Alaska Goldpanners win 15-inning marathon in 105th Midnight Sun Game
by Staff Report / sports@newsminer.com
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 FAIRBANKS -- The 105th edition of Fairbanks' Midnight Sun Game turned into the first edition of what might become a new tradition: a sunrise game. After 15 innings of baseball, the Goldpanners eked out a 4-3 win by scoring two runs in the bottom of the inning to match, then beat the U.S. Military Heroes of the Diamond, who had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the inning. More than 1,000 fans from a near-record crowd of 4,700 remained to watch the celebration at 2:59 a.m., almost 3 1/2 hours after the game began. Details of the game through the 12th inning can be found in today's print edition of the News-Miner. A full game story will be posted when available. Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Alaska Goldpanners win 15 inning marathon in 105th Midnight Sun Game
Pilots and Miners Play 'the Ham Ball Game' Wednesday Night  The Anchorage Glacier Pilots and the Mat-Su Miners have added a little wrinkle to the first ever Cook Inlet Commuter Series to begin the season. General Managers – Pete Christopher of the Miners and Jon Dyson of the Pilots, decided that some sort of trophy for the Cook Inlet Commuter Exhibition Series should be given each year. Therefore, at tonight's deciding game, in the valley, we shall see who will have a 'live' pig as its trophy. Moreover, it will be determined at the end of the game which team keeps the pig – win or lose!
The Pilots open their League schedule Thursday, June 10, 7 pm at Mulcahy against the Peninsula Oilers. To find out who gets the pig, call Jon Dyson at 250-6263. Anchorage Glacier Pilots PR Wednesday, June 9, 2010
UPDATE ON THE 'THE HAM BALL' PIG GAME
Mat-Su Miners win the Cook Inlet Commuter Series today by a score of 3 to 2 and the Glacier Pilots win the pig until next year. For more details on this 'Ham Ball' game series, call Jon Dyson at 250-5263.
Anchorage Glacier Pilots
PR#2 Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Five Pilots Return in 2010
The Anchorage Glacier Pilots kickoff its 41st season on Sunday, June 6th, 4pm with a doubleheader against its cross-town rivals the Anchorage Bucs. The games will be on the new American Legion Turf at Mulcahy Park. The returning players, who finished out the 2009 season in the NBC World Series as runner-up champs and with a 34-26 overall record, are pitchers: Alex Keudell (U of OR); Ben Mount (USC); Charlie Robertson (Fresno St); Justin Kemp (Wichita State); and infielder Trevor Hairgrove (UC-Riverside). This season, the Pilots have nine non-league games including the Mayor's Cup. Back in April, Pilot's general manager Jon Dyson put out a challenge to all baseball fans to change their name to gopilots.com or have a tattoo done with the Pilot's logo for two season passes and the throwing out of the first pitch. Aaron Schuerger (pronounced: sugar) stepped up to the plate and last Saturday (compliments of Body Piercing of Anchorage) had the Pilot Logo tattooed on his arm. He will be at the park on Sunday to throw out the first pitch in the second game of the doubleheader. The Pilots will be missing players from Texas, Texas Christian U, Kansas State and Oregon because those players will be participating in the NCAA Division I baseball playoff. Head coach Terry 'Yogi' Cox, arriving Thursday evening, says he will have enough players and coaches to field a team for the first five exhibition games. For roster, pictures, bios, stats and schedule go to www.glacierpilots.com
For interviews with coaches and players, call Jon Dyson at 274-3627 (office) or 250-5263 (cell).
PR Tue, Jun 1, 2010 Anchorage Glacier Pilots
Would You Change Your Name or get a Tattoo? ow would you like to throw out the first pitch at a Glacier Pilot's game this summer? The Anchorage Glacier Pilots Organization is offering two season tickets, a specialty jersey, and the opportunity to throw out the first pitch on opening day to anyone who will legally change their name to 'glacierpilots.com' - for one year. The Glacier Pilots are also offering the same package to anyone willing to get a permanent tattoo of the Glacier Pilots logo on their body if they get it done between April 1st and June 6 of this year. The Glacier Pilots open its 2010 season on June 6th with an exhibition doubleheader against the Anchorage Bucs. The Pilots were 34 and 26 in 2009 and they finished as runners up at the NBC World Series Tournament in Wichita, KS. Four 2009 Glacier Pilots players are returning for the upcoming season! If anyone is willing to legally change his or her name to glacierpilots.com for one year or get a permanent tattoo of the Glacier Pilots logo, call the Glacier Pilots office at 274-3627 or send an email to the office at gpilots@alaska.net!
