Managerial Change

After a 6-11 start to the season, the Alaska Snow Sox have decided to make a move. Ryne Solo, the teams long-time manager, has been promoted to the position of team General Manager, with Darth Vader assuming the title of President of the Club. The new manager will be longtime veteran 1B (and Autobot) Rewind. Rewind (who only recently retired in 2009 at age 45) formerly played in Alaska during two stints: first in 1988 and then again from 2000-2003). Rewind has the distinction of being the last player to play in the dice era (before 1987), the MicroLeague Era (1987-1996), and APBA (1997-Present).

Rewind expressed excitement and gratitude at getting his first opportunity to manage a team. "I think the Snow Sox have the pitching and hitting to make a run at the playoffs this season. We may have the best 5-man rotation in the game today, and have the top minor league pitching prospect in the world as well. Its time for Reggie Stocker and co. to take the next steps and start playing October baseball."

After losing his debut 6-2 to Denver, Alaska has now run off 6 consecutive victories to get back to .500. With a 12-12 record, Alaska is now in 2nd place, 3 games behind Denver.

Minor Trade

In a swap of reserve outfielders, the Hawaii Cubs acquire Mike Christensen from Philadelphia in exchange for Rick Cooney. Both players are fairly similar in their skill set, with the primary difference between the two being witch side of the plate they swing from. Cooney, the lefty swinger is a better fit for Philadelphia, and Christensen, the righty swinger, provides Hawaii with the much needed RH bat on their bench.

Managers in the Major League

ML East
Philadelphia BJ Higgins
New York Eddie
Florida Wally Calhoun
Toronto Radicus Prime

ML Central
Denver Big Cheese
Detroit Willie Hayes
St. Louis Leon Wolf
Green Day Slash Dixon
Alaska Ryne Solo

ML West
Bay Area Eric Cartman
Hollywood Troy McCoy
Portland Sonic Russell
Hawaii Lewis Solo Jr.
Los Angeles Alex Hansen

Managers in the Superior League

Miami RJ Duke
NY Knights Don Muttonly
Baltimore Buck Jackson
Boston Junior Floyd
Louisville Jake Taylor
Orlando Rugless Odor

Cleveland Squanto Falcone
Chicago Sylvanus Wong
Toledo Fausto Cruz
Charlotte Mark Roberts
Springfield Jeff McBain

Phoenix Jim Ferguson
Utah Battletrap
Texas Chris Berman
Mars Wedge Antilles
Las Vegas Boba Fett

Superior League Opening Day

Boston 9 Louisville 6

Bean-eaters take 17 walks off Slugger pitchers in a 13 inning game. Ruben Carter homers for the Sluggers, and Brady Robinson has 4 hits.

Knights 7 Baltimore 4

Vernon Coles has 3 hits including a homer, Dirk Lindros drives in 3 runs to spoil Buck Jackson's managerial debut.

Orlando 8 Utah 6

Rugrats knock out Utah starter David Burke with 6 runs in the first. Utes respond with a Lou Zamuda grand slam, but fall short.

Chicago 5 Miami 3

Joe Young homers in his 2nd Miami at bat, but Stars bullpen can't hold a 3-2 lead in the 8th. Luke Ford has 5 hits for Chicago.

Toledo 5 Springfield 3

Brett Jansen has 3 hits and a homer, Springfield drops the first game of rookie manager Jeff McBain.

Charlotte 5 Las Vegas 2

Charlie Zito outduels Joe Callahan.

Texas 6 Cleveland 1

Cleveland can't get the bats going for rookie manager Squanto Falcone, which is becoming a trend. Experience pays in the manager seat. Bjorn Frostad pitches 5 innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 walk, no runs, and strikes out 8.

Phoenix 12 Mars 0

Wedge Antilles, formerly of Cleveland, loses his debut as Mars manager. Rookie left fielder Fernando Gonzalez takes 3 walks, scores 3 runs, and hits a grand slam. Tyler Aberson strikes out 8 over 6 innings for the win.

2011 Major League Opening Day

New York 13-1 over Bay Area: Pedro Lewis goes 7 strong for the win, W. Gehrig Bear goes 2-4 with a double off the wall in his first at bat, and reigning MVP Brett Solo goes 3-5 with a HR and 5 RBI's to power New York to the win.

Philadelphia 8-2 over Green Day: Oswalt gets the win, Bulger goes 3-5 with a HR, and the defending champs open up with a win.

Florida 10-4 over Alaska: George White gives up 4 runs in 7 innings, but gets the opening day win anyway. Conn the Barbarian goes 4-5 with 2 Homeruns, and Dan Smith and Mitch Oakenshield also hit homers. Marcus Dulkowski hits 2 homers in the loss for Alaska.

Hollywood 4-2 over Toronto: General Tso gets his first opening day start and gets the win, allowing 2 runs over 6 innings. Elvis Dixon leads off the game with a HR off Stephen Hamburg. Hamburg is a victim of the long ball, allowing three solo Homers (also to new 2B Josh Garfield, and Arnie Medeiros). Jose Burrito gets the save for Hollywood.

Denver 6-3 over Portland: Otto Tingley hits a 3 run homer in the 8th off Darrel Williams who takes the loss. Roger Lewis pitches 7 strong innings, but is victimized by the defense behind him (3 errors). Lewis goes 7-3-3-0-3-5. Ruben Ramirez gets the opening day nod from Big Cheese, and goes 5.2-4-3-3-3-5 and gets the no-decision.

St. Louis 5-3 over Los Angeles: Cody Fett hits a 3-run HR in the 8th off J-ROD to give St. Louis the win. Chris Hamilton also hits a HR, despite solid pitching from LA's Eric Rodriguez in the loss (7-7-2-2-1-5).

Hawaii 5-2 over Detroit: Jared DeMario is strong in another opening day start, getting the win with a 8-6-2-2-2-2 performance, with Troy Lewis pitching a perfect 9th to get the save. Jack Collins and Mike Solar provide the brunt of the offense, each connecting for homers. Collins goes 2-3 with 3 runs and a walk.