Parker, it was agreed later, had crushed the pitch, hitting the ball exactly in its middle with the middle of his bat, so that it flew toward Dauer without any spin - a knuckleball, in short, which took a sudden and characteristic knuckleball veer at the last instant and skipped free. Tim Foli, running toward second, was the nearest witness, and he said later, "I could see the seams of the ball, so I knew what had happened. It was so strange to see a ball hit that way, and hit so hard, that I yelled 'Look out!' as it went by me. Dauer never had a chance."
-- Parker's seventh inning single off Jim Palmer to break up a scoreless tie in Game 6 of the 1979 World Series. in Roger Angell, Late Innings

The starting pitchers were noteworthy on Sunday. Adam Kloffenstein pitched well for Buffalo but wasn't around for the walk off win. Juaron Watts-Brown also did well for New Hampshire but was only good for four innings. Khal Stephen struck out eight over 5.1 innings and just gave up one run, a run that got him the L. Johnny King had command issues in a game that was suspended.

Buffalo did a reverse Jays, the won by a touchdown and a field goal. Phil Clarke hit a grand slam. The other games were close with several late win. New Hampshire lost to a walk off. Dunedin and the FCL team were on the winning side of a walk off. Vancouver wone one but lost game two in the ninth.

Six games, two wins. Dunedin won one of their two games thanks to Kendry Rojas who should be ready for New Hampshire after dominating in A ball. The other win was in the FCL where Troy Guthrie was great after Brandon Barriera struggled. The top three teams all lost.

Welcome to quaint, old Fenway Park.

Adam Macko gave up eight runs in a couple of innings. Buffalo did hit well but the hole was too big. New Hampshire were the opposite. They didn't hit and did get good pitching but they too lost. Vancouver were rained out. Dunedin lost their resumed game and has their second game rained out. The FCL Jays were the only stateside winners.

Clearwater 6 Dunedin 5

New Hampshire 2 Hartford 1

Tri-City 5 Vancouver 4

Lehigh Valley 7 Buffalo 1

Buffalo lost, so did Vancouver. New Hampshire were the only winners Wednesday. Dunedin’s game was confusing

Two wins for the affiliates on Tuesday provided by Vancouver and the DSL Blue squad.


Jackson Wentworth was a lumberjack for the C's and was more than okay on Tuesday.

Last week Niall O'Donohue (#2JBrumfield) joined the GoldenV Podcast for a Vancouver Canadians May and a bit June 2025 update on Vancouver Canadians season.

On the road again.

Vancouver were the only winners on Sunday with Khal Stephen pitching six shutout innings. The other three teams lost. It's also mid season so time to look at first half performances.

Michael Stefanic hit two home runs as Buffalo out-clubbed Worcester. Dunedin hit three bombs and shutout Clearwater behind Kendry Rojas. The FCL Jays racked up eleven runs against the Yankees with Yorman Licourt homering. New Hampshire lost but Peyton Williams went deep. Vancouver were rained out.

The top four affiliates all lost with few stand out performances. The FCL Jays did win.

Sorry baby
We call it like we see it in Chicago

All right then - the White Sox are bad.

Vancouver won eleven games in a row down the stretch. They were 9-1 in their last ten games. They had the second best first half record in franchise history. But they missed out on the playoffs. Everett finished by winning six straight games, they were 8-2 in their last ten and they held the tie-break over Vancouver as both teams were tied.

Elsewhere Dunedin won while the big boys at the top of the system lost.