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OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE VANCOUVER CANADIANS

2022 SEASON - ISSUE 8

MEET OUR

MASCOTS

CHAD DALLAS LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BLUE JAYS #19 PROSPECT

SCOREKEEPING 101 HOW TO SCORE A BASEBALL GAME

TEAM ROSTERS

NOAH SYNDERGAARD WHERE IS HE NOW?

CHAD DALAS

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Mini Bat Giveaway

FIRST 500 KIDS 12 AND UNDER

MAY 22

JULY 17

Mascot Socks Giveaway

FIRST 500 KIDS 12 AND UNDER

JUNE 5

JULY 31

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Backpack Giveaway

FIRST 500 KIDS 12 AND UNDER

Pennant Giveaway

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FIRST 500 MOMS (WITH A CHILD PRESENT)

Autograph Book Giveaway

AUGUST 7

SEPTEMBER 11

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Replica Jersey Giveaway FIRST 500 KIDS 12 AND UNDER

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CONTENTS

4 MESSAGE FROM VANCOUVER CANADIANS

32 HOW TO SCORE THE BASEBALL GAME

9 GET TO KNOW YOUR CANADIANS FRONT OFFICE STAFF

34 C’S CHAT – CHAD DALLAS

A letter from owners Jake Kerr & Jeff Mooney. Meet the team behind our team as we feature those who work around the clock to ensure your best ballpark experience.

14 2022 PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE

This is your chance to map out the entire summer using our vibrant and colourful Promo Sked that shows you every single moment this season. A great tool to plan out the games you absolutely HAVE to see this season.

16 MLB FUTURES GAME

Ricky Tiedemann and Yosver Zulueta repreented the Jays at the MLB Futures Game.

21 ROAD TO THE SHOW

Climbing through the Blue Jays system.

22 TEAM ROSTERS 25 MEET THE 2022 VANCOUVER CANADIANS

This year’s squad is looking to bring home Northwest League Championship #5! Let’s meet this year’s ‘Boys of Summer’!

30 CANADIANS TO REACH THE MAJOR LEAGUES

A Scorekeeping 101.

Niall caught up with pitcher Chad Dallas to find out more about his past, what he’s working on this season and how his first Nat Bailey Stadium experiences have been.

45 FORMER C’S – WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Before he wowed millions with his electric arm, before his hair grew past his shoulders, before he assumed the nickname of a Norse god, Noah Syndergaard was pitching for the Vancouver Canadians.

46 MEET OUR MASCOTS!

The Canadians feature not one, not two, but seven amazing mascots all with their own claim to fame! Take a look at the colourful characters that keeps fans smiling all summer long.

47 KIDS FUN PAGE

Fun kids activities

50 2022 BROADCAST SCHEDULE

With more games on radio than ever before and a MiLB.TV broadcast package as well – the Canadians and Sportsnet 650 have baseball in Vancouver covered like never before!

Check out the complete list of every Canadians player (20002021) to have made it to the bright lights of MLB

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A MESSAGE FROM JAKE KERR & JEFF MOONEY Welcome to Nat Bailey Stadium. This season we are celebrating 44 years of Vancouver Canadians Baseball as we welcome both you and our “Boys of Summer” back once again to historic Nat Bailey Stadium. 2022 is set to be a remarkable year in many ways. First and foremost, C’s baseball is back at The Nat for the first time since August 2019. So much has happened between now and then; the global pandemic wiped out the 2020 season and we spent all of 2021 playing away from home. There were times when we were not sure what the future would hold, but as caretakers of your professional baseball team we remain steadfast in our commitment to the ballclub, to you, the fans, and to this wonderful community. We cannot tell you just how excited and grateful we are to be back home. Through it all, we strive to create what we feel is the best sports experience not just in Vancouver, but in all of Minor League Baseball. We hope by the end of today’s game, you’ll agree with us. Team president Andy Dunn and his staff have been working tirelessly to ensure that our return to Nat Bailey Stadium gives you any number of opportunities to create new and lasting memories with your colleagues, friends, and loved ones. We have continued our important work through the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Foundation. Over 300 local children will join our program this year and we look forward to getting back out in the local community through a multitude of commitments that we proudly honour. We hope that you will continue to support our team and our community alongside us. Enjoy the game and thank you for choosing to spend your time with us. We are proud to showcase the future stars of the Toronto Blue Jays for you and hope that today is another chance for you to create a memory with us all summer long. Here’s to many, many more years of fun and memories here at historic Nat Bailey Stadium. Go C’s!

Jake Kerr & Jeff Mooney

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FRONT OFFICE STAFF JAKE KERR

MAJORITY OWNER, MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER Born and raised in Vancouver, Jake Kerr attended the University of British Columbia before completing his MBA in Economics and Finance at the University of California at Berkeley. A Canadian business icon, Mr. Kerr has been the recipient of the Order of Canada and Order of British Columbia for his remarkable contributions to both our country and province. Taking ownership of the Canadians back in 2007, Mr. Kerr has led the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club to eight (8) franchise attendance records, multiple Larry McPhail Awards for excellence within the Northwest League, and Minor League Baseball’s most coveted accolade - the John H. Johnson President’s Trophy, awarded to MiLB’s most complete franchise.

ANDY DUNN

PRESIDENT Andy Dunn has been with the Vancouver Canadians since 2007, helping guide Canada's only affiliated Minor League Baseball franchise to a number of national accolades including the coveted John H. Johnson President's Trophy (2013) presented to the most complete franchise in MiLB - marking the first time in the award's 40-year history that a Canadian-based organization received the honour. Known by many in the baseball world, Andy has twice been named Florida State League Executive of the Year (1999, 2000) and also Northwest League Executive of the Year (2008), and has helped the Canadians reach new heights with 10 Northwest League awards during his tenure in Vancouver including multiple John H. Johnson & Larry MacPhail Awards

JEFF MOONEY

CO-OWNER In addition to his valuable contributions to the Vancouver Canadians, Jeff Mooney is Chairman Emeritus and a major shareholder of A&W Food Services of Canadians Inc. Today, A&W is a strategy-driven organization that has grown to over 1,000 locations across Canada. A&W has been recognized as one of the 50 Best Managed Companies in Canada for the past 10 consecutive years, and in 2008, it was honoured to become an official member of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Platinum Club. Mr. Mooney is an alumnus of both the University of Saskatchewan and Harvard University Graduate School of Business. In 2003, Mr. Mooney received Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee Medal and three years later was inducted into the Restaurant Hall of Fame(2006). In 2016, Mr. Mooney was inducted into the B.C. Business Laureates Hall of Fame and this year received the Order of Canada

TOM BACKEMEYER

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Tom, who most recently served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Lancaster Jethawks 2014-2021. The Jethawks were the sister organization to the Vancouver Canadians held under the same ownership group of Jake Kerr and Jeff Mooney. The native of Lincoln, Nebraska has a vast background in Minor League Baseball as prior to his arrival in Lancaster, Backemeyer helped develop franchises in Nashville, Rancho Cucamonga, Fresno, and Everett. He is a graduate of Colorado State University (BA) with an MBA from the University of Denver.

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ALLAN BAILEY

GENERAL MANAGER Allan Bailey has been with the Vancouver Canadians since 2007 and was appointed General Manager on September 5th, 2018, after spending the previous seven seasons as the organization's Assistant General Manager. Allan has led several departments during his tenure with the C's including the Nat Bailey Stadium Box Office and its ticket operations as well as his more recent efforts in Team Operations handling everything from player housing and travel right through to Information Technology (IT). Born in Victoria, B.C., and raised on the Lower Mainland's Sunshine Coast, Allan completed his education at McGill University while playing five seasons with the McGill Redbirds baseball program. Prior to university, Allan played for the NorthShore Twins of the B.C. Premier League

WALTER COSMAN

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING With more than 20 years of Sales& Marketing experience here in Vancouver, Walter decided to put those skills to work in the sport he's most passionate about, baseball. With a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick, Walter has worked with Proctor & Gamble, Molson Canda, Granville Island Brewing and Steamworks Brewing. Walter was also General Manager of Petcurean leading a staff of more than70 people. With a longstanding corporate partnership with the Canadians prior to his arrival in May of 2019, Walter joins our club fully aware of the standard that has put the C's among the best in Minor League Baseball

STEVEN MAISEY

MANAGER OF TICKETING OPERATIONS Steven enters his third season with the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club, and his first as Manager of Ticket Operations. After graduating from Langara College with a diploma in Recreation Leadership Management, and interning for the Vancouver Whitecaps, Steven began his career with the Canadians on the operations side of the club, spending the two seasons (2018 – 19) as a member of the A&B Tools Rental Grounds Crew. Steven transitioned into his current role as Manager of Ticket Operations in January 2020, and looks to maintain the service standards that fans have come to expect of the Canadians. In the offseason, Steven volunteers his time as a skills coach for the Vancouver Thunderbirds Minor Hockey. 10 / VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2022

STEPHANI ELLIS

ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER Returning for her seventh season with the Vancouver Canadians Stephani handles a wide variety of key organizational elements including Group Sales as well as the C's social media platforms. She was promoted to Assistant General Manager role prior to the 2019 season and was the recipient of the 2019 Northwest League Female Executive of the Year for her work with the C's. After a standout collegiate softball career at California University of PA where Stephani played for the Vulcans and was named a Regional All-American, the Prince of Wales Secondary graduate and former Team BC member began her marketing career with the Canadians. Stephani works in concert with group leaders who expect the Canadians to provide an excellent ballpark experience with each visit out at Nat Bailey Stadium.

