Baseball Blog – Recent

World War II was almost over (Victory in Europe was declared in May) and CIF travel restrictions for high school teams virtually had ended, but calls to the colors and…

Bill Beane of Mt. Carmel was a star player for the Sundevils and  the first player selected in the 1980 major league draft by the New York Mets. “Billy” Beane…

San Diego High defeated Excelsior Norwalk in the championship game of the Southern Section playoffs in what was almost becoming routine. The 16-8 victory at the Lane Field home ballpark…

The long game ended the longest wait in the 18-season history of the San Diego Section.  Hilltop’s 3-1 victory over Vista in the 17-inning 2-A finals marked the first year…

Dick Serrano coached his second San Diego Section championship team and continued to leave a legacy at the school, from which he graduated in 1961 and which he guided the…

Granite Hills shook off a tie with Monte Vista, one of the the poorest teams in the County.  The deadlock had prevented the Eagles from a championship tie with Helix…

The hand shake was a vise grip. I first shook that hand in September, 1964, when Eddie Olsen was hired to manage the Billiard Den, a trendy, new watering hole…

The numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 seeds were eliminated in the first round of the San Diego Section playoffs. Only third-ranked Hoover survived and the Cardinals were ousted in…

San Diego High won its third consecutive CIF championship under fifth-year coach Mike Morrow and posted a 19-3 record, according to Don King’s Caver Conquest. The Great Depression was raging,…