The 2021 Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up on Tuesday, with seven Long Beach area ballplayers hearing their names called during the 20-round affair. Last season’s draft was condensed to just five rounds, leaving an even larger crop of talent in this year’s player pool. One of the most notable hold-overs from last year’s shortened […]
The Long Beach PONY youth baseball program is back and hosting the 13U All-Star Super Region tournament at Whaley Park. Heartwell, Simi Valley, La Quinta, Costa Mesa, Sierra Madre, La Jolla and Newbury Park have all come to Long Beach to compete in the first PONY tournament since 2019. After splitting their two games against […]
Here are the All-Moore League selections for baseball in 2021, as chosen by the league’s head coaches. Support The562.org
A historic season came to an end for Millikan Baseball on Saturday, as the Rams were on the wrong end of a 1-0 walk-off win in the CIF Division II Southern California Regional Championship Game. Millikan and La Costa Canyon were stuck in a scoreless tie until the bottom of the ninth inning, when the […]
Debuts, returns, the Olympics and contract arbitration are just a few of the interesting stories this month involving Long Beach products in Major League Baseball. Wilson Bruins fans have been pleasantly surprised to see Chase De Jong and Tommy Nance both pitching in The Show over the last few weeks. The Wilson alums weren’t on […]
Less than a week removed from their memorable CIF-SS championship victory, the Millikan Rams kept their postseason magic going with a thrilling 8-7 win over Camarillo in the semifinal round of the CIF Southern California Division II Baseball Championships. The win means that the Rams will play again on Saturday with the chance to claim […]
This week we’re talking to CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod about how he navigated the last few busy months and how the plan is “returning to normal” for the upcoming athletic year. Support The562.org
Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. This is the final AOTW of the school year, but we’ll be back in the Fall 🙂 HIGH SCHOOL Simone Morris, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly senior Simone Morris had her best game of the […]
It’s been quite a weekend for Millikan pitcher Myles Patton. The junior won a CIF championship with the Rams on Friday night at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, and today he announced that he’s committed to become a Long Beach State Dirtbag. “I know this is the right decision and I couldn’t be more excited,” […]
There’s more baseball history in Long Beach than there is paper to print it, but Friday night’s CIF-SS Division 3 championship at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field will live forever as one of the all-time highlights. At the end of a tumultuous school year where COVID-19 dominated the headlines, the Millikan baseball team made history […]