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Seattle Mariners Safeco Field Renovations

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Safeco Field may not have the heritage cachet that accompanies names like Wrigley or Fenway but this all-American ballpark, that opened in 1999, is making its own history. Through advanced renovations and technology, its connection to the community, and forward-thinking attitude when it comes to food and beverage options, the Mariners are the main attraction […]

Vancouver Canadians Host Blue Jays Opening Day Party 2013

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The Vancouver Canadians are back-to-back Northwest League Champions and they’re ready to vie for another title starting in June. To get revved up for baseball season, they’re hosting a party for the Toronto Blue Jays’ opening day this year — the Blue Jays being the Major League affiliate of the team. Last year the Canadians […]

Surrey File: Chuck Bailey

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I was recently contributing photos to Tourism Surrey’s Flickr Group and selected several of the images I took while on a photowalk in Whalley with my sister and my nephews. The boys were in Little League and so we had walked around the ballparks and then over to the recreation centre. Captured in many of […]

World Series Tweetup with the Vancouver Canadians

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The back-to-back Northwest League Champion Vancouver Canadians are keeping the excitement for baseball alive with a World Series Tweetup event on Saturday, October 27th. The Blue Jay affiliates are inviting all fans to join them at Mahony & Sons (Burrard Landing, located in the new Convention Centre) to watch the Detroit Tigers and the San […]

Vancouver Canadians Win Back to Back Northwest League Championships

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The Vancouver Canadians have defeated the Boise Hawks 12-9 to win back to back Northwest League Championships. Everybody now! #back2backchamps pic.twitter.com/F2cGO9Py — Vancouver Canadians (@vancanadians) September 10, 2012 Their playoff run was hard-fought and included what some say was the greatest game of all-time where the C’s came back to win 10-7 against the Boise […]