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Elendil · 04-17-2007, 07:30 PM

By Opening Day, May 18, 2007, most of the decent baseball players in Alaska - and some of the non-decent ones - had been signed to contracts. There were still some notable holdouts, such as 24-year-old outfielder John Horswill, 32-year-old outfielder Marcus Leveque, and 20-year-old outfielder Tommy Okawa. All three had perhaps an outside chance at a cup of coffee in AAA, and it appeared they preferred to take their chances in the contiguous U.S. rather than make a quick buck in their home state.

I'm going to play out a few games for each team at the beginning of the season in order to get to know each of them a little better. In case it isn't yet clear, though, I'll be controlling none of them: all the teams in the league are under full AI control.

Eagle River-Chugiak at Mat-Su

Governor Sarah Palin threw out the first pitch of the inaugural game of the Alaskan League before a record crowd of 1,744 at Palmer's Hermon Brothers Field.

Hermon Brothers Field

Both of these were young teams. Each had just one hitter over 30 in the starting lineup: leftfielder Waldo Melanson for the Jets and catcher Pierre-Alexandre Langlois for the Miners. The starting pitchers were 25 (Newt Langille, ERC) and 21 (Will Blain, MSM).

Opening the top of the first, Frank Watt worked a walk on seven pitches, and we were underway. One human interest aspect of this game was that brothers would face other. Newt Langille in fact struck out his older brother Dave to close out the bottom of the first. He also got him to ground into a double play to end the third, but only after the Miners thrilled the home crowd with a sequence of hits to take a 2-0 lead.

Mat-Su finally broke things open in the 7th with a grand slam from leftfielder Rob Corley, delighting the home crowd. The Miners went on to win 8-2. It was a fairly well played game, with only an error to each side and one wild pitch. Yes, anyone who'd seen major league baseball before would not mistake this for that quality of play, but the excitement was palpable all the same. The snow was gone, the tourists were coming, and it was time to play ball!

04-17-2007, 07:30 PM	#20
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	By Opening Day, May 18, 2007, most of the decent baseball players in Alaska - and some of the non-decent ones - had been signed to contracts. There were still some notable holdouts, such as 24-year-old outfielder John Horswill, 32-year-old outfielder Marcus Leveque, and 20-year-old outfielder Tommy Okawa. All three had perhaps an outside chance at a cup of coffee in AAA, and it appeared they preferred to take their chances in the contiguous U.S. rather than make a quick buck in their home state. I'm going to play out a few games for each team at the beginning of the season in order to get to know each of them a little better. In case it isn't yet clear, though, I'll be controlling none of them: all the teams in the league are under full AI control. Eagle River-Chugiak at Mat-Su Governor Sarah Palin threw out the first pitch of the inaugural game of the Alaskan League before a record crowd of 1,744 at Palmer's Hermon Brothers Field. Hermon Brothers Field Both of these were young teams. Each had just one hitter over 30 in the starting lineup: leftfielder Waldo Melanson for the Jets and catcher Pierre-Alexandre Langlois for the Miners. The starting pitchers were 25 (Newt Langille, ERC) and 21 (Will Blain, MSM). Opening the top of the first, Frank Watt worked a walk on seven pitches, and we were underway. One human interest aspect of this game was that brothers would face other. Newt Langille in fact struck out his older brother Dave to close out the bottom of the first. He also got him to ground into a double play to end the third, but only after the Miners thrilled the home crowd with a sequence of hits to take a 2-0 lead. Mat-Su finally broke things open in the 7th with a grand slam from leftfielder Rob Corley, delighting the home crowd. The Miners went on to win 8-2. It was a fairly well played game, with only an error to each side and one wild pitch. Yes, anyone who'd seen major league baseball before would not mistake this for that quality of play, but the excitement was palpable all the same. The snow was gone, the tourists were coming, and it was time to play ball! __________________ Heaven is kicking back with a double Talisker and a churchwarden stuffed with latakia.