BRENDA CHMILIAR

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Brenda is entering her 15th season out at Nat Bailey Stadium but her second as Financial Controller for the Vancouver Canadians. She spent the first 10 years with Aramark Food Services in the company's financial division, dividing her time between at Nat Bailey Stadium and Rogers Arena. Brenda is responsible for all aspects of the Vancouver Canadians financial operations. She is right at home here at Nat Bailey Stadium, as much of her childhood was spent playing baseball on the local fields in Kamloops

CHARLENE YAROSHUK

ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR Charlene is excited to be entering her 4th season with the Vancouver Canadians as their Accounting Coordinator. In 2020 she graduated from Kwantlen Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. Growing up in the Vancouver area she spent most of her free time practicing martial arts and currently has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

TYLER ZICKEL

MANAGER OF BROADCASTING & MEDIA RELATIONS Tyler joined the Canadians in 2021 for his fourth season in the Blue Jays organization and seventh in MiLB. Before the C's, Tyler served as the Director of Promotions & Entertainment and Road Radio Broadcaster for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Over the course of three seasons in Manchester, he oversaw the entire in-game presentation and promotions departments while traveling throughout the Eastern League calling 'Cats games. He began his MiLB career in 2014 as a communications intern for the Advanced-A Lake Elsinore Storm in Southern California and was promoted twice in three years. As Assistant Director of Marketing and Director of Digital Content, respectively, Tyler was heavily involved in growing the team's online presence.

CHARLES O'NEILL

MANAGER OF STADIUM OPERATIONS Charles joins the Canadians in 2022 after working for a variety for baseball clubs including the Long Island Ducks, and the New York Mets. He brings a wealth of knowledge from his prior experiences to Nat Bailey Stadium. He previously completed his Bachelors of Sports Management from Farmingdale State College in New York.

He earned his B.A. in English from Whittier College in Los Angeles, where he played on the Poets baseball team and was elected Student Body President.

KENDRA CHIN

MARKETING COORDINATOR Kendra joins the C’s Marketing department for her first full season of baseball. She has recently completed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with specialization in Marketing and Human Resource Management. Prior to joining the team at The Nat, she worked for several years in the health & fitness industry. Her goal is to intertwine her passion for sports with her business background. In her spare time, she is coaching basketball to inner city kids. This Vancouverite also likes spending her free time playing basketball, tennis, golf, and skiing.

LEVI WEBER

HEAD GROUNDSKEEPER Levi is no stranger to the Northwest League, with prior experience with the Spokane Indians as their Head Groundskeeper at Avista Stadium. His talents have also allowed him to be the field manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Spring Training Facility in Arizona. The Colton, WA native graduated from Washington State University with a Double Major in Turfgrass Management and Fruit and Vegetable Management and two minors in Horticulture and Agricultural Systems. In his time away from the ballpark, you can find him on the golf course, weight training or enjoying time with family and friends.

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JACOB NAKHLEH

OWEN SCURALLI

Joining the club for the 2016 season, Jacob began his time with the C’s in the Box Office, first as a Ticket Sales Representative, then as Box Office Assistant, with his transition to sales coming at the conclusion of the 2021 season.

After graduating from Brock University in St. Catharines ON with a degree in Sport Management, Owen completed an internship for a local athlete representation company doing sales and marketing prior to the start of the

SALES ASSOCIATE Jacob returns for his sixth season with the C’s and his first as Sales Associate.

Jacob graduated from the Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan in 2021 with a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance. When Jacob’s away from the Nat, you can find him watching Blue Jays baseball, Seahawks football, or, if he’s lucky, ice fishing in Saskatchewan.

SALES ASSOCIATE Owen enters his first season with the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club as a Sales Associate.

pandemic. Owen moved here from Ontario in March 2021, working as a Telus Sales Rep, and spent time as a waiter at Craft Brewery before joining the C’s this past January. He brings a great deal of passion for sports and customer service to the team. In his spare time, Owen loves reading books, working out, and spending his summertime at Kitsilano Beach, a 5 min walk from his apartment.

COOPER MISIC

LANE DEPLAEDT

SALES ASSOCIATE Cooper is a former Langley Blaze pitcher, took his talents south of the border to play for both Galveston College and at Central Washington University. He graduated from CWU with a Sports Management degree with a specialization in Business. Prior to joining the Canadians, he was a member of the Ground Crew at Northview Golf & Country Club.

SALES ASSOCIATE Lane joins the C’s for his first season in Minor League Baseball after recently working with the Coquitlam Express Junior A Hockey Club in Game Day Operations. He is recently graduated from Thompson Rivers University with a bachelor’s or Business Administration with a Major in Marketing.

While away from the ballpark he enjoys spending time in his hometown of Port Moody or playing golf.

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THE FUTU 16 / VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2022

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BY TYLER ZICKEL

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR THE BLUE JAYS Former C’s stars Ricky Tiedemann & Yosver Zulueta shined at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game Each year, baseball’s finest young talents are invited to participate in the All-Star Futures Game, an annual showcase that allows minor leaguers to ascend to the biggest stage for one night as part of All-Star Week festivities. In a game packed with future bigleague talent, two top Blue Jays prospects and former Canadians starting pitchers Ricky Tiedemann and Yosver Zulueta stood out thanks to each’s performance in the 2022 edition of the exhibition at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 16. Zulueta, 24, was the first to toe the slab. With the American League trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the second, “Zulu” was called upon with two outs and runners at first and third. The hard-throwing righthander got top New York Mets prospect Francisco Alvarez to pop out on a 96 mile-per-hour fastball to strand a pair and end the inning. Zulueta would go on to get the win despite facing only one batter; the A.L. struck for four runs in the top of the third and went in front for good. The Cuban-born hurler posted a 3.80 ERA in six starts that spanned 23.2 innings with 31 strikeouts and 11 walks for the C’s earlier this year before his promotion to Double-A New Hampshire on June 30. Tiedemann, 19, was given an entire inning to showcase his three-pitch mix. The lefty effectively used his mid-90s fastball, trademark change-up and emerging slider to retire the side in order in the bottom of the fifth to protect the lead. He was awarded a hold for his efforts. The Long Beach, CA native took the Northwest League by storm when he arrived in Vancouver on May 14 and went on to make eight starts for the C’s in which he went 2-2 with a 2.39 ERA in 37.2 innings of work that included 54 strikeouts, 12 walks and an opponent’s batting average against of .176. Tiedemann and Zulueta are just two of the many budding stars in the Toronto system these days. Now that the Canadians are the High-A affiliate of the Blue Jays, top talent like those two will continue to play at The Nat for years to come.

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LUKE GREENE

CASEY CALLISON

ATHLETIC TRAINER

CHRIS SCHAEFFER

HITTING COACH

GEOFF STALLMAN

S&C COACH

MATT VON ROEMER

POSITION COACH

DIETITIAN

DANIEL TUCKER

DEVELOPMENT COACH

RAUL PIMENTEL

BULLPEN COACH

KEVIN MCCARTHY

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACH

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

VANCOUVER CANADIANS (HIGH A) | VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (604) 872-5232 | CANADIANSBASEBALL.COM BRENT LAVALLEE

PHIL CUNDARI

RYAN WRIGHT

ASHLEY PONCE

ROELVIS VARGAS

TOMMY LABRIOLA

YUKA SANUI

RAUL PIMENTEL

MANAGER

PITCHING COACH

ATHLETIC TRAINER

HITTING COACH

S&C COACH

JOEL BONNETT

POSITION COACH

DIETITIAN

BULLPEN COACH

AJ ARIAS

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACH

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS (LOW A) | DUNEDIN, FLORIDA (727) 733-9302 | DUNEDINBLUEJAYS.COM DONNIE MURPHY

DREW HAYES

MANAGER

MATT YOUNG

PITCHING COACH

BRANDON HAMMERSTROM ATHLETIC TRAINER

DANNY CANELLAS

HITTING COACH

ROSWELL DEL ROSARIO S&C COACH

POSITION COACH

GEOFF STALLMAN DIETITIAN

TAYLOR HILL

MAX GLASSER

BULLPEN COACH

ERIKA MONSALVE

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACH

COACHING ASSISTANT

CARLOS POLANCO

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

GULF COAST BLUE JAYS GULF COAST LEAGUE (ROOKIE) | DUNEDIN, FLORIDA (727) 734-8007 JOSE MAYORGA

GEORGE CARROLL

MANAGER

BENCH COACH

JAIME VIEIRA

ATHLETIC TRAINER

S&C COACH

PITCHING COACH

PETR STRIBRCKY

POSITION COACH

SYDNEY JENKINS

CORY RIORDAN

PITCHING COACH

DENNIS HOLMBERG

HITTING COACH

FRANK ESPOSITO

ANTONIO CACERES

DEVELOPMENT COACH

EDWIN ORTIZ

HITTING COACH

ADRIAN MARTIN

DIETITIAN

PAUL ELLIOTT HITTING COACH

JON WOODWORTH

COMPLEX PITCHING COACH

BRYAN ROSALES

S&C COACH

JUSTIN ECHEVARRIA

ATHLETIC TRAINER

ERIKA MONSALVE

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACH

STEVEN CARDONA

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE BLUE JAYS DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (DSL) | BOCA CHICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANDY FERMIN MANAGER

