however, are now many.
First, before I book my ticket to the exhibition game, where the heck should I sit? I wouldn't say money is no object, but being as it'll be my first time at the Col, I figure I should get as good as seat as I can. That said, if there's a group of ANers elsewhere that are dead keen to buy an Australian Canadian stadium noob a beer, I'm open to other suggestions.
Second, should I book online or buy one on the day? MLB charges a couple of bucks for booking fees, six more for handling fees, then a couple more for the luxury of printing your own tickets (but at least that's better than the $15 it costs to have them mailed out!), all of which makes a $14 ticket actually cost $26. If there's likely to be empty seats on the day I'll buy at the gate and curse Ticketmaster's name with a smile, but if it gets tight... What say you?
Third question - the stadium is three miles from the airport, which is likely where I'll be penned up in some HoJo/Motel 6 impersonation, and from memory the area around the stadium isn't particulary pleasant (correct me if I'm wrong). Is there a spot nearby, that'll give me cheap digs and plenty of Oaktown cultcha that I should choose over the 'oh look, another highway/plane landing/surly bellclerk' offerings of the airport?
Last question: Is it worth heading out to SF on the 2nd for the away Oakland/SF exhibition game, considering I'm relying on cabs and public transport, or should I just let it go and avoid having the 'retarded' of those people rub off on me?
Thanks guys. Any advice will be welcomed, and maybe even heeded.
The Legend of Benny 'The Jet' Winslow.
by Ozzz on Nov 4, 2005 8:11 PM EST
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A couple of people asked me who Ben Winslow was after reading my earlier diary about the Stockton Ports players who made a movie this season, so I figured that rather than just give a brief outline, this may be a good place to tell his story.
And the story of Benny The Jet is one worth telling.
Oakland minor leaguers make a movie!
by Ozzz on Nov 4, 2005 5:15 AM EST
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Fans of the Stockton Ports may already know this, but a group of Stockton players carried around a video camera this season and shot themselves a movie in between weight sessions, BP and playing in games. The film is called Dream Revolver, and as one of the few who has seen it, I can tell you that Oakland fans will LOVE it.
It's a comedy, it's a drama, it's social commentary, it's behind the scenes baseball stuff, it's Oakland's future stars as you've never seen them before (and are unlikely to see them again).
Why this is important now is that the guys that were behind the film, Benny The Jet Winslow (above), Eddie Cornejo (below) and Jed Morris, will be on MLB Radio tomorrow, Friday November 4, 2005, at 2:30pm Eastern time, to discuss how Dream Revolver came to be.
Future shortstop prospect says "Sign me, Billy!"
by Ozzz on Sep 29, 2005 7:20 PM EDT
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Jasper Parry was born yesterday, weighing 8lbs 6oz, and his family would like it known that with his long fingers, huge reach, and muscular forearms, we believe he'll make an ideal replacement for Cliff Pennington at shortstop in 2023.
But get your offer in quickly, Billy! Offers will only be considered for the next.. umm.. 18 years.
NWLCS Game 3: Vancouver's Mike Madsen smokes Spokane, C's up 2-1 in series
by Ozzz on Sep 11, 2005 6:19 AM EDT
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Reposted from Notes From The Nat:
Tonight, Vancouver Canadians ace pitcher Mike Madsen (6-1, 1.69, 14BB, 68K) was pitted against the Spokane Beanballers in a game that both teams really wanted to win. Sadly, for Spokane anyway, they never had a freakin' chance.
The C's hitters put on a clinic in the 1st inning that made the rest of the game a cruise, while Madsen threw 7 innings of 1-hit ball in a run-free performance that had the Indians hitters looking clueless. For the Vancouver faithful, it was truly an awesome show, and it leaves the C's 2-1 up in the Championship Series with Jimmy 'The Shullacker' Shull scheduled to start in Game 4.
Schilling on Raffy: "He sat next to me and lied."
by Ozzz on Aug 25, 2005 1:40 PM EDT
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In an interview on a Boston radio station, Schilling lashed out at Rafael Palmeiro today:
"He obviously sat next to me in Washington and lied [...] I don't know that there's any way to prove that anything he did was not under the influence of performance-enhancing drugs.""I've never played with him [...] I'm not his teammate. My hope is that Raffy does whatever he can possibly do in his position to help further the message that Major League Baseball needs to send to kids, to people."
"Whether he's going to be able to do that, given what he's done, to me, doubtful [...] He has no credibility, I don't think, in that area. It's going to be tough. I just hope his life gets righted and he does the right thing."
Schilling went on to say that Raffy's records should all be scrubbed.