Jon Dyson, General Manager
PR: Thu, April 1, 2010 Anchorage Glacier Pilots 
Here's a real Anchorage Glacier Pilots Fan
Aaron Schuerger (pronounced - sugar) stepped up to the plate in late May 2010 and (compliments of Body Piercing of Anchorage ) had the Pilot Logo tattooed on his arm.
photo by Jon Dyson
Former Glacier Pilot Player - Carlos Alonso Named Baseball MVP at University of Delaware Men's and Women's Intercollegiate Awards Picnic
 http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=12511584 MAY 2010 BASEBALL: Senior third baseman Carlos Alonso (Los Gatos HS/Los Gatos, Calif.) earned the Pape Lukk Alumni Association Most Valuable Player Award for the second straight year. A two-year member of the squad, Alonso leads the team in batting for the second straight year with a .392 average and also leads the team with 20 doubles, 12 stolen bases, and a .480 on-base percentage this spring. Earlier this year he extended his school record-hitting streak to 32 games and his mark of 67 straight games reaching base safely is a new Delaware record. He earned second team All-CAA honors in 2009 when he batted .380 and helped the Blue Hen earn a spot in the CAA Tournament. A business major, he is a strong candidate for All-CAA and All-Region honors this spring. The Blue Hens (24-24) will close out the 2010 season this weekend at home vs. Northeastern. Alonso played in 2009 for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and batted .177 during the summer season but exploded in Wichita, KS to lead the World Series Tournament last summer with a .565 average and a spot on the All-American Team.
 ’84 Glacier Pilot Wins His 300th Major League Game
Johnson becomes 24th pitcher, sixth lefty to achieve feat
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
06/04/09 11:34 PM ET WASHINGTON
Randy Johnson would have been excused Thursday night if he wanted to let down his guard a little, loosen or lighten up, or just plain relax. Instead, he remained the quintessential Big Unit -- figuratively keep his foot on the competitive accelerator -- in the aftermath of securing his 300th career victory in the Giants' 5-1 decision over the Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader. Johnson, who no-hit Washington for four innings and ultimately allowed an unearned run and two hits in six innings, flashed his sense of humor in a postgame news conference. But even his gags carried a hint of the fire that drove him to this point and still stokes him. "It sounds funny, but I've played 21, 22 years, I'm 45 and I've come upon 300 wins, and I'm thinking, 'I only have 211 more to catch Cy Young,'" Johnson said, prompting laughter. Unless Johnson finds a time machine that fits his 6-foot-10 frame and reclaims some of his youth, he's no threat to catch Young, baseball's all-time leading winner. Nevertheless, Johnson's list of accomplishments is enviable, and it grew longer with his latest triumph. He not only became the 24th Major Leaguer to ascend to the 300-win level but also established himself as the sixth left-hander in that group. He's the first pitcher to win his 300th game on his first try since Tom Seaver, then with the Chicago White Sox, did so in August 1985. The next six -- Phil Niekro, Don Sutton, Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine -- needed multiple attempts. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Johnson also became the second-oldest pitcher to reach the 300 mark -- behind only Niekro, who achieved the feat when he was 46 years and 188 days old on Oct. 6, 1985. Johnson is 45 years and 267 days old. Johnson's the seventh pitcher in Giants history to win 300 games while pitching for the franchise at some point in his career. He's the fourth to hit that plateau as a Giant, joining Tim Keefe, Mickey Welch and Christy Mathewson. Johnson secured his milestone victory against a fitting opponent -- the Nationals, who launched his professional career by drafting him in the second round in 1985 when they were known as the Montreal Expos. By coincidence, the Nationals also were San Francisco's opponent when Barry Bonds hit his record 756th home run. "I think I'm satisfied, but I've never been content," said Johnson, who bruised his throwing shoulder as he fell while scrambling for a comebacker to open the sixth yet finished the inning. "That's probably why I never really got caught up in the ... personal things because I always tried to excel and continue to do that." Still, the five-time Cy Young Award winner clearly appreciated the enormity of his feat. "I think I'm actually more nervous now than I was pitching," he said. Johnson has been cited by numerous observers as possibly the last 300-game winner, due to the five-man rotation which reduces the number of appearances a starter can make and the scarcity of pitchers able or willing to play long enough to win an appreciable number of games. But, having been dismissed by many experts as the next to win his 300th when Glavine did so two years ago, Johnson pointedly said, "Don't overlook Jamie Moyer" -- the Philadelphia left-hander who ranks second among active pitchers with 250 victories. Johnson's latest triumph affirmed what baseball people have long known and what he