Barnstorming Trip 2009
Gather in Longview, WA July 5-6 - win game July 7
Drive to Kamloops
Wednesday July 8 09
Don and Anthony Keel
Don and Jim Dietz
Joe Pratt
Tristan Metcalf coming in....
game:
Phil Parrish
Kirk Roland, LCC Athletic Director, Don, filmed by Anthony Keel
Patrick McClain, left... Dan Geisler, Ass't Coach; Keel wiring Dietz...
Anthony Keel filming documentary
Aaron Torres, left.... internet broadcaster
Barber
Game 1 - MSGoldpanners 12 - Longview 1
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Pitcher Sean Timmons, a native of Fairbanks, Alaska, will be part of the Midnight Sun Goldpanners team that is visiting Longview on Monday and Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Alaska Goldpanners |
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:45 PM PDT
Longview turns golden on Tuesday.
A touring team representing the legendary Alaska Goldpanners baseball club
will take on the Red Lion Senior American Legion squad at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
at David Story Field in an exhibition matchup.
The Goldpanners, an amateur summer team comprised of college players,
feature an all-time roster that includes the likes of Tom Seaver, Dave
Winfield and Barry Bonds. The club, in celebration of its 50th season and
Alaska’s 50th year as a state, is making an “Alaska 50 Tour” that will cover
British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota,
Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
The tour culminates with a week-long visit to Kansas, where the Goldpanners
will compete in the National Baseball Congress Tournament beginning Aug. 1
with an exhibition game against the Liberal BeeJays.
The ’Panners are using a split squad to complete the tour and to fulfill
their home schedule in Fairbanks, Alaska, which ends Aug. 2. On Aug. 3, both
teams will meet up in Kansas for the start of the NBC Tournament.
Former Lower Columbia College head coach Ed Cheff was the field manager of
the ’Panners for five seasons (2002-06), with current LCC pitching coach Rob
Hippi serving as his pitching coach for two of those years (2002-03).
The split-squad team coming to Longview — officially named the Midnight Sun
Goldpanners — features current Red Devils Eric Lane (infielder from Port
Angeles), the NWAACC Western Division MVP last season as a freshman, and Tim
Culligan (pitcher from Hillsboro, Ore.).
The Goldpanners arrive in Longview on Monday for a workout, and after
playing Red Lion in a single nine-inning game Tuesday, they’ll travel to
Kamloops, British Columbia, to compete in the 47th annual Kamloops
International Tournament.
The remainder of the tour follows.
The touring team will be coached by former longtime San Diego State skipper
Jim Dietz, who won 485 games in two stints with the ’Panners from 1970 to
’77 and 1990 to ’93. Dietz coached Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn at San Diego
State, along with Longview native Bud Black, the current San Diego Padres
manager who pitched in the major leagues from 1982 to ’95.
A reality-show film crew also will be making the tour with the Goldpanners
as part of a “Touching the Game” series by Alaska filmmaker Anthony Keel.
Red Lion is the best summer baseball team in Cowlitz County, featuring many
of the top recently graduated high school players and several LCC players.
Tickets for Tuesday’s game are $2 for adults and $1 for seniors and
students.
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for baseball barnstorming tour Kiilsgaard is lighting up the Alaska Baseball League; Walsh tearing up the Cap Cod League |
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2009 BARNSTORMING TRIP |
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| Ann Dennis's Recap of the Trip | ||
| 01 Team Closeups, Management and Crew Pics | ||
| 02_Longview WA - gathering and win game 12-1 | ||
| 03_Kamloops: (Seattle Studs) loss 2-1 | ||
| 04_Kamloops: (Kamloops Sun Devils) win 8-1 | ||
| 05_Scenery Cache Creek to Kamloops | ||
| 06 Kamloops Misc player pics | ||
| 07 Kamloops: (Red Deer) win 17-3 | ||
| 08 Kamloops: (Kelowna Jays) win 13-3 | ||
| 09 Kamloops: (Seattle Studs) win 2-1 | ||
| 10 Kamloops: (Everett WA) win Championship 5-3 | ||
| 11 Kelowna, BC: Game 1 - win 4-3 | ||
| 12 Kelowna: Game 2 - win 4-3 | ||
| 13 Kelowna: Game 3 - loss 1-0 | ||
| 14 Kelowna Breakfasts - Leaving for Idaho | ||
| 15 Coeur d'Alene Idaho: loss 5-4 | ||
| 16 Belgrade Montana: win 10-2 | ||
| 19 Dodge City KS: loss 6-5 | ||
| 20 Clarinda IA: win 2-1 and win 10-7 | ||
| 21 Chillicothe MO: win 9-5 and loss 5-4 | ||
| 22 Junction City KS: loss 6-1 loss 1-0 | ||
| 23 Hays, KS loss 6-5 | ||
| 24 Liberal_KS: loss | ||
| 25 El_Dorado_KS: loss 6-1 | ||
| 26 Derby KS: loss 7-2 | ||
| 27 Wichita - NBC L 6-5 | ||
| 28 Jim Dietz, Midnight Sun Goldpanners Coach | ||
| 29 Aaron Torres, Goldpanners Media | ||
| 30 Randy Barber, Assistant Coach and Bus Driver | ||
| 31 Anthony Keel, Eye Candy Cinema | ||
| 32 The Bus - Pictures of the Team Rolling Down the Road | ||
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