Bob Wuesthoff, a former Long Beach State baseball head coach and the co-founder of 49er Camp, died Friday after a long battle with illness at the age of 87. A member of the LBSU Athletics Hall of Fame, Wuesthoff coached the LBSU baseball team from 1964 to 1969. “The Long[Read More…]
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Game Goes into Extra Innings
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49ers play in summer leagues
Long Beach State sports may not be in season, but current and former 49ers are still busy. James Ennis and Casper Ware are representing The Beach on the floor of Orlando’s Amway Center in the NBA summer league. Former Dirtbags are making their way through the minor leagues, and current[Read More…]
CLARK: Make an exception and root for CSUF
There is only one circumstance during which a Long Beach State fan should root for the Titans of Cal State Fullerton. LBSU fans should only hope that their bitter rivals from inland Orange County win if a CSUF victory directly helps a 49er team’s chances at winning the Big West[Read More…]
Rivera’s 10th-inning single sends seniors off with sweep
The Dirtbags didn’t seem to want to leave Blair Field, as their final home game of the season went into extra innings, leading to a walk-off single by freshman Zack Rivera and a series sweep of UC Riverside on Senior Day. Long Beach State (28-25, 14-10 Big West Conference) scored[Read More…]
Catching the drift
Eric Hutting crouched behind the plate late in a game against Loyola Marymount. He gave junior closer Jon Maciel a sign for the pitch: a fastball on the inner part of the plate. Maciel worked through his windup, drew his arm back and slung the ball toward Hutting’s mitt. It[Read More…]
Long Beach State wins series over Hawaii
The Dirtbags may not have a shot to win the Big West Conference championship, but that hasn’t kept them from winning. Long Beach State (24-25, 11-10 Big West) took two of three from visiting Hawaii (12-33, 7-14 Big West) this weekend at Blair Field, inching back to .500 overall in[Read More…]
Shane Peterson’s road to the show
When Shane Peterson was finishing his time at Chaparral High School in Temecula, Calif., Long Beach State recruited him for his pitching. But when he left the Dirtbags, it was his bat that got him drafted. “I recruited [Peterson] as a pitcher, and it ended up being something where he[Read More…]
Dirtbags swept by Fullerton for second time this year
The Dirtbags went into Goodwin Field looking to make up ground in the Big West Conference, but they left buried in the conference standings after a sweep at the hands of first-place Cal State Fullerton. Long Beach State (21-24, 9-9 Big West) fell to sixth in the Big West while[Read More…]
Dirtbags to take on Cal State Fullerton in crucial series
The Dirtbags will head to Fullerton this weekend for a series that will play a large part in determining their chances to win a Big West Conference title. Long Beach State (21-21, 9-6 Big West) will play first-place Cal State Fullerton in three games this weekend. By the end of[Read More…]