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.
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Anthony Pack is a hard guy to miss. With a seemingly permanent smile that beams even brighter than his highlighter pink and purple batting gloves, he makes baseball look fun. Vibrant, energetic, and fast, too. But mostly fun. Pack is the latest high-profile MLB Draft prospect out of Long Beach, but his road to superstardom […]
