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Elendil · 07-21-2008, 02:09 PM

2019 Season

Alaskan League Events, May-July

May 8 - Conrad Poor of Kodiak had a heck of a first start for the season, throwing a no-no against the hapless Bethel Mushers. (Poor is now Kodiak's ace, and the Grizzlies are going to need him to step up his performance to his predicted talent level if they're going to repeat as champions.) It was actually almost a perfect game for Poor, as he allowed no walks and struck out 10. The only two base runners reached on a hit by pitch and an error.

May 24 - The season's first major injury to a star player happened today, as left fielder Phil Botfield of Sitka went down with a fractured foot. He would miss more than six weeks. Botfield was coming off a season in which he hit .348 with 20 HR in 414 AB.

May 25 - When it rains it pours. Juneau center fielder Olivier Theriault went down for the rest of the season. At 35 years old, one has to wonder about his ability to come back from an injury of this kind. Theriault has been one of the unsung heroes of the magnificent Senators franchise, having hit .277/.360/.452 with 136 home runs over a career stretching back to the league's inaugural season (he actually broke into the league with North Pole before being released and then signed by Juneau).

May 29 - Today the league received devastating news: Young Bethel pitcher Ed Gallagher was killed in a car accident. He was just 22 years old, and had been the #1 rated pitching prospect in Alaska. In his second season with the Mushers, he had put up a 3.89 ERA with 28 K's and 9 BB's in 44 IP. Every game in the league opened with a moment of silence to honor the young man. Later the league would officially declare that the Rookie of the Year honor had been renamed the Ed Gallagher Award in his memory.

June 12 - In the first significant trade of the year, the Whitehorse Yukoners obtained 32-year-old catcher Tim Rowsell from the Fairbanks Goldpanners for 31-year-old outfielder Celestin Routhier and a minor league catcher. Rowsell is a no-hit defensive catcher, while Routhier has been a consistent but average outfielder (career .296/.353/.474).

June 17 - Sitka and Kodiak have put together a quite significant trade. Twenty-four-year-old catcher Andy Humby will go Sitka, while 30-year-old SP Pearce Holman, 29-year-old catcher Jeff Blair, and 27-year-old reliever Julien LeClerc went the other way. It should be a good deal for both sides; Humby has star potential but was stuck behind superstar Vincent McGrath, while the Sentinel players - particularly the pitchers - could be key parts of a pennant run for Kodiak.

June 25 - Sitka has been wheeling and dealing, and they appear to have made a good one with North Pole. The Nicks gave up 27-year-old first baseman Phil Alder, who was hitting .354 with 10 home runs at the time, while Sitka traded 23-year-old second baseman Dominic Gagne, who was hitting .345 with two home runs. Gagne is a pretty good fielder who can play the outfield as well as second base, and he's younger, but he pretty much only hits singles, while Alder can walk and slug. However, Alder is coming up for free agency; Gagne isn't.

July 4 - The Midnight Sun exhibition game between the Canadian League of Baseball champions and the Alaskan League champions was played today in Kodiak at 10 P.M. Unfortunately, the lights had to come on because of the cloudy weather, so the intended "midnight sun" effect was somewhat diminished. The Montreal Nationales were the heavy favorites, considering that the CLB is considered about AA or AAA level, while the Alaskan League is widely thought to provide competition at a Rookie League or Short Season A level. Indeed, the Nationales jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the second, and Grizzlies ace Davis Murdock was tattooed for six runs over five innings. In the bottom of the fifth, though, the Grizzlies came roaring back from their 6-1 deficit with five runs to tie. The Nationales eventually quieted the crowd with a four-run seventh and finished up a 10-6 victory. Despite the fact that Montreal had 25 baserunners in the game, leaving 15 on, it had seemed like a close and exciting game for all of about four innings altogether, and the game was widely considered a success, despite the Grizzlies' manager's complaints about losing a day off.

July 4 - In other news, Peninsula dealt 34-year-old All-Star catcher Bob Russo, the former Senator, to the Nicks for 26-year-old SP Harry Barrett and a prospect. Apparently the Nicks believed they could compete; indeed, they were above .500 at the time, doing surprisingly well. Russo had been hitting .265 with six HR and 26 RBI, while Barrett had gone 4-7 with a 5.59 ERA and 32 K's in 74 IP.

July 5 - The Sentinels have made yet another trade, sending 30-year-old right fielder John Dugles (.252, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 40 R) and two minor leaguers to Chugiak for 24-year-old SP Mark Howatt (7-5, 3.34). Both players looked set to become free agents after this season.

July 18 - After having been released by the Florida Marlins organization, native Alaskan third baseman Ernest Dooks, age 23, will come to Alaska to play for a season. He was signed by the Mat-Su Miners. His career A-ball numbers are a modest .227/.300/.305, but he had made AAA before his release.

