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 William G. Stroecker - Named Distinguished UAF Almunus
 

Barry Bonds (83)

Home Run chase turns eyes to Fairbanks “Nobody in our organization had a harsh word to say about Barry Bonds,” Dennis said. “He was exemplary and he was just an average college kid. He had a tremendous sense of humor, too.”


Bill Lee (66-67) Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Class of 2008
 

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Service honors military historian, photographer Stu Rothman

Don A. Dennis NBC Hall of Fame

 

So Many Reasons to Love Baseball in Fairbanks  "At Growden, where the box shakes and trembles in even a slight breeze, you take your chances every time you go up there. Covering a game during which your life is in danger surely changes your perspective."

Goldpanners Scrapbook

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Tim Gloyd (78-07) Gloyd Named 2007 Skipper
 

Adam Kennedy (95)

New 1963 Goldpanners Pics

New Al Coutts (63) Pics!

New 1977 Goldpanners Pics

New 1976 National Championship Game Pics

1962 Alaska State Champions

7/30/62: Pan Alaska Wins Series, Retains NBC State Championship

4/28/8: Paul Banales (61) New Goldpanner Discovered!  1961 first baseman from Ponce, Puerto Rico! (now makes 1,166 all-time players and coaches)

1961 Goldpanners - Banales at 1B

• 1961 Roster - Players from Rio de Janeiro ; Ponce, PR ; Rome, Italy ; Manila, Philippines ; Athens, Greece ; Goetburg, Sweden ; San Juan, PR

• Allan Dykstra (05) hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and drove in three runs to help Wake Forest down Georgia Tech 7-5 on Sunday

4/27/8: Added 1964 Official Statistics

4/26/8: Added 1960 Final, Official Statistics | 1961 Statistics | 1962 Statistics | 1963 Statistics | 1989 Statistics | 1991 Statistics

4/24/8: Raoul Torrez (08R) Picks up game-winning RBI as ASU avenges loss to Fullerton

4/24/8: Harold Reynolds (80) Harold Reynolds to join SNY Radio "Harold Reynolds, formerly of the Alaska Goldpanners, Seattle Mariners and ESPN, and currently of MLB.com, has joined SNY as a part-time studio analyst, the network will announce this morning. "

• "Bizarre to think of Astros’ farmhand Jason Lane (96-97) in Yankee pinstripes, but he is certainly making a play to GM Brian Cashman. With 6 homers and 10 RBI in his first 67 at bats in triple A, all signs point to an early call to the ‘Bigs for Jason Lane.  Positionally blocked by a hundred high priced offensive foot-soldiers, Lane will have to prove he is more than a stopgap outfielder or platoon consideration to pierce New York’s veteran, all-star laden lineup of regulars."

• The St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday activated infielder Brendan Ryan (02) from the 15-day disabled list and recalled him from a rehab assignment at Class AA Springfield of the Texas League.

• Augie Acuna - I posted Father's Obit on Augie's Page, who is doing just fine in Alabama (sorry!)

• Quinn Stewart (05) went 3-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBIs. Both of his home runs were three-run shots. The 5-6-7 hitters for Vero Beach were a combined 10-for-19, with Stewart doing the majority of the RBI damage.

4/21/8: Lewis-Clark Sets NAIA Record with 51 inning scoreless pitching streak "In the second game, which saw LCSC earn its 40th win of the season for the 31st time in coach Ed Cheff's 32 seasons at helm, the Warriors used a six-run second inning to take an 7-0 lead.  The impressive streak was continued by LCSC pitchers Michael Guerrero (07) and Blaine Hardy in the opener."

4/19/8: Ryan Garko (00) Garko exceeding expectations With a .314 batting average, 9 RBI's, .435 OBP, and 1 home run, it's hard to argue that Garko has been a reason why the team is struggling.

Attending the 2008 Midnight Sun Game: Nick from "More Indie Than Your Cat," Covering the game for print and radio  - "I want the ideas for stories to be good enough to put on the air. But one thing they all lack is a reflection. Why would I be telling the story of the Midnight Sun Game? Yes it is an interesting event, and maybe there are some unique players, but how does this game connect to the human experience. Is it Fairbanks’ attempt at recapturing something long lost since the good ole days? Is the game one of pure sport that doesn’t have the pressure professional athletes have? If someone figures this one out, please give me a heads up so I can send an email and try to cover it while I’m up there."  (Are you planning on attending?  Let us know!  Is it for media?  Let us help!)

Partial List of Attendees (under construction):

• Bill Lee (66-67-08R) Starting Pitcher for Goldpanners

• Don Sneddon (80) Head Coach of the Running Birds

• Tim Gloyd (78-07-08) Goldpanners Field Manager

• Al Coutts (63) Ceremonial Pitch at Midnight

• Zak Basch (01-02 MVP) AKGPA Pre-game

4/16/8: 2008 Roster: Added Ryan Scoma (UC-Davis) and Justin Fitzgerald (UC-Davis)
4/16/8: Ryan Scoma (08R) Scoma named Big East Player of the Week
4/16/8: Ryan Scoma (08R) Scoma lifts Aggies over Saint Mary's with 10-inning RBI Scoma finished the day 3-for-5 from the plate with a run scored, a double, a home run and a game-best four RBIs. The transfer was only a triple shy of the cycle. Justin Fitzgerald shutout the Gaels through the final 1.2 innings and allowed only two hits while striking out two batters to earn his second victory of the season."
 

4/15/8: Ty Van Burkleo (84) Van Burkleo hitting stride with A's ""He's probably my favorite hitting coach I've ever had," said Bobby Crosby (99), who went 9-for-29 (.310) with a home run and six RBIs in the first seven games of the trip. "He's just got a lot of energy, he's always really positive. ... He's great to work with." Van Burkleo, who played professionally for 14 years -- including five in Japan, where he was named the league's player of the year in 1988 -- but logged only 38 at-bats in the Majors, joined the A's after serving as the Angels' roving hitting instructor for the previous six years. Before that, he spent four years in the Diamondbacks organization."

4/13/8: Tim Gloyd - 49rs Double Their Fun  "Zack Vawter-Scroggins has made the Yuba College baseball team all but unbeatable when he is on the mound. The freshman allowed one earned run in 8 2/3 innings to lead the 49ers (13-20, 8-11) to a 9-2 Bay Valley Conference victory at Solano on Saturday. Adrian Perez got the final out. It was their fourth win in five games. "He was outstanding," Yuba coach Tim Gloyd said of his young starter, who enduced five ground ball double plays."

4/13/8: Bobby Crosby (99) Crosby powers A's over Indians Bobby Crosby snapped Oakland's five-game homerless streak with a three-run blast in the seventh inning, just the second ball the A's have hit out in nine games.

• Dustin Garneau (07) led all Titans with three RBI on the night, with a third-inning bases-loaded clearing double down the left field line

• Louisville starter Justin Lehr had a perfect game with one out in the eighth inning when Jason Lane (96-97) Lehr’s teammate at the University of Southern California ruined the milestone by crushing a solo home run just under the scoreboard in left field.

4/10/8:  Jonathan Kountis (07) AMC Pitcher of the Week - Kountis, a 6-3 sophomore right-hander from Akron , Ohio , is the AMC Pitcher of the Week. He hurled a complete game to knock off Walsh, 4-1.  In seven innings pitched, Kountis allowed an unearned run on four hits with 12 strikeouts and no walks. ODU improved to 17-7 overall and 6-0 AMC"

4/8/8: New Hampshire Fisher Cats - Aaron Mathews (03), playing center field, served as leadoff hitter and promptly singled to start the game. Mathews got off to a great start last season and made the Eastern League All-Star Game. // Newcomer Brian Jeroloman (04), a catching prospect, batted second to give NH a lefty stick atop the lineup. He warmed up his bat with a kerosene heater before the game, then knocked in the Fishers' first run with an infield single in the fifth.

4/7/8: Jason Aspito (99) Not quite on Revolution's level - "The chances of a guy making the club out of a tryout are not great, but there are always guys who go to open tryouts and show they do deserve a chance." One of those guys this time year ago was Aspito. Out of pro ball at the start of 2007, by midseason Aspito was an integral part of the Revs' lineup, before getting hurt toward the end of the year. And it all started at a tryout camp.  "I was a six-year free agent, and nobody picked me up," Aspito said, "and I didn't know if anyone knew I was available, (so) my dad said 'why don't you go to the Northern League tryouts.' So I fly down to Tampa.

"I packed one bag with all my baseball gear. It gets sent to New York. I'm in Tampa. I'm wearing almost the same thing (blue jeans and a long-sleeved shirt), only I have flip-flops on, so I missed the first tryout. (The bag) arrived the next day. "But it wasn't a bad thing, because I got to talk to scouts and some other baseball people. Got a call a week later, they said 'we'd like to sign you.'"

Aspito flipped his Northern League opportunity into a gig later in the season with York and batted .312 in 54 games with the Revs, smacking 11 home runs and driving in 32. "The guys who love playing are going to go to these things," Aspito said. "I think they come out of it respecting what we do a little more than when they came in."

