Tag: major league baseball
Kevin Ginkel has lived a dream the past two seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball.
While the El Capitan High School and Southwestern College alumnus has yet to make it to postseason competition, the ride to the top has been exhilarating.
“Each level I went up — from high school to Southwestern College, from the University of Arizona...
From Lakeside to Major League Baseball. It’s been an understandably momentous journey completed by Kevin Ginkel.
The 2012 El Capitan High School graduate is playing his second season with the Arizona Diamondbacks. It took time to get there, and he didn’t get there without the proper mentoring.
Ginkel listed former Vaquero head coach Steve Vickery as his favorite coach when making...
The Pittsburgh Pirates can almost be called Team San Diego with five players from the region on their roster this summer.
Two are from East County: Grossmont High School graduates Joe Musgrove and Steven Brault, both pitchers.
Infielder Phil Evans (La Costa Canyon), pitcher Trevor Williams (Rancho Bernardo) and shortstop Kevin Newman (Poway) all hail from North County.
The Pirates are no...
A total of 16 teams between the National League and the American League will qualify for Major League Baseball’s 2020 playoffs.
That’s significantly up from the 10 teams — five teams from each league — that have competed in postseason play since the 2012 season.
But in this season like no other, it appears to be the new normal.
And the Padres...
