It’s been over two years since the Vancouver Canadians have played baseball in Nat Baily Stadium, but that is soon to change. Vancouver has released their schedule for next season, and on April 19th, 2022, the Vancouver Canadians will be back at the Nat for the first time in 963 days. The COVID-19 virus knocked out minor league baseball in 2020, and in 2021 (last season), the Canadians were playing their home games, south of the border, in Hillsboro, Oregon. One new exciting thing about the Vancouver Canadians next season that will keep fans coming to the Nat regularly is that Vancouver has moved up to the High-A-West League. Moving up into the High-A-West League will mean many good things for baseball fans in Vancouver, Better quality baseball featuring better quality players, and there will be more baseball being played. Vancouver’s schedule has gone from a 66 game schedule the last time they were in town to a 132 game schedule, with the season starting in mid-April. There is, however, one possible problem the Canadians will have to face with the season starting so early, filling seats in the colder rainier months at the Nat Baily Stadium. Because Vancouver was playing in a lower league with fewer games for the past two decades, the season wouldn’t start until the middle of June, and well, the weather was nice enough to keep fans coming to the games. Now, however, Vancouver will have the task, for the first time since 1999 when the Canadians played Triple-A, to fill seats in the rainier months of the year, like April and May. If I were a betting man, I wouldn’t put it past the Canadian’s staff to manage to get an excellent turnout to games all year long. Vancouver has always had good attendance in years past, and now that the team is finally back after two years and playing in a better league… fans should be racing for the doors of Nat Baily Stadium.