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CANNONS FALL BALL

 Thursday, Friday

5 p.m. at Robert Burnaby Park.

(See NEWS for directions to Robert Burnaby)

Guest coaches include:

CHRIS PRITCHETT

--Major league first baseman, four years with Anaheim and Philadelphia

--Workout expert with Twist Conditioning

--Radio voice (Team 1040) of the Vancouver Canadians

JIM CHAPMAN

--Ex-pro and San Francisco Giants scout

GEORGE MORNEAU

--The man who built JUSTIN MORNEAU's swing

LORNE BERKUN

--Coached track in Southern California

--Expert in sprint technique to increase running speed

 

REGISTER AT THE PARK OR FILL OUT THE FORM ON THE "REGISTER" LINK 

SEE THE "NEWS" LINK FOR COMPLETE DETAILS

For information contact:

Dave Empey, head coach,

daveempey@shaw.ca

604 771-9736

All NEW players, 13 to 18, are welcome.

CANNONS BASEBALL for players who live in Vancouver, Burnaby or Richmond or have a release from another PBL team.

 

RYAN DEMPSTER, Chicago Cubs

Read what Ryan has to say about playing for Dave Empey.  Click on the "DEMPSTER" link in the box at the top left

       Dempster is recognized as the team leader of the Cubs and a workhorse pitcher who eats innings.  He's  12-9 with a 3.71 ERA and could easily have 16 wins if the bull pen had protected leads.  What's more, he's sixth in the National League in strikeouts (172) and  has already thrown 182 innings this season.  Ryan was an NL all-star in 2000 and 2008.

 

CANNONS PHILOSOPHY

We believe in LOYALTY

Once a Cannon, always a Cannon

OUR PRIORITY IS YOUR FUTURE 

We want to win, of course, but that's not nearly as important as where you play when you leave the CANNONS.  If you develop into a pro prospect and we can help you get drafted, then great.  But equally important is a chance to play college baseball and get an education. 

The Cannons put three players on the CANADIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR team in 2009, including pitchers Vaughn Mabone and Tom Robson and catcher/outfielder Rowan Wick.  And Cannons ace Allen Rimer, now throwing in college for Iowa Central, was named Top Pitcher in the PBL.

This season Rowan was drafted in the 19th round by the Milwaukee Brewers.  What's more, Vaughn and Rowan were with the national junior team once again. 

Head coach Dave Empey has developed players drafted 22 times by major league teams and put 12 into professional baseball.  Three of them reached the major leagues, including pitcher Ryan Dempster, a National League all-star in 2000 and 2008 and the team leader of the Chicago Cubs.

We had a very young team our first season, with seven grade 10 players on our senior team, but we still managed to finish in the playoffs.  This year we added a JUNIOR team and our emphasis is the same.  PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. 

We expect to get players drafted by Major League teams and we focus on our graduates going on to college baseball.  With that in mind, the Cannons are committed to player development in Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond.