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Numbers Game

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By Chace Bryson | Photos by Phillip Walton     Had he not been prepared for it, Rocco Fitzgerald almost certainly would’ve been convinced someone was trying to fool with him. Catch him off guard. Weird him out.     Because this batting cage was really talking to him.    A... Read more
Hey, Coach Matt Lisle here.   I wanted to reach out to you to let you know that I will be giving everyone the chance to get access to my new product : The Hitting Vault.    To celebrate the launch, I am offering an Limited Time Only discount... Read more
Oh, ok. This is a WORLD SERIES! It’s a mid-July evening in Pleasanton, and while a handful of Intermediate Little League teams go over their travel itinerary for their trip to the Western Regionals Tournament in Irvine “the last step to reaching the World Series” a baker’s dozen worth... Read more
It’s Livermore or BUST for Lemoore Little League
CHOWCHILLA – Lemoore Little League coach Brady Holaday stood along the left field line as his players filed out of the dugout painted in frustration following a 7-6 loss. Holaday was biting his lower lip as well, talking to his coaches and wearing the type of wry smile coaches... Read more

Slamming The Door

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  By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   It may have been the easiest decision Jorge Guerrero faced at any point during the Intermediate Little League World Series to that point.    With his Nogales National Little League All-Stars holding a 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh... Read more
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Best of the West

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  By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   There can only be one first. And the Nogales National All-Stars are it.    With their 11-4 landslide victory over Puerto Rico on Aug. 4, the boys from Arizona became the first U.S. team to leave Livermore as Intermediate Little League World... Read more
By JIM McCUE | SportStars   By high school, some ballplayers have accepted the fact their Major League dreams from childhood will never become reality.  But, given the chance, each and every high school player would relish the opportunity to experience the neatly-manicured grass, monstrous video board, booming public... Read more

Sweet 13

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By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   Aaron Solis had a pretty memorable first day as a teenager.    The left-handed pitcher of Nogales National Little League was handed the ball for his 13th birthday “” in the U.S. bracket semifinal of the Intermediate Little League World Series on Aug.... Read more

Getting Even

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By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   Sometimes the game is simply the story.  And sometimes the story is part of something bigger.  To aptly embody what transpired in the North Coast Section Division I softball championship game June 1 at Saint Mary’s College, one simply needs to start with... Read more
  Record Highs: Eight East Bay SportStars Baseball teammates are going to North Carolina this year. “I thought it would be tough to top last year, but we did!!” exclaimed team GM, Jason Sekany of TPC in Pleasanton, CA in a morning interview Friday. The players, (from U14 and... Read more
Little League World Series: And then there were 7…
Thursday opened the Little League World Series with three straight elimination games. Canada (Lethbridge, ALB.) was the first to leave the Little League World Series tournament despite a gritty 5-4 loss to Latin America (Guayaquil, Ecuador). The Ecuadorians survive for at least one more a day, drawing a rematch... Read more