ALAIN PACHECO

ATHLETIC TRAINER

YOEL HERNANDEZ PITCHING COACH

YSIDRO REYES

ATHLETIC TRAINER

FRED LANDERS HITTING COACH

IMBEWER ALVAREZ S&C COACH

DEIFERSON BARRETO POSITION COACH

JOSEPH CARDONA S&C COACH

BRYAN ROSALES DIETITIAN

JOSE MATEO

POSITION COACH

ERIKA MONSALVE

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACH

JAIR MORELOS

COACHING ASSISTANT

ISIDRO LOPEZ

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2022 / 21

VANCOUVER CANADIANS PITCHERS HT 30 Jol Concepcion 6-5 26 Chad Dallas 6-0 22 Michael Dominguez 5-10 17 Garrett Farmer 5-11 25 Nick Frasso 6-5 40 Justin Kelly 6-1 16 Will McAffer 6-2 18 Alejandro Melean 6-0 23 Abdiel Mendoza 5-11 36 Juan Nuñez 6-2 4 Naswell Paulino 5-11 15 Jimmy Robbins 6-3 14 Mark Simon 6-0 32 Trenton Wallace 6-1 41 Sean Wymer 6-1

WT 240 205 180 190 200 195 205 175 195 190 205 190 190 200 205

B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L R/R L/L R/R

DOB 9/17/98 6/6/00 8/17/00 5/14/97 10/18/98 12/2/98 5/30/97 10/11/00 9/19/98 1/23/96 4/17/00 12/22/97 8/4/95 3/31/99 3/19/97

HOMETOWN Santiago, DR Orange, TX Tampa, FL Huntsville, AL Torrance, CA West Jordan, UT North Vancouver, BC Maracaibo, VZ Chitre, PAN Santo Domingo, DR San Cristobal, DR Orlando, FL Houston, TX Rock Island, IL Flower Mound, TX

‘21 CLUBS Dunedin, Vancouver Pro debut FCL, Dunedin Aberdeen (BAL A+) Dunedin Dunedin Vancouver, New Hampshire Dunedin, Vancouver Down East (TEX A-) DNP Dunedin DNP Missoula (MLB Partner Lg) Dunedin Vancouver

Waivers, 12/8/21 MiLB FA, 3/15/22 INT FA, 7/4/16 20th Rd, ’19, Rollins ND FA, 1/28/22 11th Rd,'21, Iowa 4th Rd, ’18, TCU

CATCHERS HT WT 31 Jommer Hernandez 5-11 185 20 Anthony Morales 6-0 190 21 Andres Sosa 6-0 215

B/T R/R S/R R/R

DOB 10/20/00 11/13/98 11/7/97

HOMETOWN Puerto Plata, DR Aibonito, PR Hermosillo, MX

‘21 CLUBS DSL DUN, VAN, NH, BUF FCL, Dunedin

ACQUIRED MiLB FA, 9/8/21 ND FA, 2/12/21 INT FA. 8/16/21

INFIELDERS 5 Miguel Hiraldo 8 Leo Jimenez* 12 P.K. Morris 7 Damiano Palmegiani 1 Glenn Santiago 24 Riley Tirotta

HT 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-3

WT 190 200 195 195 175 215

B/T R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R

DOB 9/5/00 5/17/01 11/30/98 1/24/00 12/14/00 8/21/98

HOMETOWN Santiago, DR Las Tablas, PAN Tampa, FL Caracas, VZ Yauco, PR South Bend, IN

‘21 CLUBS Dunedin FCL, Dunedin Dunedin, Vancouver FCL Bluefield, Dunedin Dunedin

ACQUIRED INT FA, 7/2/17 INT FA, 7/2/17 14th Rd, ’17, Steinbrenner HS (FL) 14th Rd, ’21, College of Southern Nevada 10th Rd, ’19, Lazaro HS (PR) 12th Rd, ’21, Dayton

OUTFIELDERS 19 Steward Berroa 18 Dasan Brown 29 Hugo Cardona 27 Mack Mueller 2 Harry Ray 28 Garrett Spain

HT 5-10 6-10 5-11 6-3 6-0 6-0

WT 178 185 145 230 200 185

B/T S/R R/R R/R R/L R/R L/R

DOB 6/05/99 9/25/01 9/5/99 12/16/97 1/11/98 9/21/00

HOMETOWN Santo Domingo, DR Oakville, ON La Sabana, VZ Abilene, TX Orlando, FL Clarksville, TN

‘21 CLUBS New Hampshire Dunedin FCL, Dunedin, NH Dunedin Dunedin, Vancouver FCL, Dunedin

ACQUIRED INT FA, 7/4/16 INT FA, 7/4/16 INT FA, 7/2/16 ND FA, 6/25/20 ND FA, 6/25/20 15th Rd, ’21, Austin Peay State

EVERETT AQUASOX SPOKANE INDIANS

INJURED LIST 7-day Hunter Gregory 7-day Edisson Gonzales 7-day Roither Hernandez 7-day Sam Ryan 7-day Conor Larkin

60-day Cobi Johnson 60-day Alex Nolan 60-day Donnie Sellers

ACQUIRED INT FA, 8/31/16 4th Rd, ’21, Tennessee INT FA, 8/31/16 MiLB FA, 4/12/22 4th Rd, ‘20, Loyola Marymount ND FA, 7/21/21 25th Rd, ’18, Tulane

60-day CJ Van Eyk 60-day Troy Watson

BULLPEN COACH: 38 Joel Bonnett ATHLETIC TRAINER: Roelvis Vargas STRENGTH & CONDITIONING: Tommy LaBriola DIETITIAN: Yuka Sanui

MENTAL COACH: Raul Pimental TECH ASSISTANT: AJ Arias

* 40-Man Roster 22 / VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2022

EVERETT AQUASOX #

22 36 10 12 38

PITCHERS Ty Adcock Peyton Alford Jarod Bayless Prelander Berroa Isaiah Campbell Luis Curvelo Tim Elliott Michael Flynn Kyle Hill Leon Hunter Jr. Evan Johnson Jimmy Joyce Adam Macko Bernie Martinez Brendan McGuigan Juan Mercedes Bryce Miller Cameron Ming Mike Mokma Reid Morgan Bryan Pall Logan Rinehart Max Roberts Fred Villarreal Matthew Willrodt

B-T R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R

HT 6' 0" 6' 0" 6' 4" 5' 11" 6' 4" 6' 1" 6' 1" 6' 4" 5' 11" 6' 3" 5' 11" 6' 2" 6' 0" 6' 0" 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 1" 6' 7" 6' 0" 6' 1" 6' 3" 6' 6" 5' 11" 6' 4"

WT 213 190 225 170 230 170 200 185 200 253 190 210 170 195 210 190 180 177 235 187 215 185 190 187 220

DOB 02/07/1997 08/15/1997 12/29/1996 04/18/2000 08/15/1997 10/21/2000 10/11/1997 08/07/1996 05/12/1997 03/17/1997 01/17/1997 01/13/1999 12/30/2000 12/24/1996 10/09/1995 04/03/2000 08/23/1998 05/02/1996 05/06/1998 03/24/1997 10/28/1995 09/21/1997 07/23/1997 04/07/1998 10/19/1997

HOMETOWN Oxford, NC Florence, KY Texarkana, TX Santo Domingo, DR Angra de Heroismo, PT Higuerote, DR Loganville, GA Los Alamitios, CA Corpus Christi, TX Gardner, NC Gilbert, IA Wantagh, NY Stony Plain, AB Laredo, TX Austin, TX Villa Tapia, DR New Braunfels, TX Phoenix, AZ Holland, MI Texarkana, TX Orlando Park, IL Upland, CA Valparaiso, IN Brownsville, TX Houston, TX

PREVIOUS TEAM(S) Modesto (Single-A) Arkansas (Double-A) Tacoma (Triple-A) Eugene (High-A) Everett (High-A) Modesto (Single-A) Everett (High-A) DNP 2021 Everett (High-A) Modesto (Single-A) Everett (High-A) Everett (High-A) Modesto (Single-A) Tacoma (Triple-A) Everett (High-A) Tacoma (Triple-A) Modesto (Single-A) DNP 2021 Great Lakes (High-A) Tacoma (Triple-A) Everett (High-A) DNP 2021 Modesto (Single-A) Tacoma (Triple-A) Tacoma (Triple-A)

# 93 25 19

CATCHERS David Sheaffer Andy Thomas Charlie Welch

B-T R/R L/R R/R

HT 6' 2" 6' 2" 6' 0"

WT 170 210 205

DOB 05/09/1995 06/17/1998 02/08/2000

HOMETOWN Mount Airy, NC Murietta, CA St. Petersburg, FL

PREVIOUS TEAM(S) Tacoma (Triple-A) Everett (High-A) ACL Mariners (Rookie)

