Goldpanners Cancel Season, Midnight Sun Game

The Alaska Goldpanners (Summer Collegiate) have canceled their 2020 season due to coronavirus, marking the first summer since 1960 without Goldpanner baseball in Fairbanks (AK).  The 115th annual Midnight Sun Game, a baseball game played the night of the summer solstice without the use of artificial light, also has been canceled.  Read more here.

Annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks (AK) Tonight

The 114th annual Midnight Sun Game will be played Sunday, June 21, starting at 10:00 p.m. AKT/2:00 a.m. ET at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks (AK).  The Alaska Goldpanners (Summer Collegiate, Independent) will play host to the Seattle Studs (Summer Collegiate, Pacific International League) under the natural light of the summer solstice sun.  Learn more here.  Watch 2018 highlights here. Tune in here (we think?).

Extremely excited for this upcoming weekend with the @SeattleStuds in Fairbanks❗️ 4 game series against the @RealGoldpanners including the 114th Midnight Sun Game Friday night⚾️ I will be streaming all 4 games on youtube, so make sure to tune in📺 pic.twitter.com/j1ajKUvcD0

— Tanner Pierce (@vofthev) June 18, 2019

24 Hours of Baseball Underway in Fairbanks (AK)

Major League Baseball is celebrating the 113th Midnight Sun Game today by organizing an unprecedented 24 hours of Play Ball events around this year’s game in Fairbanks (AK) in cooperation with the Alaska Goldpanners (Summer Collegiate Alaska Baseball League).  Read more here.

And we’re underway! 24 hours of baseball starts now! #PLAYBALL pic.twitter.com/HG5O0ADxom

— Rick Riccobono (@riccobonoUSA) June 21, 2018

Annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks (AK) Tonight

The 110th annual Midnight Sun Game will be played Sunday, June 21, starting at 10:30 p.m. AKDT/2:30 a.m. EDT at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks (AK).  The Alaska Goldpanners (Summer Collegiate Alaska Baseball League) will play host to the Seattle Studs (Summer Collegiate, Pacific International League) under the natural light of the summer solstice sun.  Read about the experience here.  We have watched the game live via PannerVision in the past, but we are not sure if that will be available.

Event Now: All friends and watchers on Twitter welcome to come to Growden Park to help with final preparations 4 MSG! pic.twitter.com/DpVXXi0qvZ

— Alaska Goldpanners (@Goldpanners) June 21, 2015

Annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks (AK) Scheduled for June 21

The 109th annual Midnight Sun Game will be played Saturday, June 21, starting at 10:30 p.m. AKDT/2:30 a.m. EDT at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks (AK).  The summer collegiate Alaska Goldpanners (Alaska Baseball League) will play host to the summer collegiate Lake Erie Monarchs (Great Lakes Collegiate Baseball League) under the natural light of the summer solstice sun.  Read more here.  Read about the experience here.  We have watched the game live via PannerVision in the past, but we are not sure if that will be available.

Annual Midnight Sun Game Tonight in Fairbanks (AK)

The 108th annual Midnight Sun Game will be played tonight starting at 10:30 p.m. AKDT/2:30 a.m. EDT at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks (AK).  The summer collegiate Alaska Goldpanners (Alaska Baseball League) play host to the summer collegiate San Francisco Seals (Far West League) under the natural light of the summer solstice sun.  Read more here.  We typically watch the game live via PannerVision, but we are not sure if that is available tonight.

Alaska Baseball League Raises Bar for 2012, But Challenges Remain

The summer collegiate Alaska Baseball League has been under increasing pressure because of growing competition from the burgeoning West Coast League and the rest of the summer collegiate industry.  From our perspective, the ABL has been flirting with near irrelevancy

Midnight Sun Game to Resume Tonight

After the 10th inning at around 1:30 a.m. (AKDT)/4:30 a.m. (EDT) this morning, the annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks (AK) was postponed due to darkness and an oncoming storm.  The game, tied 1-1, will resume with the 11th inning starting at 6:00 p.m. (AKDT)/ 10:00 p.m. (EDT) and will be covered live on PannerVision.  Read more here.

Annual Midnight Sun Game Tonight in Fairbanks

The 106th annual Midnight Sun Baseball Classic will be played tonight starting at 10:30 p.m. AKDT/2:30 a.m. EDT (yes, bedtime for most) at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks (AK).  The Alaska Goldpanners will play host to the Oceanside (CA) Waves under the natural light of the summer solstice sun.  You should know, this game is on our bucket list!  Read more here.  Watch game live here (we hope).

Jim Dietz Back in Fairbanks for Non-League Season

Jim Deitz, long-time Alaska Goldpanners field manager and  former West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (now West Coast League) commissioner, is back in Fairbanks for the team’s abbreviated, non-Alaska Baseball League Season.  As

Goldpanners’ Financial Dire Straits Force Dramatic Changes

The Alaska Baseball League’s Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks will not play in the ABL this season.  Because of financial troubles, the ‘Panners are cutting back operations by two-thirds and playing just three weeks of games from June 10 through

Another Successful Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks

A near record crowd of 4,700 packed the stands at Growden memorial Park in Fairbanks (AK) on Monday night for the 105th annual Midnight Sun Baseball Classic.  The most unique game in the game is played without lights on the longest day of the year beginning at 10:3o p.m.  The game lasted 15 innings until 2:59 a.m. on Tuesday.  Read more and view photos here.

Midnight Sun Game: An Alaska Tradition

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The Alaska Baseball League’s Alaska Goldpanners will once again play host to the annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks (AK) on June 21 at Growden Memorial Park.  The first pitch is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. under the natural light of Alaska’s longest day of the year.  The summer solstice game has been played for more than 100 years.  Read more here.  A boat load of other activies are planned around town as part of the Midnight Sun Festival.  Read more here.