You can’t measure the strength of a community until it’s truly needed—and the Long Beach baseball community has been showing up in impressive fashion for the Reed family after the tragic passing of longtime local youth baseball coach Scott Reed. Scott’s unexpected and shocking passing left an immeasurable hole in the city’s baseball world, as […]
October is almost here, which means it’s time for the Major League Baseball playoffs. Long Beach will once again have representation in this year’s postseason, with two players and two staff members competing for a trip to the World Series. In the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers claimed the top seed with an overall record […]
Our biggest fundraiser of the year is happening NOW! Make a tax-deductible donation to The562 during Long Beach Gives from Sept. 17-24. CLICK HERE to show your support for local journalism in Long Beach! The Long Beach Coast’s inaugural season in the Pioneer Baseball League came to an end on Friday night, as the Coast dropped Game […]
The Long Beach Coast’s final game of the season at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Tuesday was one to forget—and certainly one they’ll need to quickly forget in the midst of the Pioneer Baseball League Championship Series. The Coast hosted the Billings Mustangs for Game 1 of the series in a game that appeared […]
The Long Beach Coast’s Game 3 against the Modesto Roadsters on Saturday night was everything you’d expect from a win-or-go-home matchup—and one that ended in champagne showers for the first-year franchise. After playing the Roadsters in their last six games dating back to the regular season and splitting the first two games of the series, […]
The Long Beach baseball community is in shock and mourning after the sudden, tragic passing of Scott Reed last Tuesday after a medical emergency. Reed was a longtime youth baseball coach and boardmember at Long Beach Little League. “Our hearts are broken by the tragic and unexpected passing of Scott Reed,” LBLL said in an […]
The Long Beach Coast continued their historic inaugural season Thursday night at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, defeating the Modesto Roadsters 5-1 in Game 1 of the Pioneer League playoffs. Long Beach took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning as Johnny Pappas singled to center field with one out and stole […]
For the first time, September baseball in Long Beach means playoff baseball. The Long Beach Coast just wrapped up its first-ever regular season in the Pioneer Baseball League as the second-place team in the league standings with a 67-29 overall record. Now, the Coast turns its attention to the playoffs, which open tomorrow at Bohl […]