LA be ready to swing the bats!!!!! Beckmans Ace Kaprielian is headed to UCLA and has thrown 3 no hitters already this year. He threw a shutout his first game of CIF vs El Rancho. Key is to get to him early!!! LA keep swinging the sticks.

I want to wish all the remaining SGV teams “Good Luck” in their upcoming games. We fell short in Lancerland this season but you guys can still bring home the Hardware for the SGV!!! Go get’em Glendora, Bonita, South Hills and Los Altos!!!!

Ummm, let’s hope for no rain out please. Bonita has prom on Saturday so unless they play early in the day, that would be kinda a bummer!

Tyler Heslop for Bonita will not be playing today. Collided with another teammate and spent the night in the ER. He’s on crutches right now, poor kid. He was playing so well too.

Good luck to the remaining SGV teams playing today . Bring home the W’s.

To answer your question about whether Los Altos and Bonita can meet in final. NO freaking way. Sorry, but the Beckman ace is special…He is Garza like and Los Altos does not stand a chance. Just keeping it real.

Baseball fan, have to agree with Amat 73 here, anything can happen in a baseball game. I can remember covering Charter Oak in the first round with Chuckie Tiffany on the hill, and he was as good as it gets in the area in the past decade. He pitched a 3-hitter, with 14 ks and the Chargers lost, something like 4-1 on a couple of errors. Plus, if Beckman’s ace is so good, why is going to UCLA and not Cal State Fullerton? What university has had better baseball success over the years? Hmm…

Any updates on the bonita vs paramount game?? los altos vs beckman game??

UCLA has zero College World Series titles to Fullerton’s four, and Fullerton has the longest current streak of consecutive trips to the regionals – 20 and counting. As NCAA.com recently said, ‘Titans of the game.’ http://www.ncaa.com/interactives/cal-state-fullerton
P.S.: Any one who truly understands college baseball, mid-week games are no measuring stick unless you are comparing your No. 4 and 5 starters. It’s why rarely to mid-week wins, or losses, are reflected in rankings, RPI and by the NCAA committee. When it comes to college baseball, Fullerton is still the top program on the West Coast. Ask Garza.

major props to Paramount today. They battled from the first pitch to the last and almost pulled off the upset. Bigger props to Thomas Castro for the clutch game winning hit and the biggest props to Garza Obviously tired, pitching on 2 days rest, he had to dig real deep to get out of 6th and 7th inning jams. D came up big throwing 2 runners out at plate. Best game I have seen in a long time.

Been out of commission for awhile, good to see the Huskies and Bearcats advance. Although wishing we could have pulled off the upset with Los Altos. Haven’t made it to the last couple games, good to read about France. Good lucknTuesday

Question is Aram, what will Bonita and Beckman do on Tuesday, they’re both on the road. It’s a new week, do you throw those guys on three days rest, or save them in hopes you get to Dodger Stadium? I was sitting at the South Hills game and talked to Jim Bastion, the former legendary Huskies coach about that very thing, he said you never save your pitcher, you get to the next round and worry about it later. It’s always the toughest call coaches have to make, but I agree with him, do what you have to do to get to Dodger Stadium and worry about the pitching match-up later. But you’re right, would love to see those to go at it.

Bonitas JUSTIN GARZA justifiably gets a lot of credit for his pitching and todays game against the Paramount Pirates was no exception. He gave up only one run despite being up in the strike zone a lot of the game. But in todays game, he also gets credit for more; he gets credit for being a smart base runner too.

In the 6th inning, with the scored tied at 1-1, SS Justin Row popped out. Garza, batting second in the order, then hit a sharp ground ball, but directly to the Paramount 2nd baseman. He bobbled the ball and Garza, hustling down the line, was safe without a throw. Then Garza executed a perfect delayed steal, or just a heads up play, and raced to 2nd base as the Pirates were not paying attention. Garza getting to 2nd set up what came next; Thomas Castro lining a shin-high fastball over the shortstops head to plate the huge, go ahead run, and what ultimately became the winning run. Garza then pitched the ninth & earned a big victory for the Bearcats.

