...pro ball this year, Oilers coaches and teammates think it will help him in the long run. That group includes Oilers pitching coach Dave Stevens, who pitched in the big leagues. "He likes him. He likes that he's pretty unflappable," John...

...Monday via cell phone that his time in the Alaska Baseball League was a dream come true. Machado served as an Oilers pitching coach for two years before taking the head job with the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and leading that squad to a runner-up...

...taking control of at-bats. Eddie was outstanding." "The biggest thing for Eddie was he pounded the zone," Oilers pitching coach D.J. Mauldin said. Mauldin said Orozco got ahead early in the count and used off-speed pitches to keep the...

...up the organization's last National Baseball Congress World Series title in 1994. Machado also served as the Oilers pitching coach in 2007 and 2008, leading the league's top staff both years. Last season, Machado was the head coach for the...

...The Pilots, who are now 4-1 in the league under the leadership of former Kenai Central standout and former Oilers pitching coach Dennis Machado, scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning when catcher Kawika Emsley-Pai was...

...UCLA, not the nine-month contracts that had allowed him to spend four summers on the peninsula -- two as the Oilers pitching coach and two as their manager. "He's been an extremely valuable addition to the Oilers all four of his years here...

...UCLA, not the nine-month contracts that had allowed him to spend four summers on the peninsula -- two as the Oilers pitching coach and two as their manager. "He's been an extremely valuable addition to the Oilers all four of his years here...