4/6/8: New York Times: Introduction to Fairbanks "Fairbanks is Alaska's second-largest city now, with a population of about 30,000 in the city limits and 82,000 in the greater metropolitan area, but it has never learned to put on airs. It sprawls, broad and flat, along big highways and the Chena. It's a friendly, easygoing town, but one where people still take gold and their independence seriously. "

4/5/8: David Gassner (00) ; Jason Phillips (96) Riverhawks sign ex-major leaguers "The Camden Riversharks completed three deals this week that bring eight seasons of combined Major League experience to the club. First baseman-catcher Jason Phillips, lefthanded starter Dave Gassner and outfielder Chris Walker agreed to terms and will join the Riversharks in 2008."

• Adam Kennedy's (95) spectacular defensive play helped the St. Louis Cardinals' injury-depleted rotation complete a dominating opening week.

• Mike Cervenak (98), designated hitter Chris Snelling and catcher Jason Jaramillo, who each hit home runs to lead the IronPigs to a 6-2 triumph.  Cervenak's came first when the tracer he lined over the fence in left-center field with nobody on in the second inning took no longer than 3 seconds to leave the park.

• Royce Ring (00) earns the "perfect award" for having appeared in three games to face one batter in each game and having struck out all three batters

4/4/8: Brad Davis (03) Mudcats open 2008 campaign - "We're all here because we love this game," Mudcats catcher Brad Davis said. "We had five months off of not being able to play it. It's back. It's the season again. We're ready to have some real competition, have fans in the stands and ready to compete again."

• Tseng Sung-Wei (05) Promoted to Akron

• Quinn Stewart (05) Promoted to Vero Beach

• Mike Lissman (04-05-06) Promoted to Kane County

Lissman Page (Notice the Ad)

4/4/8: Steve Mrowka (86) Baseball Head Coach Steve Mrowka Earns 100th Win at GW  "Earlier this season, on Mar. 1, Mrowka also tallied his 500th career victory, with a 9-8 win against Yale. The North Carolina ('87) graduate is now 507-324-3 in his career, this being his 15th year overall."

• ASU: 29 Raoul Torrez : .370BA, 26G 73AB 20R 27H 52B 14RBI

• ASU: 58 Kyle Brule: 2.89ERA 0-0W/L 9.1IP 12K 2BB

• PEPP: 39 Ryan Heroy: .310BA, 24G, 77AB, 24H, 17RBI

• PEPP: 18 Trent Diedrich: .310BA, 20G, 71AB, 22H, 18RBI

• PEPP: 23 Jonathan Harmston: 1.35ERA, 0-0W/L, 6.2IP, 11K, 7BB

• LCSC: Paul Martin: .389BA, 26G, 90AB, 35H, 29RBI, 10BB, 14HBP

• LCSC: Cameron Litzenberg: 0.00ERA, 1IP

• KENT: 2 Chris Tremblay: .286BA, 21G, 84AB, 7RBI

• KENT: 27 Jon Porkony: 4.50ERA, 0-2W/L, 14IP, 9K, 20BB

• WIN: 17 John Murrian: .266BA, 23G, 79AB, 9RBI

• ISTATE: Nick Ciolli: .307BA, 49G, 179AB, 55H, 7HR, 35RBI, 17BB

4/3/8: Defensive moves don't help Braves - Resop moved to left field while left-hander Royce Ring (00) struck out Adam LaRoche, but Resop returned to the mound to give up Nady's go-ahead single.
4/4/8: Mid-Season Statistics
4/3/8: Jason Giambi (90) Giambi wants to prove defensive might "I love to be on the field," Giambi said on Wednesday. "That's why I've never been a fan of the DH. You're a part of the game and a part of the team."  The 37-year-old Giambi, playing the final year of his contract, has convinced manager Joe Girardi that he will hold up to the rigors of everyday duty in the field. "

• Mike Cervenak (98) feasted on one of Carrasco’s lone mistakes of the evening in the second inning, drilling a fastball that got up in the zone over the wall to give the IronPigs a 1-0 lead.

• Michael Young (96) HR in opener

Pictures added to Tom Seaver (64-65)
Thanks to Ed Kopec, Seaver & Goldpanners Superfan

2/14/8: Bill Lee (66-67) "Bill Lee said in answer to Jim Prime's question about what had made him an eccentric replied, “I used to play for the Alaska Goldpanners, and when you play on permafrost, and it warms and your centerfielder disappears, that leads to eccentricity.”

Growden Memorial Park on Google Earth/Maps

Looking for Something to do While in Fairbanks?

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"Seaver played in 1964 and 1965, along with Andy Messersmith, and Rick Monday, among others. So, they had the first draftee, the first player to successfully challenge the reserve clause and bring about free agency, and the HOFer with the highest voting percentage from the BBWAA. Not just outstanding teams, but teams with very historically significant players on it.

And MLB teams should have such well-organized and navigable sites as the Alaska Goldpanners! "

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NCAA ON CAMPUS VIDEO

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Barry Bonds ALL-TIME HOME RUN KING 1983 GOLDPANNERS