Long Beach has waited more than a decade for a professional baseball team in the city — and the wait is over. The Long Beach Coast, a professional team in the Pioneer Baseball League, will kick off their inaugural year in the city with Opening Day on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field officially set for […]
The Long Beach Coast revealed the branding for its alternate ‘Regulators’ identity Wednesday night at Legends on 2nd Street during a launch event for invited guests and media. Head coach Troy Percival and several players were on hand as the team unveiled its alternate logos, jerseys and merchandise. The launch comes after the Coast’s name […]
Long Beach’s new professional baseball team officially has a name and an alter ego. During Long Beach’s State of the City address on Tuesday night, the city’s incoming Pioneer Baseball League team revealed its name: the Long Beach Coast. The LBC also unveiled a second identity, the Long Beach Regulators, giving the new club an […]
Photo courtesy of UC Riverside Athletics. It’ll be an uphill battle to get the city to buy into the new professional baseball team coming to Long Beach. Local fans have already watched three pro teams arrive in the city since between 1995-2009—none of which lasted more than five years. But with the team’s logo, branding, […]
Photo via the Long Beach Baseball Club. The Long Beach Baseball Club took another major step forward today, announcing on social media that former Anaheim Angels pitcher and World Series champion Troy Percival has been hired as the team’s manager. The Southern California native spent 14 years in MLB, most notably in Anaheim, where he […]
The Long Beach Baseball Club announced its six semifinalists after receiving more than 1,300 submissions to its team-naming contest. Public voting is open through Wednesday, October 15, to help narrow down the name for the new independent professional baseball team that plans to debut in Long Beach in 2026. Semifinalists: The Long Beach Coast, Cruisers, […]
The Long Beach Baseball Club launched its team-naming contest today for the new independent professional baseball team coming to Long Beach in 2026. The contest will remain open through Sept. 12, 2025. Click here to enter the contest or learn more. “We want the community to help us find the right name and have some […]
The Long Beach City Council unanimously approved the effort to bring a new independent professional baseball team to the city on Tuesday, including a collaboration between the Long Beach Baseball Club and Long Beach State to make Bohl Diamond at Blair Field its home. The team aims to begin play in the 2026 season, which […]
The Long Beach City Council will meet on Tuesday to consider approving the arrival of a new independent professional baseball team that aims to begin play on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field in the 2026 season. The team would join the Pioneer Baseball League—an MLB Partner League with 12 teams across the Western U.S. The […]