The baseball season has reached the point of what would be, in a non-Pandemic season, the All Star break. The Midsummer Classic has always been a glittering exhibition of the game’s finest talents. […]
Living in the “Ghost Season”
MLB players, owners in a split
UPDATE: Owners of Major League Baseball teams voted Monday unanimously to proceed with the 2020 season, calling on players to report to “spring” training by July 1. Commissioner Rob Manfred may end […]
The need for speed in baseball
Sports, like people, tend to be set in their ways. It takes some jarring event or movement to shake things up and get people – and athletic institutions – to accept change, […]
GWL baseball “dream team” picked
The high school baseball season may have – along with a lot of other activities – stopped abruptly, but there are still some moments and people to feel especially good about. Golden […]
Coronavirus rate is still on the rise
The New York metropolitan area remains the center of the coronavirus pandemic, but even if you take that regions’ numbers out of the tally, the national infection rate continues to climb. That’s […]
Guzman, Aztecs roll to fifth victory
The La Quinta Aztec softball team continued its rampage through February with a 14-1 win over Orange High Tuesday afternoon. The victory improved the blue-and-gold’s mark to 5-0. Winner of all five […]
Local bat teams post four victories
High school baseball and softball scores from Friday for teams serving the communities of Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster. BASEBALL Pacifica 4, El Toro 1. Zach Dickason had two hits, […]
LQ Aztec softball team wins a pair
La Quinta High’s softball team is off to a fast start. The Aztecs are 2-0 after a pair of wins in the Savanna Tournament. Again Century, the blue-and-gold prevailed 5-3. Ally Guzman […]
Take me out to the “gentler” game
There was a funny skit on “Saturday Night Live” in which a comedian portraying essayist George Will waxes poetic about the glories of baseball, but can’t even catch one tossed gently to […]
Spring athletes, coach are All-CIF/SS
Five local athletes from schools in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area were honored by the CIF-SS this week for baseball and softball. In baseball, Joshua Mirada, a senior from Pacifica won all-Division […]
