Back in the dark ages of Dirtbag baseball (this year that would have been around 9:49pm on March 23) fans, friends, players and employees of the franchise were ready to make a deal with the devil.
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A Sporting Tour with LBSU — From Far Away to Back Home
There is one line in the press release on Long Beach State baseball that speaks volumes. “The Dirtbags return to Blair Field for the rest of the season.” If you dream of road dusting the in the post season, like tennis did, and golf and softball are about to do, you first have to defend the house.
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Softballers, Sodas, Subs, and Syracuse on the Menu for LBSU
The Ukleja room was the NCAA pairings show party spot for 49er softball Sunday evening with subs and snacks and sodas all over the table, nervous parents in the background and a head coach who was calm, cool and calculating. With the first 32 teams placed all around the land the next foursome was the one the Beach Sweethearts of Swat (28-23) were waiting for and their NCAA journey this year will take them back this weekend to Tempe. Their first round contest is with 40-14 Syracuse of the Big East.
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Dirtbags and Lions Ride the Roller Coaster — But LBSU Finishes on Top, 7-5
For an odd Monday game the Dirtbags punched around a bit with LMU before the visiting Lions, a game and a half back of first in the West Coast Conference, jumped on Long Beach State, a game back of first in the Big West Conference for three runs in the sixth. It was chilly and foggy and a lot of folks left.
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LBSU Men’s Golf Back in the NCAA Swing of Things with Georgia on Their Minds
The Long Beach State men’s golf team will be taking part in postseason play as the 49ers received an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.
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All Sports and All Sizes from Mini to XXX-L
Sure, you think it is likely that after a long weekend of sporting activity, I would resort to that always cheap journalistic trick of tossing all the bits and pieces together and calling it “Notes on My Napkin.” Shame on you. The Poet Laureate of LB, Trader Joe, composed a sonnet to the napkin and we share his salute.
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LBCC Baseball Racks Up Eight Conference Accolades
The 2012 Long Beach City College baseball team earned a total of eight All-South Coast Conference honors. The all-conference teams were selected at last weekend’s postseason coaches meeting.
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LBCC Scores Five Conference Honors
Five members of the 2012 Long Beach City College softball team earned All-South Coast Conference honors at last week’s SCC postseason coaches meeting.