Broadcasting Schedule for the Week of March 16-22:
*CSU Bakersfield Baseball on ESPN +; Friday, March 20 vs. Long Beach State, 6:30 p.m.
The "Dirtbags" visit Bakersfield for a 3-game series Friday-Sunday, March 20-22. The Roadrunners can knock the ball around the yard, and have a knack getting plunked (hit-by-pitch.) by opposing pitchers...Bako leads the Big West in batters HBP, and in steals. The 'Runners are tied for first in runs scored, while they are second in on-base-percentage and hits. Leading the way is senior first baseman Evan Cloyd...Cloyd is carrying a .411 average, to go along with a lofty .547 on base percentage. The Senior who attended high school at Bakersfield Christian has also clobbered 4 home runs, and driven in 23 rbi's, while being drilled 12 times (ouch)...Junior catcher Konoa Morisaki has been stellar at the plate--the switch-hitter is third in the Big West in both batting .380 and reaching base .523...Morisaki has blasted 4 home runs to go along with rbi's...Bakersfield dropped 3 thought games to Cal Poly SLO over the weekend to fall to 1-5 in the BW, 7-13 overall...they will travel to USC Tuesday to battle the red-hot 19-1 Trojans...The "Beach" rolls into town after taking 2 of 3 from Hawaii...Long Beach sports a 6-13 record, 2-4 in the BW...Dylan Lina smacked his 5 HR of the season, while Freshman Pitcher tossed a 4-hit complete game in the Beach's 2-1 win over the Rainbows on Sunday...Speaking of talented freshman pitchers, the Roadrunner feature former Buchanan (Clovis) State, Ethan Myers. Meyers owns a 3-1 record, striking out 11 in 17 innings pitched. I will be filling in on the broadcast for Bakersfield legend Vance Palm...my next outing will be a softball doubleheader on April 7, when Bakersfield will host the Trailblazers from Utah Teach (formerly Dixie college, located in St. George Utah). The softball team appears to be hitting their stride, as they took 2 of 3 this weekend at home from Cal State Northridge (CSUN.).
*San Joaquin Delta & Fullerton Capture Community College Basketball Crowns
Delta College (Stockton) captured the Women's Title, while Fullerton edged out last year's champion San Francisco City College on the Men's side...The COS Women made quite a run-winning 9 of their last 10-before falling on the road at Delta in the Regional Finals 67-61...Fresno City knocked on the title door, falling in the semi-finals to Mira Costa (Oceanside). Alex Fletcher's Rams finished the season 24-8...I would expect the Rams AND Giants to be in title contention next season! On the Men's side, the COS Men were upended by Yuba in the Regional Semi-Final...Dallas Jensen's squad finished 23-7, even though nagging injuries plagued the Giants throughout the season...Columbia College also made a deep run, before facing San Francisco City in the Regional Final...it's only a matter of time before Claim Jumper's Head Coach Rob Hoyt makes the Elite 8. I am looking forward to season #3 of calling COS Men's and Women's Hoops next fall. It doesn't get much better from my perch in the Porter Field House...COS will once again be the host for the State Finals in 2027.
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** A Tip of the Cap To: Cal State East Bay Men's Basketball
The Pioneers improved to 32-0 with a 76-67 with a come-from-behind win on Saturday Night (March 14). East Bay will host Pt. Loma (San Diego) tonight (Monday, March 16) with a trip to the Division 2 Elite Eight in Indianapolis on the line...Head Coach Bryan Rooney (@CoachBRooney on X) is no longer the Bay's Best Kept Secret! For the Old-Skoolers in the house, CSU East Bay was once called Hayward State. Here is winning it all East Bay-and finishing the year 36-0...Also a shout-out to Garret Brown (@coachgbrown33) Boy's Coach at Bakersfield, and Cooper Steele (@CoachSteeleCHS) Girl's Coach at Clovis High. Both of these Dudes are two of CenCal's finest on the hoop sidelines!
***Update 3/16 9:50 p.m., PST: CSU East Bay improves to 33-0 with a 73-58 win over Pt. Loma. The Pioneers remain unbeaten, improve to 33-0! Senior Tyree Campbell scores a game-high 20 points, grabs 6 rebounds, and for good measure adds 3 steals and 2 assists! East Bay is now on the way to Indianapolis for the Division 2 Elite 8!
*Mendoza Mania
Cue Fernando by Abba (Fernando)7--the hope and hype is real in Raiders land! After years of meandering off course it looks like maybeeee, just mayyyyybe, the Silver and Black is back on track! The signing (some might contend overpaying!?!) of former Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum can only help!...the dance with Crosby and draft picks and the Ravens...well, for Mad Maxx, all I can say, is sometimes the thought of leaving is actually better than leaving it itself!?! A super motivated Crosby, well that can't hurt either...and doesn't it appear the title in the NFL is up for grabs? While the championship belt most likely goes through the NFC West-Seattle, Rams, 49ers, however it looks like the race to the top is wide open...#MendozaManiaFirst2Worst for the Raiders...I mean, why not!?! The draft should be a hoot once again this year, and it is always my wife's favorite TV event, just ask me!
*Around the Horn...
Opening Day for the MLB is coming down Broadway fast...the World Baseball Classic seems to have grabbed the attention of baseball players near and far--from my shoes, it feels like the WBC has fed of the momentum of the Olympics, and in particular the epic hockey tilt between Canada and the USA...why not just leave as is, and "pair" the WBC with the Olympics every 4 years? If it ain't broke...speaking of broke, the A's in Sacramento is an absolute mess, however, the young Dudes sporting the Green and Gold could be pretty good. If Nick Kurtz (KurtsHurts) continues to mash like he did a year ago, the luvable big fella may just carry his mates to the postseason...playoff MLB baseball in Sacramento-who had that spot on their Bingo Card!?!
It's the Most Wonderful Time...
Green is my favorite color, thus I absolutely luv, luv, luv St. Patrick's Day, and the NCAA March Madness. You still have a couple of days to work on your brackets...here again, I feel this is the year where anyone can hoist the cup...thus on the Men's side, perhaps this is the year the Zags reach the mountain top?!? On the Women's side, how about UCLA--what can I say, West Coast Bias!!! Enjoy the madness.
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From Viejas Arena in San Diego, 2022, NCAA 1st/2nd Rd,-Notre Dame knocked off Alabama on this day.
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