The relocation of the AIA Fire from Fairbanks to Chugiak took a bold step forward yesterday, giving their new local fanbase something to cheer for: a new name and logo. The former Fire are now officially known as the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks. The team will be building almost from scratch in the Eagle River area [...]

As promised, we’re now going to shift our focus on catching up with some of the alumni to come through the ABL, and boy do we have a lot of catching up to do. With so many former ABLers in the minor league ranks it takes a fair amount of effort to stay on top [...]

C/LF/DH Coley Crank2009-10 Anchorage BucsHeight: 6’0″ – Weight: 220lbLevel: DI SophomoreSchool: MichiganDraft Eligibility: 2011 (DI Jr.)Prev. Draft: 2008, Oakland, Rd. 47 (HS) Posts regarding Coley CrankScouting Report

Sedalia sends Alaskans packing Wolford and the relief corps kept it close, but the Oilers’ bats couldn’t come from behind. The year is finally over for the Peninsula Oilers, who were bounced from the NBC World Series tournament this morning by the Sedalia Bombers of the MINK league by a final score of 5-3. Alaska’s [...]

Let’s see how terrible I did. The last-place Pilots did not manage to pull within eight gamesof first place. If you’ve been following 49thStateHardball since way back when, before the beginning of the season, you’ll remember at one point that I made some “semi-bold predictions” as part of my 2010 season preview. But the biggest [...]

Hey guys, with the season over and the off-season so young, it seems like there’s not very many odds, nor many ends this week. So I’ll make this quick. Check out the three blurbs below and then stay tuned in for the Oilers game coming up today. – UPDATE: I’ll just throw this in here [...]

Peninsula advances in NBC tournament on a 3-1 win Eddie Orozco threw 5.1 innings of three-hit baseball. The Oilers must not have partied too hard after last night’s 8-0 trouncing of the Rock City Red Sox in Wichita, because they were able to get out of bed in good enough form to dispatch the San [...]

Peninsula team hand Red Sox an early exit via mercy rule Ryan Gebhart was just one of many hot bats forthe Oilers in Wichita today. Still licking their wounds from their stunning defeat from the Wichita Elite Sluggers the previous day, the Peninsula Oilers pulled no punches in their outing against the Rock City Red [...]

Hey, readers. I’m going to make a little programming note, here. I’ll try to keep it short and I’d encourage everyone who is a regular reader of this blog to take a peek, but if you’re only here for the baseball, stay plugged in because we’ll have some other stuff shortly… Anyway, that’s another season [...]

Alaskans lose opening match 6-3 to the Sluggers Garrett Wittels was successful at the plate, but theOilers couldn’t top the Elite Sluggers on Wednesday. In an opening-round upset, the Wichita Elite Sluggers handed the Peninsula Oilers — the Alaska League’s sole representative at the NBC World Series tournament — a stunning upset defeat, plating six [...]

 #4 Jimmie PharrC/LF – Anchorage Glacier PilotsBats: Right – Throws: RightHeight: 5’11″ – Weight: 185lbSchool: Texas ChristianYear: SeniorHometown: Flower Mound, TexasAll posts regarding Jimmie Pharr Pharr was a late arrival to Alaska for the Pilots, since he was tied up with his TCU squad in a little thing called the College World Series. The Horned [...]

Pilots take pair of close games to retain the trophy The stadium lights at Mulcahy warming up on Sunday nightcould only mean one thing. The end of the season is near. The Anchorage Glacier Pilots edged out cross-town rival Bucs in a pair of games to seal their victory for the 2010 Mayor’s Cup tournament. [...]

Panners out, Oilers move to Game 16 The National Baseball Congress has issued a press release on their website, and apparently everything I wrote yesterday in my NBC World Series preview is no longer applicable. The changes to the bracket seem kind of convoluted to me, so I will do my best to break down [...]

Goldpanners back out of NBC World Series; Oilers to represent AK for the title. The Oilers will fight to bring the NBC crown back to Alaska This just in: The Goldpanners have officially pulled out of the NBC Tournament in Wichita. Reasons cited were early player departures, injuries, and financial concerns following the two million [...]