By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Baseball fans in the Salem area will have a rare opportunity to get to see two top prospects as they either make their professional debut or play in one of their first professional games. Tonight making his professional debut with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes is Chris Stratton. Stratton was…
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…
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…
A lot of people have been looking at my spring training guide that I put up a few weeks ago and so I wanted to go a little bit more in depth on the stadiums that I go to and the places I go to while in Arizona. Now I know there are people out…
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.…
As the major league baseball season enters into its final two months of the season the playoff picture begins to become a little clearer. However, there is still a lot of work to be done. With only the Phillies holding a commanding lead in their division many teams are trying to do whatever it takes…
Often you will hear coaches or media describe a team as being “better than their record” or even being “worse than their record.” These phrases are over used to the point they lose their effectiveness. However, despite the risk of using a phrase that may be over used, I must describe the 2011 Salem-Keizer Volcanoes…
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