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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The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. Sometimes it’s just about taking what the opponent gives you. That’s what the Long Beach State Dirtbags did on Wednesday by drawing a program record 13 walks in their 7-1 win over No. 23 UConn on […]