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Post by paul on Sept 17, 2023 22:05:47 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! Last night my hometown Canadians (The Blue Jays' Class-A affiliate) won the Northwest League Championship. I managed to make it out to 3 games this season and they had a really solid team. God only knows when the Canucks will be Stanley Cup contenders again so I'm going to enjoy this one!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 www.milb.com/vancouver/news/canadians-crowned-northwest-league-champs |
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Post by Vegas on Sept 17, 2023 23:49:04 GMT -5
I remember one time Vancouver used to be in the PCL but so did teams such as Hawaii, Tucson, Calgary, Edmonton, Fresno, Phoenix, and Denver (the last two obviously ended being minor leage cities when the Diamondbacks and Rockies entered MLB respectively.)
I saw it was the Everett AquaSox who Vancouver defeated to win the title. When I was in Seattle in the late 1990s, my uncle in Monroe took me to a number of Everett AquaSox home games in Everett.
Congrats on winning the NWL Championship!
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Post by TTX on Sept 18, 2023 6:41:20 GMT -5
Well congrats to them.
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Post by paul on Sept 18, 2023 13:29:06 GMT -5
I remember one time Vancouver used to be in the PCL but so did teams such as Hawaii, Tucson, Calgary, Edmonton, Fresno, Phoenix, and Denver (the last two obviously ended being minor leage cities when the Diamondbacks and Rockies entered MLB respectively.) I saw it was the Everett AquaSox who Vancouver defeated to win the title. When I was in Seattle in the late 1990s, my uncle in Monroe took me to a number of Everett AquaSox home games in Everett. Congrats on winning the NWL Championship! Thanks for the congratulations. I remember those PCL days too. When I was a kid my parents took my sisters and I to many games primarily because it was such a cheap family outing. Tickets around that time were only $1 or $2 and it was Triple-A baseball to boot. I believe it was around 1999 or 2000 that we lost the Triple-A team. As you mentioned though when it comes to minor league ball the cities that have teams are constantly changing. With the exception of Boise and Salem-Keizer losing their teams during the minor league contraction from 2-3 years ago the Northwest League hasn't had a team re-locate since 2013 (knock on wood) Next season I may go watch the Canadians on the road and Everett would be a likely destination since I believe it's the next closest city. Washington is such a beautiful State to visit. Best of luck to the Las Vegas Aviators the remainder of the season; I just saw that they're in first place in the PCL West. Looks like that's going to be an exciting pennant race the last few weeks with so many teams close together record-wise. |
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