I’ve been working on something behind the scenes, and I’m finally done. This little offseason project has been the ABL Pro Alumni Database, a listing of former Alaska League players currently (or, recently at least) playing in professional baseball. It’s been a pretty big project of mine, and I hope you think it’s as cool [...]

Well, here it is, evening. I had this all written up about 8 am this morning and thought I’d sit on it to see if any interesting news pops up over the course of the day. But as far as I can see, it hasn’t. It’s that time of year. Well, anyway, I guess I’d [...]

Hello again, folks. I really cannot find any ABL related news this weekend. It’s kinda that time of year, I guess. But since I make it a point to post an odds & ends each and every week (so there’s at least one thing you can count on around here) I’ll go ahead and share [...]

Hey guys. The usual apologies for posting this a day late. On the one hand I was still gathering some info for this post when the day ended yesterday, and on the other I just really wasn’t feeling like blogging. So rather than grinding out a half-baked odds & ends just to say I got [...]

Saturday. Odds & Ends. You know how this works; I wrap up all the little tidbits to happen around the blog and the world of ABL-related baseball. Check it: – Yesterday I posted a breakdown of the 49thStateHardball.com ABL-to-MLB year-end award voting; since then there has been a surge in voting, including what appears to [...]

Here it is, Friday, and it’s come to that point…just a week left in the voting for the ABL-to-MLB year-end awards! So far there are a few clear front-runners in the races. 2000 Anchorage Buc CJ Wilson is way out in front in the Pitching category and may have put up an insurmountable lead. The [...]

Dear loyal readers, You’ve probably noticed by now, but things are a’changin’ around 49thStateHardball. We’ve moved servers, layouts, and all kinds of crazy stuff. The end result is that the site should be bigger, better, and make all your wildest dreams come true. However, in the mean time, there might be some kinks to work [...]

It’s been kind of a slow week, and quite honestly, I can’t think of much to write for this post. I can, however, think of plenty of things that are worthy of their own posts. I’ve sat here for an hour or two poking around on the web for news bytes and just can’t come [...]

Alright folks, I’m off to my usual late start, but my struggles with punctuality have been compounded this week by a crippling addiction to the computer game Hearts of Iron III and an obligation to channel every ounce of dad-ness in my bones as my wife attempts to get a handle on her grad school [...]