The Long Beach State Dirtbags were the last NCAA baseball program to return to practice in February but the players and coaches who get to compete together this weekend don’t care. “That’s the last thing on our minds,” Dirtbags pitcher Alfredo Ruiz (pictured) said. “We’re just excited to be out here every single day.” It’s […]
This week on the show we discuss the latest news from the California Department of Public Health and what it’s going to take to get local high school sports up and running this month. 10:30 Interview with Cabrillo baseball coach Phillip Berman 20:00 Interview with USC Football beat writer Chris Trevino
This week on the LB Fee Show we’re talking to LBSU Hall Of Famer and former MLB pitcher Steve Trachsel about his donation for a new bullpen at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. We also talk about taking the Dirtbags to the 1991 College World Series and what it was like to give up an […]
Based on data released on Tuesday afternoon by the Los Angeles County Health Department, practices and games for outdoor sports–including high school football–are eligible to return in Long Beach and LA County. Per the updated guidelines from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released last Friday, outdoor amateur sports would be allowed to resume […]
Bohl Diamond at Blair Field has a longstanding reputation as a pitcher’s ballpark. From its spacious outfield dimensions to the home run-suppressing marine layer that’s known to creep over the playing field after sundown, it’s long been recognized as a place where pitchers have the edge. It’s now been five years since the new outfield […]
This week on the show we’re talking to Long Beach State Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela about how he’s preparing his team for the 2012 Big West Conference schedule that was released this week and starts in about a month. 01:00 We’ve got good news! 07:30 Interview with LBSU Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela 30:00 NFL reactions […]
The 40-game Big West Conference-only schedule for the Long Beach State Dirtbags has been released with four-game series every weekend starting in March. In an effort to get more games per week without non conference competition, the conference has added a Saturday doubleheader as part of the schedule. LBSU has not added any non-conference games, […]
Monday was an awful day for the Long Beach City College athletics as the Vikings lost two members of their family. First came the news of women’s soccer assistant coach Sal Marroquin’s heart attack that morning, and then they found out baseball player Jackson Roeder had also passed away suddenly. Roeder was 21. According to […]
Keith Hansen is a social guy, to put it mildly. The former Century Club president, Wilson High principal, and Lakewood High vice principal knows so many people that when he’s at a game or out for dinner with his wife (Ocean View School District superintendent Carol Hansen) there’s a steady stream of people greeting him […]
From the time I was old enough to hold a bat, my heroes were always baseball players, and Hank Aaron was the first. I was only four years old in April of 1974 when he hit his historic home run to pass Babe Ruth, so if that moment was spoken of in my home, I […]