ACQUIRED YEAR 38th Round 2018 5th Round 2021 19th Round 2021

# 14 1 13 4 8 15

INFIELDERS Cole Barr Dariel Gomez Justin Lavey Noelvi Marte James Parker Mike Salvatore

B-T HT WT R/R 5' 11" 195 L/R 6' 4" 190 R/R 6' 1" 205 R/R 6' 1" 181 R/R 6' 1" 200 R/R 6' 0" 186

DOB 05/23/1998 07/15/1996 09/23/1997 10/16/2001 03/26/2000 12/27/1996

HOMETOWN Yorktown, IN Santo Domingo, DR Kenosha, WI Cotui, DR Anderson, SC

PREVIOUS TEAM(S) ACL Mariners (Rookie) Everett (High-A) Everett (High-A) Everett (High-A) Modesto (Single-A)

ACQUIRED YEAR 15th Round 2021 Rule 5 Draft 2019 NDFA 2020 NDFA 2018 8th Round 2021

# 2 3 34 37 30

OUTFIELDERS Victor Labrada Myles Miller Spencer Packard Alberto Rodriguez Trent Tingelstad

B-T HT L/L 5' 9" L/R 6' 0" L/R 6' 1" L/L 5' 11" L/R 5' 10"

DOB 01/16/2000 05/22/1996 10/12/1997 10/06/2000 06/14/1998

HOMETOWN Havana, Cuba Windsor, ON Tucson, AZ Cotui, DR Marysville, WA

PREVIOUS TEAM(S) Everett (High-A) Boise (IND) Modesto (Single-A) Everett (High-A) Tacoma (Triple-A)

32 33 29 17 9 23 40 16 31 7 11

SPOKANE INDIANS

93 27 39 18 20

MANAGER 5 Eric Farris HITTING COACH 21 Ryan McLaughlin PITCHING COACH 28 Matt Pierpont COACH 50 Jose Umbria COACH 6 Cameron Ming

WT 165 180 205 227 215

ACQUIRED YEAR 8th Round 2019 NDFA 2021 33rd Round 2019 TRADE (SF) 2022 CB-B Round 2019 NDFA 2018 4th Round 2019 NDFA 2022 10th Round 2019 TRADE (TEX) 2021 NDFA 2019 16th Round 2021 7th Round 2019 NDFA 2019 NDFA 2019 NDFA 2017 4th Round 2021 14th Round 2017 MiLB Free Agent 2022 13th Round 2019 25th Round 2017 16th Round 2019 7th Round 2017 25th Round 2019 15th Round 2018

ACQUIRED YEAR INT’L FA 2021 NDFA 2022 9th Round 2021 TRADE (TOR) 2020 22nd Round 2019

TRAINER Aric Quinney PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST Brennan Mickelson QUALITY CONTROL/VIDEO COORDINATOR Dylan Marcy

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2022 ROSTER

BRENT

LAVALLEE MANAGER

PHIL

JOL

CUNDARI

PITCHING COACH

RYAN

CHAD

WRIGHT

HITTING COACH

ASHLEY

PONCE

JOEL

NICK

POSITION PLAYER COACH

BONNETT

BULLPEN COACH

B:11 in

S:9.75 in

T:10.75 in

MICHAEL

DOMINGUEZ PITCHER

HT: 5-10 WT: 180 B/T: R/R DOB: 8/17/00 HOMETOWN: Tampa, FL ’21 CLUBS: FCL, Dunedin ACQUIRED: ND FA 1/27/22

JUSTIN

KELLY

PITCHER

HT: 6-1 WT: 195 B/T: R/R DOB: 12/2/98 HOMETOWN: West Jordan, UT ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: ND FA, 7/21/21

CONCEPCION PITCHER

HT: 6-5 WT: 195 B/T: R/R DOB: 9/17/98 HOMETOWN: Santiago, DR ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin, Vancouver ACQUIRED: INT FA, 8/31/16

WILL

McAFFER PITCHER

HT: 6-2 WT: 205 B/T: R/R DOB: 5/30/97 HOMETOWN: N. Vancouver, BC ’21 CLUBS: Vancouver, New Hampshire ACQUIRED: 25th Rd, ’18, Tulane

DALLAS PITCHER

HT: 5-11 WT: 206 B/T: R/R DOB: 6/6/00 HOMETOWN: Orange, TX ’21 CLUBS: Pro Debut ACQUIRED: 4th Rd, ’21, Tennessee

ABDIEL

MENDOZA PITCHER

HT: 5-10 WT: 160 B/T: R/R DOB: 9/19/98 HOMETOWN: Chitre, PAN ’21 CLUBS: Down East ACQUIRED: (TEX) Waivers, 12/8/21

GARRETT

FARMER PITCHER

HT: 5-11 WT: 195 B/T: R/R DOB: 5/14/97 HOMETOWN: Huntsville, AL ’21 CLUBS: Aberdeen (BAL A+) ACQUIRED: MiLB FA, 4/12/22

JUAN

NUÑEZ PITCHER

HT: 6-2 WT: 190 B/T: R/R DOB: 1/23/96 HOMETOWN: Santo Domingo, DR ’21 CLUBS: DNP ACQUIRED: MiLB FA, 3/15/22

FRASSO

HT: 6-5 WT: 200 B/T: R/R DOB: 10/18/98 HOMETOWN: Torrance, CA ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: 4th Rd, ‘20, Loyola Marymount

NASWELL

PAULINO PITCHER

HT: 5-11 WT: 170 B/T: L/L DOB: 4/17/00 HOMETOWN: San Cristobal, DR ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: INT FA, 7/4/16

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TRENTON

WALLACE PITCHER

HT: 6-1 WT: 200 B/T: L/L DOB: 3/31/99 HOMETOWN: Rock Island, IL ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: 11th Rd, '21, Iowa

ANDRES

SOSA

CATCHER

HT: 5-11 WT: 210 B/T: R/R DOB: 11/7/97 HOMETOWN: Hermosillo, MX ’21 CLUBS: FCL, Dunedin ACQUIRED: INT FA 8/16/21

DAMIANO

PALMEGIANI INFIELDER

HT: 6-1 WT: 195 B/T: R/R DOB: 1/24/00 HOMETOWN: Caracas, VZ ’21 CLUBS: FCLr ACQUIRED: 14th Rd, ’21, College of Southern Nevada

JIMMY

ROBBINS PITCHER

HT: 6-3 WT: 190 B/T: L/L DOB: 12/22/97 HOMETOWN: Orlando, FL ’21 CLUBS: DNP ACQUIRED: 20th Rd, ’19, Rollins

JOMMER

HERNANDEZ CATCHER

HT: 5-11 WT: 185 B/T: R/R DOB: 10/20/00 HOMETOWN: Puerto Plata, DR ’21 CLUBS: DSL ACQUIRED: MiLB FA, 9/8/21

GLENN

SANTIAGO

HT: 6-0 WT: 165 B/T: R/R DOB: 12/14/20 HOMETOWN: Yauco, Puerto Rico ’21 CLUBS: GCL, Dunedin ACQUIRED: 10th Rd, '19,

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MARK

SIMON

PITCHER

HT: 6-0 WT: 185 B/T: R/R DOB: 8/4/95 HOMETOWN: Houston, TX ’21 CLUBS: DNP ACQUIRED: ND FA, 1/28/22

HIRALDO INFIELDER

HT: 5-11 WT: 170 B/T: R/R DOB: 9/5/00 HOMETOWN: Santiago, DR ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: INT FA, 7/2/17

RILEY

TIROTTA

INFIELDER

WYMER PITCHER

HT: 6-1 WT: 205 B/T: R/R DOB: 3/19/97 HOMETOWN: Flower Mound, TX ’21 CLUBS: Vancouver ACQUIRED: I4th Rd, ’18, TCU

MIGUEL

SEAN

HT: 6-3 WT: 195 B/T: R/R DOB: 8/21/98 HOMETOWN: South Bend, IN ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: 12th Rd, ’21, Dayton

LEO

JIMENEZ INFIELDER

HT: 5-11 WT: 160 B/T: R/R DOB: 5/17/01 HOMETOWN: Las Tablas, PAN ’21 CLUBS: FCL, Dunedin ACQUIRED: INT FA, 7/2/17

STEWARD

BERROA

OUTFIELDER

HT: 5-10 WT: 178 B/T: S/R DOB: 6/05/99 HOMETOWN: La Sabana, VZ ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin, NH ACQUIRED: INT FA, 7/4/16

ANTHONY

MORALES CATCHER

HT: 6-0 WT: 175 B/T: S/R DOB: 11/13/98 HOMETOWN: Aibonito, PR ’21 CLUBS: DUN, VAN, NH, BUF ACQUIRED: ND FA, 2/12/21

P.K.

