It is almost mid-July already and the season is flying by fast. The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes play host to the east leading Yakima Bears in this second and final 5 game series between these two teams. In the opening series the Bears took the series 3-2 and look to improve on that mark as they sit…
Tonight the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes host the Everett AquaSox tonight at Volcanoes stadium. The AquaSox come into this game with a league leading record of 10-3 but also come into the game with the league’s worst team batting average at .233. The Volcanoes come into this game after being swept by the Eugene Emeralds, who seem…
Tonight the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes will host their in-state rival the Eugene Emeralds in the first of a three game series, and a six game home stand for the Volcanoes. Although these two teams come in to the series as the bottom two in the West division, both are still at or above a .500 win…
In only a few hours the Boise Hawks and the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes will kick off the official start of the season for each team. Both teams are looking to the start the season off with a tally in the win column. With teams newly assembled it is hard to say if one team is a…
So I got to wondering what an All-Star team of Volcanoes would look like from the 15 years of existence of the Volcanoes. Now let me make this clear this is not an all-major league team so you wont see guys like Buster Posey and Tim Lincecum who only played a couple of games with…
In less then a month baseball in the Northwest will kick up another notch as the Northwest League begins play, and I have to say I am more then ready for opening day to hurry up and get here. I have come to realize that some of the best baseball experiences come away from the…
On Saturday I had the opportunity to head over to one of the local high schools and watch about half of a baseball game. It was just like any other baseball game except I was going to watch a specific player on the visiting team. Carson Kelly, a senior at Westview high school in the…
Last week Baseball America put out their Top 20 prospects list for the Northwest League and having had the opportunity to watch most of the players on that list in person this season, I wanted to throw in my two cents. Overall Opinion Making a list of prospects at this level is often a hit…
On Tuesday Joe Panik, of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, was named the Northwest League MVP. This really came as a surprise to no one who follows the league but it did get me thinking a few things. How have past MVP’s done in their pro careers and what can we expect to see from Joe Panik.…
With three teams tied for first in the West Division, and the fourth team only 1 game back each and every game takes on a higher level of importance for the three teams that haven’t already clinched a playoff spot. Today the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes will try and get one step closer to earning the second…
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