Survival wasn’t the goal this year finally
Posted August 02, 2012
In 2009 I made a crazy decision to move back to the Edmonton area with my wife. Baseball was something I missed. Down in Nebraska, the men’s teams were generally filled with current or very recent college players. Guys like me played slo-pitch....
Milleteers Make History
Posted August 01, 2012
In front of a record home crowd the Milleteers were trying to make history tonight and become the first team to win four PBL Championships in a row. Standing in their way was the Cinderella Men from Armena, coincidently the last team to threaten to win four in a row in the early 2000s. Player coa...
Milleteers Force Deciding Game
Posted July 27, 2012
The Milleteers evened the series Thursday night as they got a great performance out of starter Steven Pahl. Pahl held the hot hitting Royals to only four hits. His only trouble came in the second after he botched a comebacker with one out, and then gave up a triple to Zenon Sherbaniuk to score the u...
Boettger, Armena takes game one
Posted July 25, 2012
Another solid pitching performance and contributions from 1-9 on offence led to the Armena Royals fourth straight win Tuesday night in Leduc, 6-1 over the Milleteers....
Royals come back late for finals berth
Posted July 20, 2012
A late surge by young and old Armena Royals completed an improbable comeback at Anniversary Park to clinch the semi-final series and knock off Ryley 9-8 Thursday night in game two of the Powerline Baseball League semifinals....
Milleteers Beat Out Bardo In Semis
Posted July 20, 2012
After a grueling extra inning battle in game one, the Milleteers and Athletics looked to be headed towards another close one early on as pitchers Steven Pahl and Ray Lehman were on their game tonight. The Milleteers struck first as they played a little small ball as SS Drew Boyer laid down a perfect...
Armena takes game one in Ryley
Posted July 20, 2012
Everything went right for the Armena Royals Tuesday night in Ryley, which ended in a 10-0 win sending game two back to Armena with a one-game lead in the best of three series....
Milleteers Walk It Off In Extras In Playoff Opener
Posted July 18, 2012
For the fourth year in a row the Milleteers needed a comeback in their last bat to secure a 3-2 win to start off the PBL playoffs, with the first three years ending in a championship run. Tonight playoff rivals Bardo and Leduc squared off, and as usual the two teams were involved in a bitter battle ...
Semis feature new and old matchups
Posted July 14, 2012
One series pits two franchises who died and came back to life to face each other for the first time ever. Another features two franchises who have quickly become annual diamond dance partners....
Rebels, Royals and A’s punch postseason tickets
Posted July 13, 2012
It’s all set. No one-game playoff is necessary. What a finish....