MORRIS

INFIELDER

HT: 6-1 WT: 195 B/T: L/L DOB: 11/30/98 HOMETOWN: Tampa, FL ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin, Vancouver ACQUIRED: 14th Rd, ’17, Steinbrenner HS (FL)

HUGO

CARDONA

OUTFIELDER

HT: 5-11 WT: 145 B/T: R/R DOB: 9/5/99 HOMETOWN: La Sabana, VZ ’21 CLUBS: FCL, Dunedin, NH ACQUIRED: INT FA, 7/2/16

MACK

MUELLER

OUTFIELDER

HT: 6-3 WT: 225 B/T: R/L DOB: 12/16/97 HOMETOWN: Abilene, TX ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: ND FA, 6/25/20

DASAN

BROWN

OUTFIELDER

HT: 6-0 WT: 185 B/T: R/R DOB: 9/25/01 HOMETOWN: Oakville, ON ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin ACQUIRED: 3rd Rd, '19, Abbey Park HS(ON)

GARRETT

SPAIN

OUTFIELDER

HT: 5-11 WT: 180 B/T: L/R DOB: 9/21/00 HOMETOWN: Clarksville, TN ’21 CLUBS: FCL, Dunedin ACQUIRED: 15th Rd, ’21, Austin Peay State

HARRY

RAY

OUTFIELDER

HT: 5-11 WT: 200 B/T: R/R DOB: 1/11/98 HOMETOWN: Orlando, FL ’21 CLUBS: Dunedin, Vancouver ACQUIRED: ND FA, 6/25/20

YUKA

JESSE

ROELVIS

DIETITIAN

CLUBHOUSE MANAGER

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT

ATHLETIC TRAINER

SANUI

MENDEZ

ARIAS

TOMMY

LaBRIOLA

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

VARGAS

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THE ROAD TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES CAN BE SEEN FROM VANCOUVER

The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club has welcomed more than 800 players onto its rosters since 2000. That’s a lot of guys all striving to one day reach the bright lights of the Major Leagues. Here is a list of every one of our players who has arrived at the game’s highest stage and play in Major League Baseball. 2003 POS C'S ALUMNI Rich Harden Neal Cotts Mike Wood 2004

P P P

Santiago Casilla Nick Swisher Joe Blanton 2005

P OF P

Mark Teahen Dan Johnson Omar Quintanilla Freddie Bynum Nelson Cruz 2006

INF INF INF INF OF

John Rheinecker Andre Either Chris Mabeus Kurt Suzuki Jason Windsor Jeremy Brown Mark Kiger 2007

P OF P C P C INF

Travis Buck Jared Burton Danny Putman Dallas Braden Connor Robertson Marshal McDougall Kevin Melillo Bill Murphy 2008

OF P OF P P INF INF P

Gregorio Petit John Baker Jeff Gray

INF C P

2001 2001 2001

POS C'S ALUMNI

2002 2002 2002

POS C'S ALUMNI

2002 2001 2003 2000 2002

POS C'S ALUMNI

2001 2003 2001 2004 2004 2002 2002

POS C'S ALUMNI

2005 2002 2004 2004 2004 2000 2004 2002

POS C'S ALUMNI

2004 2002 2005

MLB DEBUT

21-Jul 12-Aug 21-Aug MLB DEBUT

TEAM

2009

Oakland Chicago (AL) Oakland

Andrew Bailey Landon Powell Tommy Everidge Brad Kilby Jeff Baisley 2010

TEAM

09-Aug Oakland 03-Sep Oakland 24-Sep Oakland MLB DEBUT

04-Apr 27-May 31-Jul 30-Aug 17-Sep MLB DEBUT

22-Apr 02-May 29-May 12-Jun 17-Jul 03-Sep 13-Oct MLB DEBUT

02-Apr 04-Apr 23-Apr 24-Apr 17-May 05-Jun 24-Jun 03-Sep MLB DEBUT

TEAM

Kansas City Oakland Colorado Oakland Milwaukee TEAM

Texas Los Angeles (NL) Milwaukee Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland TEAM

Oakland Cincinnati Oakland Oakland Oakland Texas Oakland Arizona TEAM

18-May Oakland 09-Jul Florida 08-Sep Oakland

POS C'S ALUMNI

P C INF P INF

2006 2004 2004 2005 2005

TEAM

2017

Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland

Dwight Smith Jr. Seth Frankoff Ian Parmley Franklin Barreto Taylor Cole Tim Mayza Jairo Labourt Carlos Ramirez Richard Urena Tim Locastro 2018

OF P OF INF P P P P INF INF

Ryan Borucki Justin Shafer Murphy Smith Dawel Lugo Jose Fernandez Jonathan Davis Jon Berti 2019

P P P INF P OF INF

POS C'S ALUMNI

MLB DEBUT

TEAM

A.J. Griffin Alexi Ogando 2011

2010 2004

24-Jun 15-Jul

Oakland Texas

POS C'S ALUMNI

MLB DEBUT

TEAM

P P

Justin Sellers Anthony Recker Corey Brown 2012

INF C OF

Pedro Figueroa Sean Doolittle Dan Straily 2013

P P P

Ian Krol Kevin Pillar Max Stassi Michael Choice 2014

P OF C OF

Bo Schultz Marcus Stroman Aaron Sanchez Dalton Pompey Daniel Norris 2015

P P P OF P

2005 2005 2007

POS C'S ALUMNI

2007 2007 2009

POS C'S ALUMNI

2009 2011 2009 2010

POS C'S ALUMNI

2009 2012 2011 2012 2012

POS C'S ALUMNI

Miguel Castro P Roberto Osuna P Noah Syndergaard P Justin Nicolino P Dusty Coleman INF David Rollins P 2016 POS

2014 2012 2011 2011 2008 2011

Andy Burns Matt Dermody

2011 2013

C'S ALUMNI

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MLB DEBUT

06-Apr 11-Apr 28-Jul 02-Sep 09-Sep

INF P

12-Aug Los Angeles (NL) 25-Aug Oakland 06-Sep Washington MLB DEBUT

TEAM

21-Apr Oakland 05-Jun Oakland 30-Aug Oakland MLB DEBUT

05-Jun 14-Aug 20-Aug 02-Sep MLB DEBUT

23-Mar 04-May 23-Jul 02-Sep 05-Sep MLB DEBUT

06-Apr 08-Apr 12-May 20-Jun 03-Jul 04-Jul MLB DEBUT

TEAM

Washington Toronto Houston Oakland TEAM

Arizona Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto TEAM

Toronto Toronto New York (NL) Miami Kansas City Seattle TEAM

09-May Toronto 03-Sep Toronto

POS C'S ALUMNI

2012 2010 2013 2014 2012 2014 2014 2012 2014 2014

POS C'S ALUMNI

2014 2014 2009 2013 2014 2014 2011

POS C'S ALUMNI

MLB DEBUT

18-May 09-Jun 23-Jun 24-Jun 09-Aug 15-Aug 01-Sep 01-Sep 01-Sep 29-Sep MLB DEBUT

26-Jun 18-Aug 27-Aug 30-Aug 01-Sep 05-Sep 26-Sep MLB DEBUT

TEAM

Toronto Chicago (NL) Toronto Oakland Toronto Toronto Detroit Toronto Toronto Los Angeles (NL) TEAM

Toronto Toronto Toronto Detroit Toronto Toronto Toronto TEAM

John Schneider MGR 2011/14-15 28-Mar Travis Bergen P 2015-17 29-Mar Cavan Biggio INF 2016 25-May T.J. Zeuch 2016 03-Sep Lane Thomas OF 2015 17-Apr Ryan McBroom INF/OF 2014 03-Sep 2020 POS C'S MLB

Toronto San Francisco Toronto Toronto St. Louis Kansas City

Nate Pearson Dany Jiménez Patrick Murhpy Ángel Perdomo 2021

P P P P

Toronto San Francisco Toronto Milwaukee

Josh Palacios Alek Manoah Riley Adams Tayler Saucedo Nick Allgeyer Otto Lopez 2022

OF P C P P INF

POS C'S ALUMNI

MLB DEBUT

TEAM

Vinny Capra Danny Young

INF P

1-May 9-May

Toronto Seattle

ALUMNI

2017 2017 2016 2015

POS C'S ALUMNI

2016 2019 2018 2015 2018 2018 2018 2015

DEBUT

29-Jul 23-Jul 18-Sep 18-Aug MLB DEBUT

09-Apr 27-May 08-Jun 17-Jun 02-Jul 17-Aug

TEAM

Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto

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HOW TO SCORE A BASEBALL GAME Different fans have different methods of keeping a scorecard, and many use their own notations. But here's a simple method:

If a runner scores, put a circle at the bottom of the box, and inside the circle put the symbol of the play and/or the player that drove him in. For example, if the No. 5 hitter drives in two runs with a single, mark his single in the bottom right of his box and mark a circle with the number "5" in the boxes of the runners who score (Some people like to use uniform numbers here, so you can tell who did what, even after lineup changes).

For example, If the hitter grounds out to shortstop, for example, write in "6-3," which shows the shortstop threw him out at first base. If the hitter flies out to left field, write a "7." If the batter gets a hit, write in the hit according to which base he reached. Each corner of the box represents a base, with the lowerright corner being first.

At the end of each inning, total the hits and runs for that inning only. At the end of the game you'll be able to add the innings total to get the game score.

If he singles, put a "-" in the lower right. If he doubles, write a "=" in the upper right, and so on. For a walk, use "BB" in the lower right. As the runner advances, mark the appropriate symbol in the appropriate corner.

