Brooks Lee, a graduate of San Luis Obispo, is the highest player from a California high school taken in the 2022 MLB Draft. The Cal Poly SLO shortstop went at No. 8 in the first round by the Minnesota Twins. The state did not get shutout in the first round for the first time since […]
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Baseball State Records Updated (2)
For this second of two posts highlighting all of the baseball state records that have now been added to our site we go over all of the categories relating to pitching. Pitch counts and innings limitations have definitely caused fewer records to be broken in recent seasons, so we’ve added a couple of new categories. […]
It All Began With a Big Train
Going through lists of Californians who are in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame plus those who have been MVP in either the American or National League offers more proof of the state’s greatness in America’s Pastime. We also have compiled lists of those who’ve been Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, […]
All-State Baseball Nominees (Part 1)
Welcome to this initial step toward selection of the 38th annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams. Current MLB stars like Christian Yelich, Aaron Judge, Trevor Bauer, Brandon Crawford, Joc Pederson and C.C. Sabathia were all on these teams in the past. These nominees are grouped according to each CIF section in the state. It’s not […]
Woodland pitcher close to state no-hitters record
Senior Oregon State-bound Cooper Hjerpe racked up his third straight no-hitter earlier this week to set up some amazing possibilities. One of those is that he needs one more to tie the Cal-Hi Sports state record first set in 1963 by a pitcher from Winters, which is just 20 miles away and also in Yolo […]
NorCal Baseball: 25 Best, 25 Yrs
For a feature we did last month for our partners at SportStars Magazine (it was their idea), the task was to choose the 25 best high school baseball players from the last 25 years for Northern California. It ended up that nine of the 25 have World Series rings. Note: To see the SportStars Magazine […]
MLB All-Star Votes: California-Style
If one were to vote for this year’s All-Star Game just among those players from California high schools, you’d quickly realize that the National League cast from the state is immensely superior to the American League. For more on the amazing Giancarlo Stanton from Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, CLICK HERE. If you can’t see...
