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The month of June is an important one for collegiate amateur baseball. Regular season schedules come to an end, the NCAA tournament begins, the MLB draft takes place, and summer league baseball gets underway.

The Alaska Baseball League, the subject of Touching the Game, Alaska begins league play the week of 6/6. The first few weeks of June will also feature many exhibition games against league and traveling teams.  The signature game of these exhibitions is the annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, AK. This year, the Goldpanners entertain Heroes of the Diamond, a military all-star team. The game as always will be on the Summer Solstice, June 21, starting at 10:30pm.  The Alaska Baseball League regular season kicks into high gear after that.  We will continue to update you on our film and provide video clips and soundbites about life in the ABL.  If you are looking for day to day info on the league, check out www.49thstatehardball.com or any of the team websites.

The Cape Cod Baseball League, the subject of Touching the Game, The Story of the Cape Cod Baseball League, begins play the week of 6/13. The number of Major League alumni of the CCBL is at an all-time high, and many of the players we featured in our film are among them.  We will keep you updated on how they are doing, as well as any time our film is showing as even after 6 years, it continues to gain interest.   The Cape League website has day to day scores and stats, and www.codball.com is a great blog to keep you updated as well.  Also, don’t forget the Cape Cod League All-Star game at Fenway Park on 7/28. Enjoy the summer!

You now can get all the latest information on our Touching the Game films on the social network sites Facebook and Twitter.  Our ever-growing Facebook fan page can be found here.  Become a fan and get updates, reviews, screening dates and more. If you are a Twitter person, you can get your Touching the Game tweets here.  We will also be updating this blog as well.  Stay in touch with us as we present our award-winning films of amateur baseball to the world.

Any bloggers who have not reviewed “Touching the Game, Alaska” and would like to, shoot us a note, and we’ll send you a screener copy.

ESPN just came out with it’s “Travel Ten” top must see baseball events of the summer.  At #1 is Opening Day of The Cape Cod Baseball League and at #4 is the Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, AK.   The Midnight Sun Game is a big part of our latest documentary Touching the Game, Alaska. As for the Cape Cod Baseball League, we spent a whole summer there in our 2004 release Touching the Game, The Story of the Cape Cod Baseball League. If you can’t make it to either event, our DVDs will bring them right into your home.  Enjoy!

The San Antonio Express-News has a new article and update on former Anchorage Glacier Pilot Todd Sebek, one of the players we focused on in Touching the Game, Alaska.

“Touching the Game, Alaska” film crew http://twitpic.com/1lthja

The May issue of Alaska Airlines Magazine is out and features a story on the Alaska Baseball League and Touching the Game, Alaska:

USC Head Coach Chad Kreuter played 2 seasons in Fairbanks, Alaska, one with the Goldpanners, and the other for the North Pole Nicks. While in North Pole he would meet his future wife. Watch Video

We interviewed many Alaska Baseball League players in our time spent producing Touching the Game, Alaska. Many appear in the film talking about their experiences in the Frontier State.  But where are they playing baseball today? Most of them were selected in the MLB draft and are now playing professionally in the minors, working their way up to what could be a dream come true, playing in the Major Leagues.  Here is a list of some of the guys in the film and where they are now.

And we have not forgotten  the players we followed in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the summer of 2003. Here is a list of the players from Touching the Game, The Story of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Many are on the verge of making it to the Majors.  Special congrats to Tommy Manzella, the new starting shortstop for the Houston Astros!

Jed Lowrie & Jacoby Ellsbury on facing each other in Alaska: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1337447711118&ref=mf