The Long Beach State baseball team has announced that seven players have signed National Letters of Intent for the 2013 season. The class includes five freshman and two junior college transfers. “We are excited about this recent class of recruits,” Dirtbags head coach Troy Buckley said. “Led by Jesse Zepeda[Read More…]
Baseball
Former Dirtbags skipper lands role in ‘Moneyball’
Retirement might have taken former Long Beach State Dirtbags head coach Mike Weathers out of the dugout, but it has reintroduced him to a lot of things he lost sight of, and something he didn’t expect — a role in the movie “Moneyball.” “I got a call from [UC Irvine][Read More…]
Brad Pitt’s ‘Moneyball’ shot at Blair Field
office.” In 1993, the LBSU baseball team officially made Blair Field its home. The facility is considered one of the best amateur baseball fields. Not only has it been home to numerous Big West championship teams, it has also played a number of parts in movies, television shows and commercials.[Read More…]
Buckley makes two staff changes to Dirtbags
The Long Beach State baseball team has announced two personnel moves for the 2011 season. Former director of baseball operations Justin Ramsey was promoted to volunteer assistant coach, while David Yamane will take over as LBSU’s director of baseball operations. “We are pleased to have Justin move into our volunteer[Read More…]
Junior infielder named to Cape Cod All-Star team
Long Beach State junior infielder Matt Duffy was chosen to represent the East Division as an All-Star for the Cape Cod League, the league announced Wednesday. The Cape Cod League, which is a prestigious summer league that is home to some of the top collegiate baseball players in the nation,[Read More…]
Stat junkies unite at SABR Convention in Long Beach
It had been 31 years before the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) had its annual convention in the Los Angeles area. This year, however, the Long Beach Hilton had its share in the spotlight as baseball geeks and stat junkies gathered from July 6 through July 10 to talk[Read More…]
Former Dirtbag closer called up to Majors
Former Long Beach State closer Bryan Shaw was called up by the Arizona Diamondbacks last Friday, becoming the 14th former Dirtbag active in Major League Baseball — the most by any collegiate program — for the 2011 season. Shaw also became the 40th LBSU player all-time to join the majors.[Read More…]
Four Dirtbags selected in 2011 MLB draft
Long Beach State junior starting pitcher Andrew Gagnon highlighted a group of four Dirtbag players selected during the second day of the Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday. Gagnon was chosen in the third round by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 100th overall pick. Along with Gagnon, pitcher Branden Pinder,[Read More…]
Dirtbags take two of three in series finale against No. 16 UCI
Game 3: LBSU 5, UCI 0 Brennan Metzger drove in a pair of runs and Jeff Yamaguchi added three hits as the Long Beach State Dirtbags took their final series of the year, beating No. 16-ranked UC Irvine, 5-0, in the rubber match of the three-game series at Anteater Ballpark.[Read More…]
Former Red Sox, LBSU pitcher goes back to school
A classroom is probably one of the last places you would ever expect to find a former Major League Baseball pitcher, and a 28-year-old World Series champion. Like many of his former Boston Red Sox and Long Beach State teammates throughout the years, Abe Alvarez was expected to enjoy an[Read More…]