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Mat-Su Miners Founded 1976 League Alaska Baseball League Ballpark Hermon Brothers Field Based in Palmer, Alaska Team colors Green, yellow
Championships NBC (1987, 1997)
ABL (1987, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2010)The Mat-Su Miners are a college summer baseball club in the Alaska Baseball League (ABL). The Miners are based in Palmer, Alaska, and their name refers to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough where Palmer is located. The team was founded in 1976 and play their home games at Hermon Brothers Field.
The franchise began play as the fourth Alaska-based team of the ABL along with the Fairbanks Goldpanners, Anchorage Glacier Pilots and the Peninsula Oilers for the 1976 season.[1] Originally called the Green Valley Giants, the team would finish the inaugural season in last place.[2] By the 1980 season the franchise would change its name to the Mat-Su Miners which its has been known as ever since.[3] The franchise has won two National Baseball Congress championships for the 1987 and 1997 seasons.[4]
References
- ^ Woodson, Dave (February 26, 1976). "Pilots to play in all-Alaska league". Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, AK): p. 9. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=si4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XMAEAAAAIBAJ&dq=valley-green-giants&pg=4862%2C2213547. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
- ^ Staff Reporters (August 10, 1976). "Kenai squashes Giants". Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, AK): p. 9. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-G80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ksAEAAAAIBAJ&dq=alaska-league&pg=4261%2C908045. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
- ^ Stewart, Bill (May 7, 1980). "Mat-Su Miners: Starting from scratch". Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, AK): p. B1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lEAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H6cEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mat-su-miners&pg=5092%2C1550410. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
- ^ Past NBC World Series Finalists nbcbaseball.com - Retrieved June 12, 2010
External links
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