There’s a lot of voodoo involved in player-watching but timing runners with a stopwatch is one of the few pursuits I’ve found which gives you hard data. That’s why I’ve had a stopwatch with me every time I’ve gone to a game from day one at this blog. 2012 was no exception and I got [...]

The Saturday portion of the Scout’s Showcase was supposed to feature all six teams, in three games, in one ballpark in one day. I went to this event in 2010 and loved it. Unfortunately, the weather had other things in store. Two games were cancelled outright. What I did see was a portion of a [...]

Hermon Brothers Field this past Sunday featured a matinee match-up between the visiting Peninsula Oilers and the home-team Mat-Su Miners. The two teams have been rivals over the past few years, battling for first place in 2010 and 2011. This season, the Oilers have proven to be worthy of the title “team to beat” while [...]

Friday night’s matchup between the visiting Bucs and their host, the Mat-Su Miners, was a game of firsts and lasts for the home team. A first ABL regular-season game for the club, and the last home game before embarking on a road trip against then surging Oilers. But the Anchorage Bucs, who had been pretty [...]

For the first time since I started this blog, the Mat-Su Miners have published their roster prior to the start of the season. I never thought it would happen; I thought GM Pete Christopher would hold his cards close to his chest as usual, but I was pleasantly surprised when he dropped it on us [...]