As you may know by now, Anchorage Bucs founder and long-time General Manager Dennis Mattingly passed away a week ago. A celebration of his life is planned for today, from 11a.m. until 4p.m., at Tudor Road Bingo. It will be a potluck-style get together. I’ve already said my piece on Dennis but I’d just like [...]

The past two years I have written a sappy New Year’s post full of thank yous and all that jazz, but this year I think I’ll give you all what you come here for and stick with baseball. Let’s look ahead at the 2012 Alaska Baseball League season! I’ll give a brief rundown of where [...]

Dear readers, you may have noticed that this blog has slowed down quite a bit over the winter. While I wish I could revive it on a more positive note, I have to break the recent silence with the bad news that Bucs founder and former general manager Dennis Mattingly is fighting for his life. [...]

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 [...]

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.

The Peninsula Oilers took their second straight victory at the National Baseball Congress World Series yesterday, advancing in the tournament at the expense of the San Diego Force by a final score of 7-3. The team’s seven runs came on another solid all-around team effort, with every player reaching base except for Tanner Rust, who [...]

Making the trip to Alaska all the way from Alpharetta, GA is talented Junior right-hander Colin Snow. Snow has been pitching for the past three seasons at Georgia Southern University, a Division I school located in Statesboro. This isn’t his first summer-ball rodeo; snow pitched for Sanford Mariners in the NECBL last summer, going 4-1 in 6 starts, posting a 2.46 ERA and striking out 35 batters in 33 IP, walking a mere 8.

This season of Alaska Baseball League action is entering its final stretch. Within two weeks, all the teams will have shut down for the year, but not before crowning a new ABL champion. The league standings have been shaken up this year, mostly within the last couple weeks, so it’s bound to be an exciting [...]

We’re about 3/4 through the ABL season and I’ve finally seen the Oilers. This game was a blowout — 12-2 in favor of the Oilers — and I decided to focus most of my attention on pitching. Why? For one thing, there were a lot of scouts in the crowd. Scouts have radar guns. I [...]

#17 Kyle Finnegan RPH – 2011 Anchorage Bucs Height: 6’1″ – Weight: 165lb Bats: R – Throws: R 2011 School: Texas State 2011 Year: Freshman Draft Eligibility: 2013 (DI Junior) Hometown: Kingwood, Texas All posts regarding Kyle Finnegan I’ve been asked time and time again…why don’t you write more about Kyle Finnegan?  With Finnegan fans [...]

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 [...]

#23 Braden Shipley RHP/SS – 2011 Anchorage Bucs Bats: Right – Throws: Right Height: 6’2″ – Weight: 180lb 2011 School: Nevada Reno 2011 Year: DI Freshman Hometown: Medford, Oregon All posts regarding Braden Shipley The Anchorage Bucs got a good one when they recruited Braden Shipley. He can pitch a solid game. He’s got the [...]

The Alaska Baseball League regular season is now in full swing, with every team having more than a handful of official league games under their belts. With that being said, I’d like to take a break to look at who’s been the hottest teams of the season thus far…and who hasn’t. If all goes well, [...]

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 [...]