has maintained about himself: He's all about winning. Following a 36-minute rain delay -- a watery reminder of Wednesday's downpour that delayed his start overnight -- Johnson (5-4) retired the first 10 batters in a row while his teammates scored twice in the second inning to give him the requisite lead. Fred Lewis singled and Travis Ishikawa doubled with one out off rookie right-hander Jordan Zimmermann (2-3) before Juan Uribe's groundout delivered a run. Emmanuel Burriss singled to center field on an 0-2 pitch, scoring Ishikawa. The next 19 Giants hitters went down in order before they gave themselves and Johnson a cushion by adding three runs in the ninth. Aaron Rowand singled leading off against Joel Hanrahan and Edgar Renteria doubled before both scored on Randy Winn's double. Bengie Molina's single finished Hanrahan and moved Winn to third, from where he scored on pinch-hitter Pablo Sandoval's sacrifice fly. Performing under light rain and before a sparse crowd that included close to 20 of his relatives and friends, Johnson lost his no-hitter when Elijah Dukes led off the Nationals' fifth with a single up the middle. Johnson yielded just one other hit, Nick Johnson's sixth-inning RBI double. Randy Johnson received ample support from his defense. Rowand robbed Nick Johnson, Washington's second batter of the game, by plunging to the turf to snare a sinking liner in left-center field. Second baseman Burriss made a glittering play in the fifth by making a diving stop of Ronnie Belliard's one-hopper up the middle and shoveling the ball from his glove to shortstop Renteria to start a double play. Brian Wilson, who escaped a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the eighth inning by retiring Adam Dunn on a disputed called third strike, pitched the ninth to notch his 13th save and preserve Johnson's triumph. Johnson's triumph marked the culmination of what in some ways has been an unlikely ascent. He didn't record his first Major League victory until he was 25, and he had won only 64 games upon turning 30 in 1993. But, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Johnson's 236 victories since turning 30 are the fifth-most in Major League history. "I'd say anything's possible as long as you stay healthy and are driven and continue to succeed," Johnson said.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Glacier Pilots Select an Alaskan to Lead in 2009
Press Release 11/17/2008, Anchorage Glacier Pilots
The Anchorage Glacier Pilots select Dennis Machado [pronounced – mah-shaw-doe] to lead its baseball team in 2009! Machado has a long history as a player and coach on the Alaska baseball scene. He takes over from Bob Miller - who led the Glacier Pilots to an ABL Championship, Anchorage Mayor’s Cup Award and a trip to the NBC World Series in Wichita during the 2008 season. Jon Dyson, Glacier Pilot’s general manager said, “It was an easy choice for the Pilot’s organization to hire Machado for his first head coaching job! With his experience in Alaska baseball as a player, high school and summer league coach, and in recruiting the top players in the country – it was the right choice at the right time.” As of November 17, Machado has signed 22 players for the Glacier Pilots in 2009!
Machado is currently in his second year as the pitching coach at Cal St-Bakersfield – a Division I program. He was pitching coach for the Peninsula Oilers (Kenai) last summer (2008) when the Oilers overall record was 33-19 and they had the best team ERA (2.31) in the Alaska Baseball League. Other coaching/pitching duties in Alaska for Dennis Machado include American Legion in Kenai from 1994-1997; East High School in Anchorage from 2001-2005; and, Alaska Baseball Academy in 2004-2005. As high school coach, his winning percentage was .844 and his team had two back-to-back state championships; other career events was seeing three of his pitchers drafted, three players receiving Division I scholarships; a starting catcher setting a single season home run record then be drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. Machado gave commanding performances while in high school sports in Kenai, AK that included baseball, soccer, track, basketball, and football. For four years, he played for the Peninsula Oilers and was with its 1994 team that won the NBC World Series Championship. Additionally, the Montreal Expos in the amateur draft in 1994 drafted him. Dennis Machado, proud dad to a toddler, lives in Santa Maria, CA. At the Pilot’s quarterly meeting last week, the board of directors voted to give a substantial donation to Bucs general manager Dennis Mattingly for his surgery and stay at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Facility in Seattle, WA. A spaghetti feed is set for this Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Lake Otis School from 5pm-9pm; and, there will be bowling along with a silent auction for Dennis Mattingly on Sunday, Nov. 23 day at the Center Bowl from noon until 2 p.m. Donations may be made at the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, account #1425535 (MA).
For more information contact Jon Dyson, Glacier Pilot’s General Manager at 274-3627.
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