Byline: Brian McLean
Jan. 17--Matt Acker watches out for the little guy. And if the little guy proves he can compete, he may get a shot to play in one of the premier college summer baseball leagues on the West Coast. Acker, a Tumwater resident who manages the Kitsap BlueJackets of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, said the league has worked so well in Silverdale and the surrounding communities that it may expand to Thurston County as soon as 2009. "I believe in this league, and I believe it could go in Olympia," Acker said. Right now, he's in the process of proving it can work. Acker owns two junior college teams, the newly formed Olympia Athletics and the ...