The rain stayed away and the Long Beach State Dirtbags kept rolling under new coach Eric Valenzuela on Saturday by clinching their second weekend series victory. Freshman starter Luis Ramirez made history with 12 strikeouts and the Dirtbags scored four times the seventh inning to beat No. 17 Wake Forrest 7-3. LBSU (4-2) took the […]
Last year was a thrilling one for Long Beach baseball fans, with Long Beach Poly winning a surprising Moore League championship and St. Anthony making a CIF-SS semifinal run. This year sees another influx of young talent into the area and promises more close games and another tight Moore League title chase. Long Beach Poly […]
Long Beach Poly won last year’s Moore League championship, their first title since 2012 and second since 1985. The Jackrabbits know that means they’re going to be looked at a little differently this year. “We’ve got a big target on our backs, we know that,” said returning All-Moore League pitcher Tim Fife. “Everybody’s going to […]
There’s not much left on the to-do list for legendary Lakewood baseball coach Spud O’Neill. Now in his 37th year coaching the Lancers, O’Neill has won 891 games, won CIF-SS championships and Moore League championships by the armload, and has coached several Major Leaguers. Asked what he’s excited about this year, he didn’t say becoming […]
In 2018 an upstart bunch of young Bruins had the Moore League’s most successful postseason run since 2012 by reaching the CIF-SS Division 3 semifinals. The core of that group is back this year for their senior seasons, and with seven returning starters, expectations are rightfully high at Wilson. “I really like our group,” Wilson […]
The Millikan Rams have more to replace than just a decorated graduation class after the transfers of pitcher Tyler Conant and center fielder Caleb Brandon. That leaves pitching and depth as the primary concern for Millikan this season. Last year, Rams pitchers gave up a total of 29 runs in the final five Moore League […]
The Cabrillo Jaguars baseball program has hired a new coach, and it’s someone that Moore League baseball fans may remember. Phillip Berman, 25, took the job just before Christmas when coach Pedro Torres abruptly resigned. Berman was an All-Moore League first baseman at Jordan High (2013) and graduated from William Penn University. “They asked me […]
St. Anthony had a dream season last year, going from a fifth-place finish in the talent-packed Camino Real League to a semifinal run in the Division 6 playoffs. This year the Saints are reloaded with talent and hoping to make some more noise. But while coach Kris Jondle is generally a positive guy, it would […]
Third-year coach Bryan Whitfield is trying to change the baseball culture at Jordan High, where the Panthers haven’t beaten a non-Compton team in Moore League place since 2016. Whitfield has started a year-around schedule for his players, and hopes that leads to a higher baseball IQ. “It’s been a big hurdle getting up to speed […]
This week on the LB Fee Show we’re talking to athletics director Andy Fee about a busy week at Long Beach State and interviewing new Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela about the first week of the season. Episode 49 – Big Wins, A Busy Week And Dirtbags Head Coach Eric Valenzuela by lbsuathletics JJ and Andy […]