July 18 - All-Star Game rosters were announced as follows:

Seward Division

1B Arnie Heard (ANC)
LF Sean Heath (ANC)
CF Wynn Dunsmore (AGP)
2B Dale Robison (AGP)
SS Doug Tomlinson (ANC) (injured)
RF Dwayne Ausenhus (PEN)
CF Francis Ikarashi (ERC)
CF Roy Groves (PEN)
3B Sherman Ferris (AGP)
C Vincent McGrath (KOD)
3B Troy Hodge (ANC)
2B Mark Navarro (KOD)
SS Bob Thompson (AGP) (replacement for Tomlinson)
C Edward Peterson (ANC)
SP Davis Murdock (KOD)
SP Sam Lockwood (ANC)
SP Bill Ausenhus (KOD) (believe it or not, not related to Dwayne)
SP Arnold Perkins (AGP)
SP Russell Carriere (ANC)
SP Shane Kodo (BET)
SP Louis Mays (PEN) (still going strong!)
SP Bill Petrie (PEN)
MR Bryan Hanson (PEN)
SP Terry Benoit (BET)

Denali Division

RF Fred MacGregor (WHI)
2B John Abston (NPN)
LF Tommy Okawa (JUN)
1B Phil Alder (SIT)
1B Toby Burns (FAI)
LF Nelson Lent (WHI)
SS Gates Matkin (JUN)
C Eric Alcock (FAI)
LF Ben Boyer (FAI)
2B Aaron Randolph (JUN)
CF Bryce Payne (MSM)
3B Bill Randell (NPN)
C Norm Corson (WHI)
CL Cam Lortie (NPN)
SP Chance Major (NPN) - still striking out over a batter an inning at 35!
SP Bill Colwill (JUN) - first full season as a starter only
MR Mike Davis (JUN)
SP Larry Corbitt (FAI)
CL Floyd Arrington (JUN)
SP Mark Deacon (FAI)
SP Don Taggart (JUN)
SP Mark Howatt (SIT)
SP Stephen Seguin (MSM)
SP Charlie Picard (NPN)

All-Star Break

Here are the standings as of July 19:

AGP 45-27 -
ANC 46-28 -
KOD 39-33 6
PEN 31-41 14
ERC 27-45 18
BET 19-53 26

JUN 44-29 -
WHI 41-32 3
NPN 40-32 3.5
FAI 39-33 4.5
MSM 34-39 10
SIT 30-43 14

Note the Anchorage domination in the Seward! Kodiak's starting to look in trouble. Whitehorse has climbed up the standings quickly in the Denali. Will my prediction based on wins per dollar hold up? If so, Whitehorse should win this year. But Juneau is tenacious; new manager Matt Miller has done an excellent job revitalizing the team. Fairbanks needs to get moving to win their fourth consecutive pennant.

