Mike thanks for taking the time to chat with 9 Inning Know it All. Please, tell us more about yourself. I have been the play by play voice of the Boise Hawks for nine seasons (2003-05, 2008-present), serving as both the media relations coordinator and baseball information coordinator during that time. I am also the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It is finally here, the start of the Northwest League. For the next two and half months, eight teams full of young men will strive to not only win the league championship but to also show off their talent in an attempt to earn a promotion to the next level. Every player will give it…
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…
Well the first half of the season is done meaning that two teams have already punched their tickets to the playoffs. The Tri-City Dust Devils and the Eugene Emeralds have clenched the first half titles for each of their divisions. So starting today every team starts a new season and has a chance to claim…
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