By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – The All-Star Game showcased what baseball has become – home runs, strikeouts and offense-killing shifts. The National League didn’t have a hit between […]
Changes coming to baseball?
The phantom fights of June
Not since MAD magazine invented the fictional and satiric game of “43-Man Squamish ….” Not since 1965 when San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal went after Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro […]
Baseball team goes “Bananas”
By Paul Newberry/AP Sports Columnist SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – More than 90 minutes before the first pitch, it’s already clear this isn’t just any ol’ baseball game. The crowd queued up outside […]
High honors for M’s, Oilers
Four local sports teams have won high honors from the Los Angeles Times. Huntington Beach High’s Oiler baseball team was ranked the number two team in Southern California behind JSerra in the […]
Oilers win D-1 regional title
Ralph Velazquez slammed a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lead Huntington Beach High a 2-0 victory over JSerra in the CIF Southern California Division 1 Regional title game on […]
Oilers, Cavs on to semifinals
Two area high school baseball teams won CIF-SS quarterfinal games on Friday and advanced to the semifinal round next week. In Division 1 action, Huntington Beach defeated Foothill 12-5 as Raffaele Velazquez […]
Seven locals in 2d round play
Seven area high school baseball and softball teams are in action today (Tuesday) in the second round of the CIF-SS playoffs. All the games are scheduled for a 3:15 p.m. start. The […]
Baseball playoffs are starting
Pre-league, league, tournament and non-league action are finally over for area high school baseball teams and the CIF-SS playoffs are about to begin. Divisions 2, 4 and 6 are starting play today […]
League pennants on the line
The regular and league seasons for area high school baseball and softball team are concluding. League championships are being settled and the next step is the CIF-SS playoffs. Among today’s big softball […]
Diamond races down to wire
Some area high school baseball and softball races are coming right down to the wire. After Segerstrom defeated Ocean View 9-6 in a key Golden West League baseball game, the Jaguars (9-0 […]