True, Garza is one of the best high school pitchers in all of SoCal. But he is more. He is a competitor and he will try to beat you any way he can including, as he did today, with his wheels. Of course, Castros continued clutch hitting was big today for the Bearcats, but without the pure hustle of Garza, it would have just been a nice single to left center.

Bonita had luck on their side today. There were three batters thrown out at first base by the Bonita right fielder. Thats right THREE TIMES a batter singled to right only to head back to the dugout on a 9-3 putout because of the wise positioning of his players by Bonita Coach John Knott. Also, with Paramount runners on second & third, just as Garzas was about to deliver to the plate, shortstop Justin Row and 2nd baseman Woody Reyes suddenly got the word to play in on the grass to cut off the tying run at the plate. Just as Row reached the grass, Garzas pitch was slapped directly to him and Row easily made the pick up and a nice throw to the plate to cutoff the would-be, tying run.

To win a championship, it takes more than talent sometimes. It also can be helped along by a couple of small plays that, upon review, were actually huge plays. Garza, Row, Castro, the Bonita right fielder (sorry I dont know his name) and yes, Coach Knott, deserve a little extra credit for making plays or decisions that might not show up in a box score. Who knows what the future holds for the Bearcats next week, but theres one thing their opponents should know; the Bearcats can create runs, they play very well together and they make a lot of their own luck.

Congrats, Bearcats and Coaches Knott, Newell & Cates.

I have Aram. His name was Chuckie Tiffany, arguably the area’s best pitcher over the past decade and who I saw strike out 18 in a 9-inning tournament game and 14 in the playoffs his senior year. And Fred,while I agree with Jim Bastion, who I respecta ton, it depends on what your staff is made up. If your staff includes a No. 2 – like say Jacob Cage of Glendora a few years ago – then you with him. The beauty of the 2002 Bishop Amat that won a mythical national title was that they beat three pitchers in the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals who were drafted in the first round of the MLB Draft that season. One who I think you’ve heard of – Ian Kennedy, who was Cy Young runner-up last year. Adam Simon vs. Kennedy was epic, and this one might be too.

Fred, doubt Bonita throws Garza. He threw 10 innings this week and that right arm probably needs some rest.

Great season Conq’s, battling until the end, way to go out with your heads held high!

To chime in on the UCLA vs Fullerton deal, Come on now, let me see….UCLA degree vs a Cal State Fullerton degree? UCLA Alumni assoc or Fullrton alumni assoc? Ahhhhhhh, GO BRUINS!!!!
reality is despite how good alot of these athletes are, very few will make the show. After that you need to make the dough and a UCLA degree will go a lot farther than a Fullerton degree. Just remember one day the spot light fades and for most it’s all too soon.

Obviously you were a drop out of some sort. No where in my post did I say Don’t go to college or don’t go to Fullerton. “IF” they are lucky enough to have THE CHOICE, I think they should be Bruins TOO! And FYI, I can lobby for my Alma Mater if I so choose and you (beauty school superstar) can continue to do “weaves” to make your double wide payment if so choose. Try a little comprehension or if you’re going to continue to make stuff up, try not to let your own ignorance creep into your rhetort, because you come off like a jack ass, Jack Ass. FURTHERMORE, whether you like it or not, sports end….so get the best education you can.

I think it’s hard to split the pitchers. Both are fantastic. Therefore, it really doesn’t matter who has the better lineup because they’re both gonna have to scrap for whatever they get.

I wasn’t impressed with Beckman’s hitting and their defense (five errors) isn’t championship caliber.

I would give Bonita the edge (if they play).

Paper trail you have no idea what you are talking about. Made my first million before I was 30 on my CSUF degree so dont tell me UCLA > CSUF! My CSUF degree then got me into Harvard Business school and the rest has been history since. I now have several UCLA guys working for me! Life is what you make of it so park your wanna-be pretentious attitude and go back to being the Mall Cop that you probably are in real life.

