It looks like the Nor Cal Pirates are getting a ton of new things in 2012. I guess “getting” is not the appropriate word. When people work that hard it’s called “earning.” One of those new things that the Pirates will be featuring this year aside from a new ball park, league, and inspiration, is a brand new field manager. [...]
One of the most difficult things for people of any profession, or even people who purse what they love with heavy passion, is overcoming the disappointment that at times come with it. Baseball is a game that humbles even the hardest egos and it sometimes tries to bury the nicest of personalities. In this episode of Baseball Trenches, we bring [...]
Digging deep into the source of baseball in the United States, you can’t help but find yourself in parts of the country where the lime light rarely touches. In these places, such as Bellingham Washington, baseball is still part of the fabric, lifestyle and culture. Collegiate Summer Baseball may not be the life line for Major League Baseball, but it [...]
Major League Baseball is not the only sign that baseball is thriving despite uncertain economic times and under an odd political climate. The town of Klamath Falls in the state of Oregon took on the challenge of starting an expansion team in the infamously tough West Coast League. The Collegiate Summer baseball league allowed a new team into their ranks [...]
The Arvada Colts took the Rocky Mountain League title in 2011 with a 31-4 record and a 6 game lead over the Colorado Sox. They took that powerful season into the national NBC World Series tournament in Wichita. Even though they did not win that national tournament, they went rather far for a first year club. The entire organization started [...]
Southern California is without a doubt a major hotbed of baseball talent. If you want to narrow that down a little more, we can say that Orange County and San Diego are probably two of the strongest counties in the entire state. Well, there is no surprise that a San Diego Collegiate Summer club represented in the yearly NBC tournament [...]
The Seattle Studs of the Pacific International League were once again in the thick of yet another NBC World Series run. They dominated their regular season schedule both with overwhelming pitching and very solid hitting. Once they entered the final tournament in Wichita, they played well and lost despite hitting the ball hard the entire game. I had the chance [...]
The California Collegiate League can be considered the strongest Wood Bat Summer League on the west coast. Within that league, the Santa Barbara Foresters have had a monopoly on the leagues championships and trips to the NBC World Series. This year was different. The San Luis Obispo Blues finished tied with the Foresters at the top of the standings with [...]
The end of every season brings with it a certain sadness and a sigh of relief. The sadness from leaving a season of baseball behind, and the sigh of relief from leaving a baseball season behind. That duality comes from a complicated list of emotions that baseball people live, breathe, and celebrate in their spirits. The Nor Cal Pirates are [...]
Aside from all of the responsibilities that Casey Dill has undertaken wearing multiple hats with the Nor Cal Pirates organization, he also coaches at Chico State, and now we’ll talk about him as the President/GM of another team called the Chico Stiks. In the Sacramento Rural League, the Stiks are in their first season of existence, and I thought it [...]
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