It had been 31 years before the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) had its annual convention in the Los Angeles area. This year, however, the Long Beach Hilton had its share in the spotlight as baseball geeks and stat junkies gathered from July 6 through July 10 to talk[Read More…]
Baseball
Former Dirtbag closer called up to Majors
Former Long Beach State closer Bryan Shaw was called up by the Arizona Diamondbacks last Friday, becoming the 14th former Dirtbag active in Major League Baseball — the most by any collegiate program — for the 2011 season. Shaw also became the 40th LBSU player all-time to join the majors.[Read More…]
Four Dirtbags selected in 2011 MLB draft
Long Beach State junior starting pitcher Andrew Gagnon highlighted a group of four Dirtbag players selected during the second day of the Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday. Gagnon was chosen in the third round by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 100th overall pick. Along with Gagnon, pitcher Branden Pinder,[Read More…]
Dirtbags take two of three in series finale against No. 16 UCI
Game 3: LBSU 5, UCI 0 Brennan Metzger drove in a pair of runs and Jeff Yamaguchi added three hits as the Long Beach State Dirtbags took their final series of the year, beating No. 16-ranked UC Irvine, 5-0, in the rubber match of the three-game series at Anteater Ballpark.[Read More…]
Former Red Sox, LBSU pitcher goes back to school
A classroom is probably one of the last places you would ever expect to find a former Major League Baseball pitcher, and a 28-year-old World Series champion. Like many of his former Boston Red Sox and Long Beach State teammates throughout the years, Abe Alvarez was expected to enjoy an[Read More…]
Senior leads Dirtbags past CSUN in extra innings
Matt Hibbert scored the tying run in the eighth inning before recording the game-winning run in the 10th to give the Long Beach State Dirtbags a 4-3 win over Cal State Northridge on Senior Night Sunday at Blair Field. Hibbert started the bottom of the tenth with a base hit[Read More…]
Dirtbags avenge loss with 2-0 victory over Matadors
Just a day removed from suffering a two-run loss to Cal State Northridge, the Long Beach State Dirtbags answered back with a 2-0 win over the Matadors on Saturday afternoon at Blair Field. Long Beach State (26-26, 9-11 Big West) scored the only two runs of the game in the[Read More…]
Dirtbags rally late, squeak past Pepperdine
The Long Beach State Dirtbags used a four-run sixth inning to steal a 4-3 win against the Pepperdine Waves on Wednesday at Blair Field. The season-series clinching win was the Dirtbags’ (25-25) first game on a Wednesday this season. The game was scheduled for the usual Tuesday time slot, but[Read More…]
Start time changed for Tuesday’s baseball game
Long Beach State has announced that the start time for the Dirtbags’ Tuesday game at Blair Field against Pepperdine has been moved to Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. due to continuing rains in the Long Beach area. The rains will not significantly affect the week, though, as all other games this[Read More…]
CSU Fullerton beats LBSU Dirtbags at Goodwin Field Friday night
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