7-25-12 Odds and Ends

League Recap: At this point the Glacier Pilots look like they’re firmly in command, but it’s not settled yet. There are a lot of games left to play and it’s not out of the question for an epic collapse to occur. However, the Miners, Goldpanners and Chinooks have all been mathematically eliminated, leaving the Bucs [...]

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6/14/12 Odds & Ends: Rain rain rainy rain rain rain edition

If things had gone as planned, I’d just be getting home now from the Miners at Chinooks game, sitting down to unload my cameras and begin the arduous process of sorting through 3 gigs of videos and photos, plus all my game notes, and assembling what I can into a game report. Well, I — [...]

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5/19/2012 Odds & Ends – Out of Hibernation

Since January or so, I have been grinding out my schoolwork, longing for the days when baseball would return. But in a way, baseball for me is like crack to an addict; I can’t just do a little bit now and again. If I let it sneak back into my life it will consume me. [...]

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7/16/2011 Odds & Ends: Up-to-date edition

Hey guys. It’s a beautiful day and a big weekend in the ABL. Today wraps up the final games of the Scout Showcase in Anchorage and tomorrow is, of course, the first ever ABL All-Star Game. I’ll touch on all of this and more in the following paragraphs… The All-Star Game! I’m going to be [...]

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7-9-2011 Odds & Ends

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 [...]

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6/26/2011 Odds & Ends: Rescued Edition

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 [...]

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6/11/2011 Odds & Ends

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 [...]

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6/4/2011 Odds and Ends: Back in Action Edition

With the season kicking off next week, I figured there’s enough going on to justify bringing back the good ol’ Saturday Odds & Ends post. You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape it. It’s back with a vengeance. Don’t know if I’ll do it each and every Saturday, but we’ll be like [...]

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1/30/2011 Odds & Ends

The most random post on this blog is becoming even more random as I seem to be posting it at completely random intervals these days. Oh well, that’s appropriate, right? I won’t make the usual apologies because by now you all know that it’s kinda that time of the year. But there’s some stuff going [...]

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12/18/2010 Odds & Ends

Hey there! It’s been a long week for me — finals in school, ugh — but its over. That’s why I’ve totally let the posting slide, although if you’ve noticed, I’ve posted up the new ABL Pro Alumni Database feature which I’m really proud of. Anyhow, I’m headed back to the Last Frontier for the [...]

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12/11/2010 Odds & Ends

Hey hey! I’ve got some real news today. But I’m supposed to be studying so I’ll get right at it: – On the Goldpanners website, GM Don Dennis has posted a press release that goes over numerous news bits. There’s so much there that if you’re really interested you should check out the release and [...]

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12/4/2010 Odds & Ends

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 [...]

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11/27/2010 Odds & Ends

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 [...]

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11/20-21/2010 Odds & Ends

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 [...]

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11/13/10 Odds & Ends

Hello dear readers. It’s Saturday, Odds & Ends day, and we’ve got a few bits of interesting news on deck. But first, I’d like to discuss something a little more heavy than usual. Then we’ll move on to the regular random stuff after a serious moment. – First and foremost, the Goldpanner family has suffered [...]

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