For the first time in who knows how long, the National Baseball Congress World Series has come to its conclusion, and the Alaska Baseball League was not represented. The Santa Barbara Foresters — who defeated the Oilers in the championship round of the 2011 series — took their second consecutive NBCWS championship. The ABL teams [...]

The Peninsula Oilers are bringing a big group of players to the 2011 MLB Amateur draft, largely on the strength of an abundance of sophomores and juniors in their 2010 campaign. In last year’s draft, the team placed a dozen alumni in the selections — 10 of whom ultimately signed — plus a non-drafted free [...]

Rangers’ franchise player has waited a decade to see the post-season. After completing his MVP season with the Goldpanners in 1996, Michael Young went pro. By 2000, he’d reached the major leagues; since 2001 he has been a permanent fixture with the Texas Rangers, and despite being shuffled around the field and seeing highly-touted stars [...]

Six of the quickest catchers of the 2010 ABL at a glance As someone who’s just kind of dabbling into the scouting world, one thing I really liked to take to the park with me this season was the stopwatch. A lot of other scouting info can only be gained only through experience and judgment, [...]

All the random bits for the past week or so. PG agreed with the league and picked Piscotty to be the #1 prospect of 2010. Hey guys. What a week it’s been; we had three articles posted right off the bat and then I got bogged down in that dang Goldpanners draft eligible list (which [...]

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 [...]

Batter scouting video featuring Ryan Gebhart of the 2010 Peninsula Oilers. Gebhart is a great offensive prospect who shows tremendous patience at the plate.

Another Saturday and another Odds & Ends post dished up for you. Things have been quiet around ABL land. Of course all the teams are transitioning from the flurry of the season and back into off-season mode (recruiting, improvements/maintenance to stadiums, etc.) without having much time to make any notable advances on those fronts. It’s [...]

Time again for another Odds & Ends post! This one is a little late in the day — my apologies — because it’s been kind of a wild day for me. But thankfully I had most of the content rounded up in advance, so I was able to pound this one out before nightfall. So [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]