An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2025 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. On Sunday afternoon, the Dirtbags (14-19, 8-10) dropped the Big West Conference series finale to CSU Bakersfield 12-6 on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Long Beach led 6-0 after four innings but the Roadrunners (14-23, 7-8) scored seven […]