EXAMPLE SCOREBOARD

SYMBOLS FOR PLAY

1ST INNING 1. SINGLED, ADVANCED ON NEXT BATTER'S WALK, TOOK 3RD ON FIELDER'S CHOICE, SCOREO ON NO. 4 BATTER'S DOUBLE 2. WALKED, LATER FORCED OUT, SHORTSTOP TO SECOND BASE 3. REACHED ON FIELDER'S CHOICE, ADVANCED TO 3RD ON NEXT BATTER'S DOUBLE, SCORED ON NO. 5 BATTER'S SINGLE 4. DOUBLED, SCORED ON NO. 5 BATTER'S SINGLE 5. SINGLED, ADVANCED TO 2ND ON NEXT BATTER'S SINGLE, STOLE 3RD BASE, THROWN OUT ON GROUNDER, SHORTSTOP TO CATCHER 6. SINGLED, STOLE 2ND BASE 7. REACHED 1ST ON FIELDER’S CHOICE 8. POPPED OUT TO 2ND BASE 2ND INNING 9. LEADOFF WITH DOUBLE 1. FLIED OUT TO CENTERFIELD 2. POPPED OUT TO SHORTSTOP 3. STRUCKOUT SWINGING

TEAM BATTING ORDER

3 2

Single: S or – Double: D or = Triple: T or = Homerun: HR or =

1. CENTER FIELDER 8 4 6-4 6 2. SHORTSTOP BB 3 3. 1ST BASEMAN 5 FC K = 4. 3RD BASEMAN 5 SB 2 5. RIGHT FIELDER 6-2 SB 6. LEFT FIELDER 7. DESIGNATED HITTER FC 8. 2ND BASEMAN 4 / 9. CATCHER = R H 3 4 0 1 TOTALS

Passed Ball: PB Stolen Base: SB Double Play: DP Error: E Sacrifice Fly: SF

Sacrifice: SH or SAC Walk: BB Strikeout: K

Intentional Walk: Foul Fly: Force Out: Line Drive:

Called Out on Strikes: K Balk: BK Fielder’s Choice: FC Hit by Pitch: HP Wild Pitch: WP

IBB F FO L

Bunt: B Unassisted: U

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS BY THE NUMBERS 1 PITCHER 2 CATCHER 3 1ST BASEMAN 4 2ND BASEMAN 5 3RD BASEMAN 6 7 8 9

SHORTSTOP LEFT FIELDER CENTER FIELDER RIGHT FIELDER

8 7

6 5

4 1

BASIC UMPIRE SIGNS FOR THE PLAYERS AND FANS Umpires use a number of signals. Some of these are familiar and are associated with the Rules of Baseball, like safe, out, foul, etc. These are a few you are likely to see when scoring a game.

FOUL TIP

DOUBLE

TRAPPED BALL/SAFE

DELAYED DEAD BALL

TIME/DEAD BALL

COUNT

HOLD UP PLAY

HOME RUN

PLAY BALL

INFIELD FLY

FAIR BALL

FOUL BALL

STRIKE OUT

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BY NIALL O’DONOHOE

Each week, we’ll feature a conversation between Niall O’Donohoe of C’s Plus Baseball and one member of the Canadians roster. Niall caught up with pitcher Chad Dallas to find out more about his past, what he’s working on this season and how his first Nat Bailey Stadium experiences have been.

C’S CHAT: CHAD DALLAS Rated as the 117th best prospect by Baseball America heading into the 2021 draft, the 22 year-old righty from Orange, Texas was taken 121st overall by the Toronto Blue Jays out of the University of Tennessee. Dallas wound up signing for $497,500, which was above the allotted slot bonus of $473,700 for the 121st pick. A two-sport athlete who also played football at West OrangeStark High School, Dallas won a number of awards including Orange County Most Valuable Player honours as a senior in 2018 after allowing just four earned runs and batting .410. The 5-foot-11, 206-pound righthander went on to pitch for Panola College in the junior college ranks in Carthage, Texas, the same place his father Tony Dallas pitched. Chad dominated with a strikeout rate of 16.8 batters per nine innings, sitting down 71 hitters in 39 innings of relief with the Ponies in 2019. The bullpen was where Dallas was supposed to be in 2020 with the Volunteers but an arm injury to eventual 2020 Chicago White Sox first-round pick Garrett Crochet opened the door to not only a spot in the Vols rotation but an assignment as the Opening Day starter. He pitched five shutout innings against Western Illinois on Valentine’s Day and struck out eight over five innings. Tennessee coach Tony Vitello lauded Dallas afterwards, saying, “This guy has a commanding presence, the guys rally behind him, and this might be a long-term answer opposed to a short-term answer”. Dallas proved Vitello right by earning a win against number-one ranked Texas Tech in the Round Rock Classic on February 21. The younger brother of Lamar University pitcher Jack Dallas was 3-0 with a 2.53 ERA before COVID cancelled the season. Chad was named to the 2019-2020 SEC (Southeastern Conference) FirstYear Academic Honor Roll. Dallas set the tone for his 2021 season by no-hitting Georgia Southern February 19 into the seventh before giving up two runs but that was enough for him to pick up the victory. He went on to win 11 games in total, getting win number 10 in SEC Tournament play against Mississippi State May 27 with six innings of one-run ball. His 11th victory helped the Vols get to the College World Series by striking out 12 in a win over Louisiana State in the Super Regional opener. Winning 11 of 13 decisions with a 4.18 ERA and striking out 122 batters in 103 innings, Dallas was named an ABCA/Rawlings

Second Team All-American and First Team Southeast All-Region. Save for a few innings in instructional ball, Dallas did not make his professional debut until this season with the Canadians. It was a debut to remember as he overcame a leadoff walk by pitching five perfect innings and striking out eight to earn the win in TriCity April 13. That earned him the Northwest League Pitcher of the Week Award. Dallas has had his ups and downs but he did put together 10 shutout innings over three starts to begin the month of May with 13 strikeouts against seven walks. Baseball America updated its prospect rankings of the Toronto Blue Jays farm system, placing Dallas at the Jays 19th best prospect: “Dallas is an athletic pitcher, with an up-tempo delivery, and a smooth motion toward the plate despite some effort due to the pace. He delivers the ball from a high three-quarter slot, with a short, fast arm action, a heavy drop and drive operation and a strong leg block, that portends potential velocity gains to be had. Dallas works off of a four pitch mix that features above-average spin. His four-seam fastball has moderate hop, sitting 91-94 mph, touching 96 mph at peak, and is used primarily to set up his trio of secondaries early in counts. His horizontal breaking slider has good velocity sitting in the mid-80s, touching as high as 89 mph, and is his best swing and miss pitch by a wide margin. He shows excellent command of the pitch, and can throw it for strikes or exaggerate the shape to induce chases off the plate glove side. His low-80s curveball is used interchangeably with his slider, featuring 11-5 shape and heavier downward drop than his slider. The pitch is his primary secondary against lefthanded hitters, and is an effective, but not overpowering offering. He throws a low-90s cutter that produced good results in limited 2021 usage. Dallas has all the ingredients of a potential back-end starter, with upside to add more velocity to his fastball. Excellent feel for spin, and command of his secondaries drive his profile.” C’s Plus Baseball spoke to Dallas during the team’s homestand against Spokane. This interview has been edited for clarity. C’s Plus Baseball – Let’s take it back to junior college. You had an outstanding year with Panola College, and it landed you a spot with a Tennessee. Talk about your college career and how that all started for you.

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Chad Dallas – I started out at Panola Junior College. Not a very highly scouted kid in high school but I knew I wanted to keep playing and got my opportunity with Panola. And with some hard work and my body kind of maturing, some more finishing up, it helped me out to having a good season at Panola. And then from there, even more hard work and even a little more body maturing and stuff as well as a great coaching staff and support system at the University of Tennessee helped me to get here. But yeah, it was a little different journey than some people with one year at juco and then to Tennessee but it was definitely the right choice. CPB – Your Dad pitched at Panola and your brother also pitching in college baseball. How much did their guidance help you out? CD – It helped me a lot, especially with my Dad. He helped me and my brother out with pitching and, you know, sports and life in general. He was a really good baseball player and we’d never got to watch him play obviously but all of his friends from when he grew up there. It was all they could talk about when we played and was kind of bringing up stories about when he played. And so that was really cool to hear. And then just helping guiding us through the journey of being the scholar-athlete or just kind of becoming a man was really cool and it helped. And then seeing my brother play, he played football and baseball at Lamar University, so that was cool watching him juggle being a football player, a baseball player, and then studying to be an engineer. So it was cool to kind of watch him juggle all that. And it just made me want to be just like those guys. CPB – I understand you played a little bit of football yourself. Of course, it’s Texas, everybody knows about Friday Night Lights, but what was that like playing baseball and football growing up? CD – It was fun. I played up until it was high school and then my freshman and sophomore year, I took some time off to just focus on baseball. And then my junior year was my brother’s senior year and he had played his whole life. So I told myself that I was going to get back into football to play with my brother. They didn’t have a kicker so I just kind of pulled up some YouTube videos and taught myself how to kick. I wasn’t in that big of a role for the team, but it was fun to be there with my brother and all of our friends that we grew up with. Just a fun experience with how big it is in Texas. CPB – Now were you kicking field goals or was it punting? CD – Both. Yeah, I tried to do as much as I could since I didn’t get to do too much. CPB – So you get to Tennessee and you had a terrific season going to the College World Series. What was that all like for you? CD – It was awesome. At first I was, you know, kind of not really nervous, kind of more anxious to get with the team and everything. And this goes back to COVID year when I first appeared at Tennessee and had exit meetings after the fall. Coach Vitello and Frank Anderson, they told me that I was going to be a relief guy, closer maybe, that sort of deal but I was going to be in the mix. So spring rolls around and our supposed to be Friday night guy feels a little tender in his throwing arm. And so they wait him out, let him heal and don’t want to push anything at the beginning of the season so then they shove me in the Friday night spot and that’s kind of where it started. And so I just took that with as much as I had and just tried to do the best I could for