Athletics pick up back-up catcher
by Ozzz on Aug 23, 2005 6:16 PM EDT
on Athletics Nation
According to Scout.com's Oakland Clubhouse:
Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, apologies if it was:
The Oakland A's announced the signing of catcher Alberto Castillo to a minor league contract on Monday night. Castillo is a major league veteran who has spent time with the Mets, Yankees, Cardinals, Giants and, most recently, the Royals. Castillo appeared in 34 games for KC this season before being released on August 5. He is a career .222 hitter, but he is a strong defensive catcher. Castillo gives the A's a veteran option on September 1 if they want to bring up a third catcher for the pennant drive. The A's have carried only two catchers all season, which has limited their ability to use back-up catcher Adam Melhuse as a pinch-hitter or designated hitter. Castillo was believed to be ready to re-sign with the Mets when he changed his mind to sign with Oakland.
Travis Buck promoted to Kane County
by Ozzz on Aug 2, 2005 8:36 PM EDT
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Bah. It had to happen, I guess, but I'm gonna miss seeing T-Buck coming in at number three for the Vancouver Canadians.
The official press release follows:
Live free video of tonight's Canadians game - and yesterday's!
by Ozzz on Jul 29, 2005 3:58 PM EDT
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So yesterday I posted a diary about how the Vancouver Canadians/Boise Hawks game was being broadcast on the web, for free, on streaming video.
But then several people said they couldn't connect, and I was one of them. So, I've done some research for tonight's game, and here's the skinny:
- You need broadband.
- If it ain't working in Firefox, try MSIE (this worked for me easily enough).
- If that's not helping, give the site permission to be seen in your browser preferences (pop-up blockers too).
- Lower your cookie security while watching.
Bored on the off-day? Video-stream the Vancouver Canadians!
by Ozzz on Jul 28, 2005 3:53 PM EDT
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Just thought I'd throw out a heads-up that the Vancouver Canadians play the Boise Hawks tonight in the short-season Northwest League, and because the Hawks know the value of the internet, they're streaming video of the game on their website - for free.
The link is right here, and the game starts at 6:15pm pacific time.
Catch up with 1st rounder Travis Buck, and starting pitcher Trey "Phaser" Shields, as the soon-to-be Athletics fight to retain their western division lead - just like it was on ESPN!
Forget Dunn... Manny wants a new home!
by Ozzz on Jul 26, 2005 7:46 PM EDT
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Okay, I'm only partly serious. Apparently Ramirez is uber-popular in the Oakland clubhouse, and though his contract is heavy ($57m over the next three years), my real question is this... what's his freakin' problem?
Who wants out of Boston, after you've won a World Series and you're earning 19 mil a year? I'd play for the Fallujah Freedom-Fighters for that kind of money, and love every second of it.
Is this a push to get into pinstripes?
Travis Buck interview on Scout.com
by Ozzz on Jul 26, 2005 7:20 PM EDT
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Heya, shamelss plug time.
As some of you might already know, I was recently tapped by Scout.com's Oakland Clubhouse to write weekly Vancouver notebook articles.
Usually these go behind the lock and key of 'Premium Content' (IE: you pay to read), but the Scout folks are pretty good about making sure there's enough free pieces out there as to keep the folks who can't afford happy.
Anyhow, long story short, I interviewed first-rounder Travis Buck last week and sent my piece along to Scout, requesting that they make the interview free to all, because I know a lot of you guys will be keen to read it. To my pleasant surprise, they agreed. So below you'll find a little snippet, but if you want the rest, go to Scout.com and you can read it there.
And while you're at it, consider getting a premium account. It's not a bad deal, as far as I'm concerned.
Game report: Vancouver Canadians vs Eugene Emeralds
by Ozzz on Jul 24, 2005 5:00 PM EDT
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The Vancouver Canadians were looking for revenge tonight after last night's 12-5 loss to Eugene, but coach Juan Navarrete wasn't in prepared to swing for the fences. No, the Mexican League Hall of Famer had a different plan. Navarrete looked at tonight's Eugene line-up and thought to himself, "I know their weaknesses, and I shall exploit them with ruthless abandon."
And that's exactly what he, and the Vancouver Canadians, did.
Scout.com: Lansford and Italiano debut
by Ozzz on Jul 23, 2005 3:20 PM EDT
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Figured there were people around who would love to hear this news:
From Scout.com's Oakland Clubhouse:
Lansford, Italiano Debut For Rookie A'sTop draft choices Jared Lansford and Craig Italiano made their much anticipated debuts on Friday night. Both debuts were successful, as each hurler threw a shut-out inning. Lansford started the game and he struck out two of the three batters he faced. Italiano relieved Lansford in the second inning and induced two groundouts and recorded a strikeout. Both will be brought along slowly in the desert heat.
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