Coaching Baseball

According to the LA Times, one of the power brokers in American sports has aligned himself with former Dodger stars Steve Garvey and Orel Hershiser in their effort to buy the team, according to two people briefed on the matter.Schiller formerly was the chief executive of YankeeNets, the onetime parent company of the New York Yankees, New Jersey Nets and New Jersey Devils. That entity spawned YES Network, the kind of team-owned cable sports channel that the new Dodgers owner would have the...Read Full Story

The executive committee of the California Interscholastic Federation approved last week a motion that would require aluminum baseball bats to be used for the 2011 season to meet the new BBCOR performance standards.It also passed a motion that would mandate the CIF to encourage member schools to voluntarily require protective headgear for baseball and softball infielders and pitchers for the 2011 season, while also proposing to the National Federation of State High School Assn. Baseball and...Read Full Story

One of six new rules changes by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Committee forbids the use of composite bats until they can meet the Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution (BBCOR) performance standard. The changes, which were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors, will take effect with the 2010-11 school year.After thorough testing by the Baseball Research Center at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell, the NFHS Baseball Rules...Read Full Story

The CIF Div.I Semi-Finals for Baseball will be held at Blair Field in Long Beach on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 4:00 and 7:00 PM. This year, none of the remaining teams are from the Long Beach area. El Dorado, Dana Hills, Mater Dei and Royal will battle it out for the right to play in the CIF Div.I Finals Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 7:30 PM at Strom Stadium in Lake Elsinore. The Lake Elsinore Storm is a Class-A Advanced Minor League Baseball Affiliate of the San Diego Padres. In the 15 years of...Read Full Story

Two familiar Moore League Baseball teams will be competing in the CIF Semi Finals at Blair Field Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Lakewood H.S. ( 29-4-1) will take on Riverside North (a 6-2 winner over Dana Hills) after defeating #1 seed Edison (25-4) yesterday 3-1. It was first loss of the season for Owens (12-1), who threw a no-hitter in the first round and two hitless innings of relief in the second round Tuesday.LB Wilson (26-6) will square off against Esperanza who defeated baseball powerhouse...Read Full Story