07-21-2008, 02:09 PM	#218
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	2019 Season Alaskan League Events, May-July May 8 - Conrad Poor of Kodiak had a heck of a first start for the season, throwing a no-no against the hapless Bethel Mushers. (Poor is now Kodiak's ace, and the Grizzlies are going to need him to step up his performance to his predicted talent level if they're going to repeat as champions.) It was actually almost a perfect game for Poor, as he allowed no walks and struck out 10. The only two base runners reached on a hit by pitch and an error. May 24 - The season's first major injury to a star player happened today, as left fielder Phil Botfield of Sitka went down with a fractured foot. He would miss more than six weeks. Botfield was coming off a season in which he hit .348 with 20 HR in 414 AB. May 25 - When it rains it pours. Juneau center fielder Olivier Theriault went down for the rest of the season. At 35 years old, one has to wonder about his ability to come back from an injury of this kind. Theriault has been one of the unsung heroes of the magnificent Senators franchise, having hit .277/.360/.452 with 136 home runs over a career stretching back to the league's inaugural season (he actually broke into the league with North Pole before being released and then signed by Juneau). May 29 - Today the league received devastating news: Young Bethel pitcher Ed Gallagher was killed in a car accident. He was just 22 years old, and had been the #1 rated pitching prospect in Alaska. In his second season with the Mushers, he had put up a 3.89 ERA with 28 K's and 9 BB's in 44 IP. Every game in the league opened with a moment of silence to honor the young man. Later the league would officially declare that the Rookie of the Year honor had been renamed the Ed Gallagher Award in his memory. June 12 - In the first significant trade of the year, the Whitehorse Yukoners obtained 32-year-old catcher Tim Rowsell from the Fairbanks Goldpanners for 31-year-old outfielder Celestin Routhier and a minor league catcher. Rowsell is a no-hit defensive catcher, while Routhier has been a consistent but average outfielder (career .296/.353/.474). June 17 - Sitka and Kodiak have put together a quite significant trade. Twenty-four-year-old catcher Andy Humby will go Sitka, while 30-year-old SP Pearce Holman, 29-year-old catcher Jeff Blair, and 27-year-old reliever Julien LeClerc went the other way. It should be a good deal for both sides; Humby has star potential but was stuck behind superstar Vincent McGrath, while the Sentinel players - particularly the pitchers - could be key parts of a pennant run for Kodiak. June 25 - Sitka has been wheeling and dealing, and they appear to have made a good one with North Pole. The Nicks gave up 27-year-old first baseman Phil Alder, who was hitting .354 with 10 home runs at the time, while Sitka traded 23-year-old second baseman Dominic Gagne, who was hitting .345 with two home runs. Gagne is a pretty good fielder who can play the outfield as well as second base, and he's younger, but he pretty much only hits singles, while Alder can walk and slug. However, Alder is coming up for free agency; Gagne isn't. July 4 - The Midnight Sun exhibition game between the Canadian League of Baseball champions and the Alaskan League champions was played today in Kodiak at 10 P.M. Unfortunately, the lights had to come on because of the cloudy weather, so the intended "midnight sun" effect was somewhat diminished. The Montreal Nationales were the heavy favorites, considering that the CLB is considered about AA or AAA level, while the Alaskan League is widely thought to provide competition at a Rookie League or Short Season A level. Indeed, the Nationales jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the second, and Grizzlies ace Davis Murdock was tattooed for six runs over five innings. In the bottom of the fifth, though, the Grizzlies came roaring back from their 6-1 deficit with five runs to tie. The Nationales eventually quieted the crowd with a four-run seventh and finished up a 10-6 victory. Despite the fact that Montreal had 25 baserunners in the game, leaving 15 on, it had seemed like a close and exciting game for all of about four innings altogether, and the game was widely considered a success, despite the Grizzlies' manager's complaints about losing a day off. July 4 - In other news, Peninsula dealt 34-year-old All-Star catcher Bob Russo, the former Senator, to the Nicks for 26-year-old SP Harry Barrett and a prospect. Apparently the Nicks believed they could compete; indeed, they were above .500 at the time, doing surprisingly well. Russo had been hitting .265 with six HR and 26 RBI, while Barrett had gone 4-7 with a 5.59 ERA and 32 K's in 74 IP. July 5 - The Sentinels have made yet another trade, sending 30-year-old right fielder John Dugles (.252, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 40 R) and two minor leaguers to Chugiak for 24-year-old SP Mark Howatt (7-5, 3.34). Both players looked set to become free agents after this season. July 18 - After having been released by the Florida Marlins organization, native Alaskan third baseman Ernest Dooks, age 23, will come to Alaska to play for a season. He was signed by the Mat-Su Miners. His career A-ball numbers are a modest .227/.300/.305, but he had made AAA before his release. July 18 - All-Star Game rosters were announced as follows: Seward Division 1B Arnie Heard (ANC) LF Sean Heath (ANC) CF Wynn Dunsmore (AGP) 2B Dale Robison (AGP) SS Doug Tomlinson (ANC) (injured) RF Dwayne Ausenhus (PEN) CF Francis Ikarashi (ERC) CF Roy Groves (PEN) 3B Sherman Ferris (AGP) C Vincent McGrath (KOD) 3B Troy Hodge (ANC) 2B Mark Navarro (KOD) SS Bob Thompson (AGP) (replacement for Tomlinson) C Edward Peterson (ANC) SP Davis Murdock (KOD) SP Sam Lockwood (ANC) SP Bill Ausenhus (KOD) (believe it or not, not related to Dwayne) SP Arnold Perkins (AGP) SP Russell Carriere (ANC) SP Shane Kodo (BET) SP Louis Mays (PEN) (still going strong!) SP Bill Petrie (PEN) MR Bryan Hanson (PEN) SP Terry Benoit (BET) Denali Division RF Fred MacGregor (WHI) 2B John Abston (NPN) LF Tommy Okawa (JUN) 1B Phil Alder (SIT) 1B Toby Burns (FAI) LF Nelson Lent (WHI) SS Gates Matkin (JUN) C Eric Alcock (FAI) LF Ben Boyer (FAI) 2B Aaron Randolph (JUN) CF Bryce Payne (MSM) 3B Bill Randell (NPN) C Norm Corson (WHI) CL Cam Lortie (NPN) SP Chance Major (NPN) - still striking out over a batter an inning at 35! SP Bill Colwill (JUN) - first full season as a starter only MR Mike Davis (JUN) SP Larry Corbitt (FAI) CL Floyd Arrington (JUN) SP Mark Deacon (FAI) SP Don Taggart (JUN) SP Mark Howatt (SIT) SP Stephen Seguin (MSM) SP Charlie Picard (NPN) All-Star Break Here are the standings as of July 19: AGP 45-27 - ANC 46-28 - KOD 39-33 6 PEN 31-41 14 ERC 27-45 18 BET 19-53 26 JUN 44-29 - WHI 41-32 3 NPN 40-32 3.5 FAI 39-33 4.5 MSM 34-39 10 SIT 30-43 14 Note the Anchorage domination in the Seward! Kodiak's starting to look in trouble. Whitehorse has climbed up the standings quickly in the Denali. Will my prediction based on wins per dollar hold up? If so, Whitehorse should win this year. But Juneau is tenacious; new manager Matt Miller has done an excellent job revitalizing the team. Fairbanks needs to get moving to win their fourth consecutive pennant.