IT'S  MILLER TIME AGAIN!         
November 2007
The Anchorage Glacier Pilots announced this week that its former field manager Bob Miller would be returning.  With board of directors’ approval and discussions with general manager Lefty Van Brunt, Miller agreed to return for the 2008 season.  Van Brunt said, “He was our first choice.  With his past record, and his ability to recruit, he was the guy we wanted to lead the Pilots next year.” Miller coached for the Glacier Pilots from 2000 through 2002 recording 100 wins, 67 losses and a percentage of .599.  In 2001, he led the Pilots to winning the Alaska Baseball League title and the National Baseball Congress World Series Championship; and, in 2002, a tie for the league title and a second place NBC finish.  Bob is in his seventh season as head baseball coach at Cuesta College where he began his career with back-to-back conference titles.  Bob will leave the Glacier Pilots in late June for one week to be the instructional coach with the USA team.  He was named the 2003 WSC Coach of the Year.  Prior to Cuesta, Miller served as pitching coach for the Riverside College Tiger’s in 2002 where he was an assistant during the 1993 through 1995 seasons.  Miller spent 1996 through 2001 at Oral Roberts University as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.  During his tenure, the team made four consecutive NCAA regional appearances.  Miller also coached at the University of Redlands and Southwestern Michigan College.  Miller received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Redlands and a Master’s at the United States Sports Academy. Bob Miller and wife Chris have two daughters, Ande and Megan.

will bonds wear a glacier pilot uniform this summer?         
April 2008

Will Barry Bonds wear a Glacier Pilot's uniform this summer?  That is the question! General Manager, Jon Dyson has formerly been in contact with Barry Bond's agent about the possibility of Bonds playing with the Pilots this summer in the Alaska Baseball League (ABL).  Bonds, the all-time Majors League home run hitter is currently a free agent; and, as of opening day Monday has not signed on with any current Major League team.  Dyson says, "If Bonds is still a free agent and wants to play ball this summer, we'll be glad to sign him to a contract! This is made possible by the expanded ABL roster of twenty-four players last year."  New head coach Bob Miller agrees that the Pilot's could use Bonds batting in the lineup.  Bond's name has been in the media for the past year with the ongoing steroid issue in the Major Leagues but Dyson reminds us that Bonds is neither convicted nor tried. Besides sending a letter to Bond's agent Jeff Borris, the Pilots have also tendered a contract to Mr. Bonds.  Barry Bonds is familiar with the Alaska Baseball League, having played in the NBC Tournament in Wichita during 1983, where he batted 18 times in six games as the Panners finished second.      Click  here to view letter and contract.

ALASKAN CLOSE TO THE BIG SHOW!         
April 2008
Alex Jamieson, former Anchorage Glacier Pilot player is climbing the ladder to the Major Leagues! He is now in Durham, NC with the triple A Bulls which is an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Jamieson played his legion ball with Service HS and American Legion Post 28. Jamieson grew up playing Little League at Abbott O'Rabbit and three years with the Service team. After his family moved to Florida in 2001, he played college baseball at Jacksonville University and returned in the summer of 2002 to play for the Glacier Pilots in the Alaska Baseball League where he caught and batted .286 in limited action.