the team. The support system there and the coaching, it wasn’t too hard to go out and play for the guys next to me. We knew we were going to be good. Didn’t know we were gonna be maybe that good but we just kind of started playing together and everybody and everything started to kind of just add up perfectly and we made a good run. Didn’t really finish how we wanted it, but it was, looking back, maybe I would change winning the national championship, but definitely, it was a blast. And the fan base for Tennessee, Vol Nation, is unreal. So like getting to experience that with them, it’s the first time they’ve been back in forever. So it was cool to give them that experience and then get the experience with them as well. CPB – So the College World Series experience, it’s really a oncein-a-lifetime thing. How can you compare that to anything you’ve been through before? CD – I don’t know if I really can. I played in front of a lot of people for state championships in football, tons of people in Texas and played in front of a lot of people in college baseball in general, just regular games. And then, you get ready to the big games. There’s so many people and then you show up to the College World Series and our coach had actually told us, ‘Before you go out there and start doing anything, make sure you look around, take it in and then clear it.’ And he was right because you go out there and there’s 25,000 people watching you, surrounding you. So it was almost surreal. It was an awesome experience but very unexplainable. I would say that experience is kind of like the draft process. When you see your name. You talk about how cool it is but it truly is unexplainable. CPB – So you get drafted by the Blue Jays. How did that all go? Did you have a draft party or anything like that? CD – Yeah. I had a draft party with friends and family back in Orange, Texas, my hometown, a lot of people there. We had an idea of when my name would be called but me knowing how the draft goes, I was trying to keep everything out. I didn’t want to talk to anybody, but my (advisor). And so I did not hear from anybody until my (advisor) had called me. And then he told me that we had a deal with the Blue Jays. With as happy as I was, my heart like almost sank because of how it was just finally one of those moments where you kind of just sit back and you’re like, ‘Okay, like it happens.’ And so it was really cool and getting to share it with my parents, my siblings, my friends, and other family, it was really awesome. And then I talked to, I think it was (scout) Nate Murrie or (director of player development) Joe Sclafani. In the moment, I don’t remember who called me but I know it was somebody obviously with the Blue Jays and we talked a little bit and it was awesome, it was awesome. CPB – Did you have any idea the Blue Jays were interested in you before the draft? Or did you think maybe another team was going to select you? CD – I had met with the Blue Jays in the fall meetings over Zoom and stuff. But like the last two weeks before the draft, anytime somebody, a team would try to talk to me, I would send them straight to talk to my (advisor) because I didn’t want to put any false hope in my head of when I was going go or stuff like that. And so I didn’t really talk to many people but I didn’t really have an idea of who it was going to be. The Blue Jays weren’t going to

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be like my number one (team) of thinking like, ‘Oh, that they’re for sure picking me.” So I didn’t know (beforehand). CPB – You didn’t pitch professionally last year but how did you prepare heading into 2022? What did you work on? CD – I stayed at the complex in Dunedin, Florida and worked on getting stronger, staying in shape and building arm strength. And then I pitched about four innings in instructional ball, and that was just kind of like an introduction, you know, it doesn’t really count, but you’re still competing. I just worked on some pitches, trying to make some things better, making sure I was moving well and staying strong as well. And that kind of carried over through the off-season, just trying to stay strong and being able to move well and work on different pitches such as trying to add a changeup and then trying to keep the other pitches sharp, CPB – Talk to me about your pitching repertoire. I’ve heard fastball, I’ve heard cutter, I’ve heard slider. What is your pitch mix right now? CD – It’s a four-seam (fastball), a slider, a curveball, and then a changeup. CPB – Your slider. Would you consider that your best off-speed pitch? CD – Yes, I would. I would definitely say it’s the one I use the most. I think I’m definitely more comfortable throwing it than the curveball. Sometimes the hitter is on the slider, they’re expecting it so much that the curveball turns into my best off-speed pitch for the game. So it just kind of depends but I definitely rely on the slider a good bit. CPB – Was there anyone who taught you the slider? Did you figure it out yourself or did someone show you a grip? CD – I learned it from my pitching coach Frank Anderson at the University of Tennessee and it was actually supposed to be a cutter. It started out as a cutter because his son pitches professionally, Brett Anderson. He’s a lefty but we just flipped it so I used Brett’s cutter grip. It started out as a cutter and it just kind of turned into a slider. I was getting around it a little bit so yeah, Frank Anderson taught me that and worked with me on that for a really, really long time and helped me out a lot with that. Everything else came from my dad, Tony Dallas. CPB – Your fastball, four-seamer, two-seamer or both? CD – Four-seam. Every once in a while, I’ll kind of throw in some two-seams. I’m kind of working on that but four seams is definitely the one I use the most. CPB – And the changeup, how do you feel that’s coming along? Do you break it out a lot during a game? Do you try to work in changeups when you can or is it basically just a feel thing? CD -I’ve been working on it pretty hard. It’s definitely a lot better than what it has been in the past. I’ve thrown it in games, starting to throw it a little more. But like you said, it’s just kind of a comfortability thing and the only way to get comfortable with it is to throw it to people in the box. And so that’s just one little thing that I got to start doing is throw it more in the game and, you know, whatever happens, happens. I just got to get comfortable and have the feel for the pitch. CPB – If you had to give a scouting reporting on yourself, how would you describe yourself? 38 / VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2022

CD – I would describe myself as really a “go at you” kind of pitcher. I always think that I’m never out of the fight. Whatever the situation is, with runners on or whoever’s hitting. I kind of walked a couple more people than I’ve usually done but you know, it’s baseball and it happens. I just got to a get in the zone and attack the hitters. What I’ve always been was attack the hitter, throw it in the zone a lot and if they hit it, they hit it. CPB – I want to talk to you about grinding your way through outings. Spokane’s a perfect example. Two runs in the first, but you managed the last through four (innings). What did you take away from that outing after kind of a tough start, but things did get better in the end? CD – Me and pitching coach Phil Cundari, we kind of talked about it. I think it was after the second (inning) that we really sat down and talked about it and he just asked me kind of what was going on, how am I feeling? And I said, ‘Yeah, you know, I was feeling good, but I was trying to do just do way too much.’ I was trying to make everybody swing and miss. I was trying to do it all on my own, make people look bad with a bad swing and that’s not really who I am. So I told him, I was like, ‘I was just trying to do too much, trying to run away from the barrels, trying to get all strikeouts in the first couple of pitches and that’s not possible.’ So after that, we kind of settled down and I realized that I just got to be myself and throw the ball in the zone and compete a little more. Stop trying to make everybody do what you want them to do. Just throw it in the zone. Let ’em hit it. Let your fielders work. CPB – You certainly did that when you got the Pitcher of the Week award in Tri-City. You walked the first guy, then retired the next 15. How did it feel pitching out there? Did you just know you’re in the zone early on? Describe what it was like pitching that night? CD – Yeah, it was good. The bullpen right before the game was bad. So it was kind of weird going onto the field and then I walked the first batter and I’m just like, ‘Oh Lord, this, this might get ugly.’ And then, kind of the same thing, I just kind of stepped off the mound and told myself like, ‘You don’t have to do too much. You just go up there and be yourself and throw your pitches in the zone.’ If they hit it, they hit it. If they score, they score but you got to compete. You can’t walk everybody. And that’s kind of what had happened. And after that deep breath, I kind of got back to myself and it worked out pretty good. CPB – What’s it like pitching with a pitch clock? With these new rules, how has that been for you? CD – It’s definitely different and new and it makes the games faster. I don’t think it’s affected me that much. Maybe after having to go cover first, I’m dog-tired trying to get back on the mound and stuff but it’s not that big of a deal. The only thing I would say is when there’s a runner on, I would like to have as much time as I’d like to hold or keep the runner on because whoever made the rules, it’s not their run, it’s mine. But at the same time, as a pitcher and even as a hitter, there’s so much thinking. You’re planning what you’re going to do, the next pitch or this pitch, that kind of thing. Things that you think about, what’s going to work here? What’s not? Where it needs to be pitch-wise? There’s pros and cons that can make the game faster. You have to have a plan way before that moment. So, you know, there’s pros and cons. CPB – As far as a pitching routine goes, how do you approach