WAIT! Gahr? They’re still playing? They were beaten by Amat from that lowly D4 division! I thought they played a weak schedule and D3 was SO much tougher. WHAT? Pacifica beat Mission Viejo 17-2? They’re in the semis against South Hillls in D2? They lost to Bishop Amat too! It can’t be!
This only shows that in baseball, more so than football which requires more depth, good teams can beat other good teams regardless of division. Amat found that out when Monrovia dropped them.
We can only hope Bonita and South Hills are that team this week.

“Sure you did (first Mill)” and “Yeah, you do (UCLA workers).”

That’s all great and congratulations….you’re a Blog Big Wig!!!! You have accomplished much and you make LOTS of money. BTW, you’re a professed millionaire who trolls the SGVTribune Blogs??? Well,well,well, aren’t we lucky?

Well, I’m not about to be outdone in the Blopsphere, sooooooooo……I’m a MULTI-Millionaire and I have hundreds of workers from a variety of colleges working for me! But don’t worry, you can still be the Big Honcho.

Again, for those of you playing along at home……Education is the “Key” children.

And, hopefully, after you boys and girls become millionaires in your own rights, you’ll find better things to do with your time than pissing at people on the Blogs, Haa,Haaa,Haaaaaa!

Congrats Fred, didn’t know you had so many millionaires bumping around your blog. Yu da man.

@Steve Ramirez
UCLA ranked #3 in NCAA – Fullerton Ranked #20
PAC12 with 5 teams in CWS – Big West only 1 team.
If you were a top player in So. Cal. today, do you want to play in a top conference like the PAC12 or in a soft conference like the Big West? With more and more top baseball prospects choosing college rather then the minor leagues, the competition level in college is more important than it has ever been. I would look for the Fullerton program to fall off in coming years with Az, Az st, UCLA, and Stanford getting the bulk of the top recruits from So. Cal. in the future.

Fred couldn’t agree with you more. In fact here’s a breakdown of our very own blog masters.

Fred Robledo Cal Sate Fullerton
Steve Ramirez Cal State Fullerton
Miguel Melendez Cal Sate Fullerton
Aram Tolegian Temple City High School?

Maybe I’m missing something but isn’t Aram the top dog at the Tribune? This says one of two things, the Tribune sucks and can’t hire qualified young talented Journalists coming out of the best universities in the country or two the best aren’t coming to the Tribune looking to make their mark. Either way when The Tribune uses blog hits as the measuring stick for success you know you’re in trouble.

The other thing it might say is the Tribune got lazy knowing they are the only game in town. Paper Tail and Mr. $$$$$bags bring up a great point, competition creates excellence. Just look at the way Aram bags on the Mid Valley “Snooze”? Luckily for the Tribune the best Preps writers in the business are working elsewhere.

When you’re the only game in town it’s easy buy into the “Best” BS.

Big West will be improved with the addition of SDSU and Hawaii. CSF will remain strong in the near future as they recruit hard in the SGV and OC along with a few players from nor-cal and san diego. Graduation rates for college baseball players are very low nationwide. CSF plays one of the toughest non-conference schedule in the country to offset the weak league teams. UCLA received a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament and should have an easy road to Omaha. CSF will have to travel to Oregon and meet former coach George Horton.
Former brahma star freshmen lhp Kenny Matthews won the league title for CSF beating CSLB 4-1 going 8 innings with one unearned run.

Steve, your very naive if you think Fullerton has any chance of hanging with the Pac12 teams in the near future. The money that is rolling into the Pac12 Athletic Departments will bury all of the little guys in the Big West. The football contract that the Pac12 signed with Fox recently is allowing these schools to raise all of their non revenue sports to levels that schools like Fullerton can’t even dream of doing. A great example of what money can do for your baseball program is Oregon who just started up their baseball program a couple of years ago and already is a top 10 team in the country.

Thats right fellow bloggers, Fred’s blog does attract the attention of millionaires and business owners in the SGV! Keep up the great work, for some of you who hate, some of us are CSUF Alumn! For the young and ambitious that read this blog, Fred said it perfectly; its not the pedigree, its the hustle, chances, calculated risk and entirely up to the individual. Remember this is America and anyone has a shot at greatness. Take that shot, ignore the naysayers and be true to yourselves.