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JSerra baseball coach Brett Kay criticizes colleges for dropping recruits late in year
3 months ago

JSerra baseball coach Brett Kay criticizes colleges for dropping recruits late in year

LA Times  

College baseball recruiting has become unpredictable because of an expected reduction in roster limits from 40 to 34 for the 2026 season, creating one story after another of programs deciding to withdraw offers to previously committed high school players in the past year. Now it’s happened to a JSerra baseball player, and coach Brett Kay is not pleased because of …

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Longtime AD and 2-time national champion baseball coach Tanner to switch roles at South Carolina
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Longtime AD and 2-time national champion baseball coach Tanner to switch roles at South Carolina

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina baseball coach Ray Tanner knew it was time for change more than a decade ago with his program at its most successful. “Ray, he doesn’t have a degree from South Carolina, but there’s no one who loves our university more.” Tanner …

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‘Pick is a giant’: How Cypress coach Scott Pickler became a Cape Cod League staple
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Pick is a giant’: How Cypress coach Scott Pickler became a Cape Cod League staple

LA Times  

A breeze strong enough to rustle the lush green canopy of oak trees towering over the outfield fence at Red Wilson Field, home of the Cape Cod League’s Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, takes the edge off a humid 83-degree game-day afternoon. “It’s like heaven,” said Scott Pickler, 74, the longtime Cypress College coach who is in his 26th season managing the …

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Column: Hart’s Jim Ozella sets example of how to coach in the age of uncertainty
8 months, 1 week ago

Column: Hart’s Jim Ozella sets example of how to coach in the age of uncertainty

LA Times  

It takes a special talent these days to be a high school coach and not get fired if your team doesn’t win a championship. pic.twitter.com/5ABFYqvDwE — eric sondheimer April 26, 2024 Jim Ozella is retiring whenever the Indians’ season comes to an end. As someone old enough to remember when Ozella came from Illinois in the fall of 1983 and …

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College baseball coaches, players facing uncertain times with draft moved to July
2 years, 6 months ago

College baseball coaches, players facing uncertain times with draft moved to July

LA Times  

UCLA coach John Savage is dealing with roster uncertainty because the amateur draft is taking place July 17-19 this year. UCLA baseball coach John Savage is like many college baseball coaches these days in trying to figure out a roster for next season while having to wait until the middle of July just to see who might be leaving because …

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AP source: LSU hires Arizona’s Jay Johnson as baseball coach
3 years, 6 months ago

AP source: LSU hires Arizona’s Jay Johnson as baseball coach

Associated Press  

Arizona baseball coach Jay Johnson has agreed to leave the Wildcats for the LSU head job that opened when Paul Mainieri retired after this season, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday. The 44-year-old Johnson has spent the past six seasons at Arizona and twice coached the Wildcats to the College World Series, including this season. Johnson heads …

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First-person: Why become a high school baseball umpire? You’ve got a game today
3 years, 7 months ago

First-person: Why become a high school baseball umpire? You’ve got a game today

LA Times  

Anyone who has participated in sports remembers the thought. As the base umpire at a game at Thousand Oaks High this season, I looked to my left and noticed the first base coach, Rod Stillwell, backed up a good 10 feet behind the coach’s box. Plate umpire Jeff Sill, left, and base umpire Gary Bernstein arrive for the Newbury Park-Thousand …

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