Current Team and Management
The Canadians announced January 10, 2007 that Rick Magnante would return as Manager for 2007, as well as pitching coach Craig Lefferts, who entered his 4th season as the pitching coach. Former Vancouver Canadian slugger Chris Pritchett was named the team's latest hitting coach in May 2007.
Since February 7, 2007 the Canadians have been owned by a local ownership group, Vancouver Professional Baseball Partnership, who intend to keep the team in Vancouver and initiate extensive upgrades to Nat Bailey Stadium. The stadium will be restored to a state similar to when it opened in 1951 with murals and trees adorning the outside, in addition to modernization improvements to the rest of the stadium.
The Canadians announced that former Washington Nationals marketing guru Andy Dunn would become the President and General Manager of the Canadians, on January 7, 2008.
For the 2008 season, the team had many 'headline names' on the roster, including Jeremy Barfield, son of Jesse Barfield and brother of Josh Barfield.
In 2011 the Canadians became the Short Season A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. This helped see the team's attendance rise to 162,162 for the season. This was a team record. In September 2011, the Vancouver Canadians won their first Northwest League Championship title, defeating the Tri-City Dust Devils 9-2 to win the final series 2-1. The following year, the Vancouver Canadians became back-to-back champions for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Boise Hawks 12-9 to win the final series 2-1.
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