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when you know you’re getting a start? Take us through your typical day getting ready for getting on the mound. CD – I usually don’t set an early alarm. I set an “at latest” alarm and that’s just making sure I get all the sleep I can but not too much, you know, I don’t want to wake up drowsy feeling. And then after that, I just kind of lay around a little bit. Not too much because I don’t want to be laying around all day and feel drowsy as well. Just doing something, show up to the field, kind of relax, get everything set up, the uniform, everything’s ready. About an hour-and-a-half before, use the massage gun, start doing mobility, stretching things, to get stretched out my arm from our trainer Ro (Roelvis Vargas). And then come out here, nobody’s out here. I can do like my moving stretches and kind of get my mind focused and get my mind ready, locked in on the game out here by myself doing my own thing. And I think that’s usually when it all kind of settles in. That’s like, ‘Okay, it’s game day, I got to go.’ But like I said, I’m out here by myself trying to get my mind focused and getting it ready to play. CPB – And when you get to the mound at Nat Bailey, what’s it like pitching here? CD – It’s awesome. You know, you hear a lot of stories about minor league ball, no fans, and you play in front of 20 people which is kind of how Juco was but not at the Nat, the Nat is filled. I love it. I love the energy and it’s really awesome to see so many people out here supporting us. And even if it’s just supporting baseball in general. So it’s really cool to see everybody around here cheering us on. And I really like the sushi race but I like the field crew 40 / VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2022

dancing. That’s my favorite part of every game. It’s awesome. You know, the crowd’s awesome. The atmosphere is loud. It’s hype, it’s fun. CPB – Have you thought about maybe doing what Steward Berroa did? (Dancing with the grounds crew) CD – I’ve thought about it but I can’t do it when I’m pitching. And I don’t know if Brent (C’s manager Brent Lavallee) would be too happy if I ran out there from the bench. So I’ll probably just maybe do it on the warning track over here. I’m probably not going to go out there like he did but he did well. He caught on very quick. CPB – Final question. And really this should have been the first question, your nickname Cheese. I understand it has to do with a cartoon and the expression “Cheddar!”. Take us through it. CD – So as a kid, A Goofy Movie, where Pauly Shore is the voiceover for Bobby. And to me, Bobby was the cool kid and so since he was the cool kid, I had to do with the cool kid did. And what he did was, he would say ‘Cheddar? Awooo!’ and then spray some canned cheese in his mouth. So anytime we had some spray cheese around the house, I would always kind of do that for my Mom and Dad and the family. Just try to make them laugh and stuff. And so it started out as Chad and Cheddar and then Cheese. So I’ve been called Cheese since I was about seven or eight years old. And now my parents don’t even call me Chad. They legit truly only call me Cheese. When I hear Chad, it’s kind of weird. Like it’s weird to answer when they call me Chad. I’m so used to being called Cheese by everybody so I’m glad it’s kind of stuck around.

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FORMER C’S – WHERE ARE THEY NOW? CANADIANS: 2011 CURRENTLY: LOS ANGELES ANGELS

Before he wowed millions with his electric arm, before his hair grew past his shoulders, before he assumed the nickname of a Norse god, Noah Syndergaard was pitching for the Vancouver Canadians.

NOAH SYNDERGAARD The man nicknamed “Thor” was originally drafted by the Blue Jays as the 38th overall pick in 2010 out of Legacy High School in his hometown of Mansfield, TX and made his professional debut in Bluefield that year with five starts that spanned 13.1 innings. In 2011, he returned to Bluefield for seven appearances before joining the C’s on July 31 and making his Northwest League debut three days later. On August 3 at The Nat, Syndergaard climbed the slope against Spokane and earned the win with five innings in which he allowed one unearned run on four hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

That night was the first of four starts with the Canadians in which he went 1-2 with a 2.00 ERA across 18 innings with 22 strikeouts and only five walks, good enough to earn him a promotion to Low-A Lansing later that season. Syndergaard spent all of 2012 with the Lugnuts before a life-changing trade sent

him to the National League. He was traded to the New York Mets on December 17, 2012 in the deal that brought R.A. Dickey to Toronto in a package that included future big leaguer Travis D’Arnaud. He debuted in the Mets system with High-A St. Lucie, earned Florida State League All-Star honors then finished the 2013 campaign with Double-A Binghamton.

New York invited Syndergaard to his first big league camp in the spring of 2014 and he went on to make 26 starts in the Pacific Coast League, where he logged a careerhigh 133.0 innings. After spending all of that campaign in Triple-A, he returned to the highest level of the minors the following season and had a 1.82 ERA in five turns before the Mets called him up to make his big league debut on May 12, 2015. That day, he took the loss at Wrigley Field after he allowed three runs on six hits in 5.1 frames opposite the Cubs, but he finished his first big league stint with

a 9-7 record and a 3.24 ERA in 150.0 MLB innings. He would never pitch a non-rehab game in the Minor Leagues again.

Syndergaard, as many know, went on to electrify the game in 2016 when he made 30 starts, went 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA in 183.2 stanzas and held opponents to a .243 batting average, but that would be the last season of full health for the hardthrowing right-hander. He battled injuries in 2017 (torn lat muscle), 2018 (strained index finger, hand, foot & mouth disease), 2019 (hamstring strain) and tore the UCL in his elbow in 2020 to force Tommy John surgery. He managed to return at the end of 2021, finished out his contract with New York and elected free agency before signing with the Los Angeles Angels in November of that year. As of this writing, Syndergaard is 5-7 with a 3.84 ERA in 13 starts in 2022.

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BY LINA SETAGHIAN

MEET OUR MASCOTS The Vancouver Canadians have an army of mascots that are all designed with one common goal – ensure everyone out at historic Nat Bailey Stadium has fun! From a loveable bear to a trio of sushi that are ready to rock – not to mention a condiment and utensil? The Canadians mascots are truly one of a kind!

BOB BROWN BEAR

Debut: 2007 Occupation: Canadians’ official mascot Favourite Pastime: Meeting fans, giving high fives and hugs, posing for photos About BBB: Makes more than 150 local community appearances every year and named after Vancouver’s Mr. Baseball, Bob Brown who dedicated his whole life to the game we love so dearly.

MR. KAPPA MAKI

Debut: 2008 Occupation: Staying cool, Professional Racer Favourite Pastime: Attending birthday parties, winning races Make-Up: Few slices of cucumber wrapped in rice and then rolled in a piece of dried seaweed. Sleek and light - Mr. Kappa Maki is always a tough competitor.

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CHEF WASABI

Debut: 2008 Occupation: Chef, professional racer Favourite Pastime: Running, cooking Make-Up: Whether you buy wasabi in root form or as a green powder, there is one thing that is for sure - Chef Wasabi is one spicy addition to our Sushi Race!

SADAHARU SOY

Debut: 2015 Occupation: Pot Stirrer, Professional Racer Favourite Pastime: Cooking, meeting fans, running Make-Up: Known to add a little saltiness to any meal, Sadaharu Soy was named after the legendary baseball slugger Sadaharu Oh who’s legend is global. Sadaharu is both physical and a little trickly during the sushi races!

MS. BC ROLL

Debut: 2008 Occupation: Pageant queen, professional racer Favourite Pastime: Beating Chef Wasabi in Sushi Races and hanging out at the ballpark Make-Up: Combination of barbecue BC smoked salmon and fresh cucumber with a little mayonnaise to keep her rollin'.

CHOP N’ STIX

Debut: 2018 Occupation: Hand Tools, Professional Racers Favourite Pastimes: Helping people, racing Make-Up: Renewable, reusable and environmentally friendly! Chop & Stix come to the ballpark to keep the peace between the super competitive sushi and sauce. Connected at the top, Chop & Stix have a few challenges to iron out during the race – but they always get an A for effort.

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ACROSS 1. Baseball players are usually safe here 5. Leather object worn on hand to catch baseballs 6. Metal or wooden object used to hit the ball 7. Hat worn by baseball players 8. A ball hit out of bounds 10. Player who throws the ball over homeplate 13. The area between the three bases and home plate DOWN 1. A game played on a diamond 2. A baseball game has nine such divisions 3. Catches the ball thrown by the pitcher 4. The area of the field furthest from the batter and outside the diamond 9. Calls strikes and balls 11. Group of people playing a game 12. When a player can run around all the bases on just one hit

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BASEBALL WORD JUMBLE 1.

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2 3 WHICH TWO ARE EXACTLY ALIKE?

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JUMBLE ANSWERS: 1. Baseball 2. Double 3. Batter 4. Glove 5. Canadians 6. Steal 7. Bob Brown Bear 8. Champions 9. Pitcher 10. Slider BASEBALL MATCH: 2 & 6 LOGO ANSWERS (L-R): Orioles; Brewers; Mets; Phillies; Tigers; Angels; Reds; Cubs; Braves; Yankees; Royals; Astros; Athletics; Mariners; Blue Jays; Twins; Red Sox; White Sox; Indians; Rockies; Cardinals; Pirates; Giants; Padres; Rays; Marlins; Nationals; Diamondbacks; Dodgers; Rangers CROSSWROD ANSWERS (Across) 1. Base 5.Mitt 6. Bat 7. Cap 8. Foul 10. Pitcher 13. Diamond (Down) 1. Baseball 2. Inning 3. Catcher 4. Outfield 9. Umpire 11. Team 12. Homerun

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