The days are getting longer, things are starting to thaw out a little bit, and can you believe it? It’s only about four months until ABL season gets into the swing. Junior colleges have started playing ball way down south, and although things seem to be frozen solid up here in Alaska, the Chugiak-Eagle River [...]

Tomorrow, when the powers that be announce their pick for the 2011 American League Most Valuable Player, the pressure will be on them to make the right decision and anoint former Anchorage Glacier Pilot Jacoby Ellsbury with one of baseball’s most prestigious honors. The haters gonna hate. He was “only” 5th in the AL in [...]

Draft day 2011 is far behind us and baseball nerds everywhere are already looking forward to the 2012 MLB Draft. But before we turn the corner and start looking at our ABL alumni who may go pro this coming spring, we need to finish up 2011 with a recap of the guys who got drafted [...]

After having such a fruitful discussion with Rangers blogger Dan Edmonson a while back, I thought I would keep the ball rolling with and ask some other bloggers what they thought about the former Alaska League players employed by their professional teams of interest. Toward that end, I asked David Henderson, avid Cleveland Indians fan [...]

As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I have the privledge of rubbing virtual elbows with some of the preeminent baseball bloggers on the web. One of those bloggers is Dan Edmonson, who blogs about the Texas Rangers over at Chicken Fried Baseball. Dan was kind enough to respond in detail to a few questions I [...]

The Peninsula Oilers typically bring a solid pitching staff up to Alaska, but there is definitely a difference between pitchers who are good at this level, and pitchers who have the tools to succeed at the next level. Cameron McVey is a guy who I think could qualify in both of those categories. During the [...]

In 2008, Paul Goldschmidt was acknowledged to be the best overall hitter in the ABL and was the main power threat in the Bucs’ lineup. With an average of .330, 3 homers and 28 RBI’s he was definitely a force to be reckoned with. Those who saw him play up here should have felt pretty confident that Goldschmidt’s talent at swinging the lumber would carry him far.

Late night at Klondike Mike’s last night, so I’m running a little slow today, but here’s a lot of stuff going on. I should have wrote this yesterday. But if you guys are last minute like me, here’s some important stuff to check out. I’ll jam this post out before I have to run out [...]

The Anchorage Bucs are sending three pitchers to the 2011 MLB All-Star game this season: C.J. Wilson, Jered Weaver, and Heath Bell. The Goldpanners’ Michael Young has been chosen as the American League’s reserve D.H. as well. Bell, the right-hander with the San Diego Padres, is not a recent graduate of the Alaska League. He [...]

Alright baseball fans. I didn’t do one of these last weekend, and I usually do them on Saturday, but here it is Sunday and it’s time to get caught up. Below I’ve got some pretty interesting tidbits of info, all kinds of good stuff that I just couldn’t write 500 words about but wanted to [...]

It’s Saturday! I had a big day, got a lot of sun, despite being sick and getting sicker. I’m wrapping this thing up from my recliner all snuggled up in a blanket, which is not where I want to be come baseball season. But, anyhow, I’ve got a few little tidbits of info for you [...]

Hey gang! I’m going to attempt to semi-live-blog day 3 of the draft here. I’ve got a lot of other stuff going on — got some work to square away so I can allow myself to catch Pilots at Miners tonight — so I’m just going to be popping in to give you updates periodically. [...]

Hey guys! It’s day 2 of the draft and we’ve got ABLers being drafted. I am just peeking in throughout the day, so this is going to be a quick and dirty post to keep you all updated. I will post periodic updates and spruce it up when I get some time later. I’m trying [...]

The sixth and final part of our team-by-team look at 2011 draft-eligible Alaska Baseball League alumni brings us to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots. We saved the Pilots for last as we are previewing the teams in order of last season’s standings and, unfortunately for them, they finished the season in last place after a great [...]

The AIA fire had a big class of Sophomores and Juniors last season, which makes for a big class of Juniors and Seniors this year, and therefore a bunch of draft-eligible guys. Other than that, it was a little bit challenging to go back and find players from previous season who are coming of draft [...]