The Northwest League opens in one month from today. I have no doubt where I will be on that evening. I will be at Volcanoes Stadium watching the Hillsboro Hops play their first official game. I know that for most baseball fans this game will fly completely under the radar and probably won’t even be…
With the Hillsboro Hops getting ready for their first season in a new city they have started a blog and I wanted to give a shout out to them and encourage everyone to go check it out. I can tell you right now that as the 2013 season draws closer there will be a lot…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When ‘experts’ talk about baseball they often overlook the northwest. It’s always raining up in the northwest and there really isn’t a lot of good baseball up there anyways right? Wrong! I firmly believe that baseball in the northwest is the most underrated locations for America’s pastime in…
For all the players, players families, host families and fans I have posted the pictures from the final series and the host family photos on these two pages. You can either copy and paste the links or you can click on the links on the right side of the page. Final Day of the Season…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Saturday night marked the end of my third season volunteering with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the short-season Single A affiliate of the San Fransisco Giants. The conclusion of the season means a few things for me. First is that I suddenly have a lot of time in the evenings…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions for the Volcanoes organization. During batting practice Chris Stratton, the 2012 first round pick for the Giants, was injured in a freak accident. While reaching to pick up a ball off the ground he was struck in the head by a…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With only 11 games left in the Northwest League season for each of the teams still in the playoff race things are getting much clearer. For the Vancouver Canadians their magic number is 10 over the Eugene Emeralds and for the Boise Hawks their magic number is only…
It is a rare thing when the event at a baseball game becomes larger than the game itself but every year the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes put on two events that just make the game of baseball seem to be nothing more than a side note. The first is the 4th of July games where the Volcanoes…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Tonight the Spokane Indians come to Volcanoes stadium for a five game series that will play large in the playoff races in both the West and the East divisions. That is quite a statement considering the fact that both of these teams were the bottom dwellers of their…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): The trade deadline is done and now the finish line begins to loom even closer. In the Northwest League two teams are in and six others are looking to fill the final two playoff spots. For the Major League clubs the race for division leaders and for wild…
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