A combination of power and speed, Anchorage’s Jamar Hill was a dynamic dual threat on the baseball field who rose through the pro ranks to become one of just 12 Alaskans to reach the Double-A level. A two-time MLB draft pick by the New York Mets, Hill had a 10-year professional career during which he… Read more »
Despite having the best record in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs have fallen on hard times this week, losing three straight games. But Anchorage’s Jamar Hill tonight helped to finally stop the bleeding. The 27-year-old right fielder reached base in the ninth inning and later scored the winning run… Read more »
Hell hath no fury like Jamar Hill’s bat. The 27-year-old professional baseball player with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs continues to haunt his former team in the independent Atlantic League since his June 4 trade. Hill, of Bartlett High fame, lit up the York Revolution last night with three hits, including a three-run home run,… Read more »
Anchorage’s Jamar Hill delivered the go-ahead hit last night to help the Maryland Blue Crabs pull away from the Somerset Patriots for a 7-2 win in the Atlantic League, an independent league on the East Coast. Hill connected on a two-run home run, his fifth of the season, to break open a 2-2 tie in… Read more »
In nine minor league seasons, Anchorage’s Jamar Hill is used to being on the move. The 27-year-old outfielder has played for seven teams in six professional leagues, and now he’s moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland after being the center of a June 4 trade between Atlantic League teams. Hill, of Bartlett High fame, was shipped… Read more »
Kodiak’s Cliff Anderson carried a big bat in 1997 with the Single-A San Bernardino Stampede, clubbing 21 home runs and a state record 40 doubles in 132 games. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound left-handed hitting third baseman batted .273 and added 79 RBIs, 77 runs and five triples. His 125 hits are tied for the most for… Read more »
Friday Flashback Take a trip down memory lane Friday Flashback is an ongoing series created by Alaska Sports Hall of Fame blog editor Van Williams that looks back on great Alaska athletes from the past. No boxer from Alaska did more than Anchorage’s Cody Koch, whose rapid and remarkable rise to prominence in the 1990s… Read more »
Jonny Homza of Anchorage continues to move up the food chain in the San Diego Padres organization as the third-year pro was promoted to the Class-A Tri-City Dust Devils after two years in the Rookie League. The 20-year-old made his name as a incredible infielder but was drafted in the fifth round of the 2017… Read more »
Sagan Osborne of Anchorage homered to lead off the top of the 10th inning to secure Dickinson State’s 5-4 win over Presentation College and keep the Blue Hawks alive in the North Star Athletic Association tournament in Jamestown, North Dakota. The senior slugger deposited the first pitch of extra innings over the right field fence,… Read more »
Left-handed pitching is so exclusive in baseball that players can stick around the game longer than most. But Conor Spink of Eagle River is proving he isn’t some token southpaw. The 26-year-old relief pitcher hasn’t allowed an earned run since August of last year. That’s 25 consecutive scoreless innings over 15 appearances with the Lincoln… Read more »
