JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
The 2026 Major League Baseball season gets started this weekend, so it’s time for an annual check-in on where Long Beach’s baseball stars are playing, and what could lie ahead this summer on the diamond. A pair of Long Beach State Dirtbags will open the season on active rosters, including veteran Jeff McNeil, set to […]
