Glacier Pilots win 2010 Mayor's Cup

Pilots take pair of close games to retain the trophy

The stadium lights at Mulcahy warming up on Sunday night
could only mean one thing. The end of the season is near.

The Anchorage Glacier Pilots edged out cross-town rival Bucs in a pair of games to seal their victory for the 2010 Mayor's Cup tournament. Last night's 2-0 victory and the 6-5 nail-biter the previous evening were enough to clinch the hardware in the two-out-of-three event.

The two teams have been bitter rivals since the Anchorage Bucs -- then known as the Cook Inlet Bucs -- formed in 1980 to challenge the Pilots' dominance of the Anchorage baseball scene. While the teams once took out their anger at each other with stunts like stealing the stadium PA before the next team's home game, today they keep things a little more civil and leave it on the field in the annual exhibition tournament.

2010 marks the fifth year running that the Pilots have taken the cup. The two teams will square off tonight for one farewell match; the Pilots going for the sweep and the Bucs attempting to end their season on a high note in the last game of ABL ball played on Alaskan soil for the year.