Baseball camp is coming to town with pro players and 66ers are hoping for boost from Pujols signing
2011/12/23
If you’re between the ages of 9 and 18, and you’re interested in learning lots of baseball skills from pro athletes, make sure to check out the Fourth Annual James Guerrero Holiday Baseball Camp this next week.
The camp will be held Dec. 19-21 at Summit High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Guerrero is a former Fontana High School star who went on to play professional baseball, and he will be joined by some talented players who are competing at the highest levels right now, including Tony Gwynn Jr. and former Fontana A.B. Miller pitchers Jesse Chavez and Robert Fish.
• Chavez has signed a free agent deal with the Toronto Blue Jays (they’ll be at Angel Stadium May 3 through 6, 2012). Chavez was in the Kansas City Royals organization last year and has also played with the Atlanta Braves after coming up to the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Fish is back with the Los Angeles Angels organization and should be at Double A Arkansas this year. He was drafted by the New York Yankees as a Rule 5 draft out of the Angels organization a while back and was then claimed off waivers by Kansas City, but has since been returned to Southern California.
Guerrero said he is very excited to have these players at the camp and is encouraging future young stars to sign up. The cost is $100 for pre-registration and $125 for same-day registration. A T-shirt and lunch will be included.
For more information, contact Guerrero at (909) 278-1856.
SPEAKING of the Angels, the recent signing of Albert Pujols to that mega-contract has spurred thousands of fans to buy season tickets, and the Inland Empire 66ers — which are the high Single A affiliate of the Angels — are hoping some of that enthusiasm rubs off on them.
“We’re excited to have this signing,” said Sam Farber, director of broadcasting for the 66ers (and a very funny guy to listen to during the summer). “Any time there’s some buzz from the Major League team, there’s going to be some for the minor league teams. It’s good for everybody.
We’re excited for the Angels and are looking forward to seeing him play at the Big A!”
In honor of Pujols’ arrival, the 66ers have some special ticket plans now on sale that include tickets to Angel Stadium of Anaheim. For more information, call (909) 888-9922 or log onto www.66ers.com.
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, Quincy Brewer, coach of the San Bernardino Valley College team who is in his fourth year at the helm, thinks this could be a good year for the Wolverines.
That’s if the team can play together.
“Once we develop some chemistry, we’ll be a good basketball team,” Brewer said. “We have a very solid group. We’ve got guys at each position who haven’t played together before. The challenge is to get everybody a lot more cohesive.”
Brewer said he is looking to Aaron Moore, Kirvy Gardner and Christian Franklin to lead the team.
On Moore, who was the team’s leading scorer last year as a 6-foot-8 small forward: “He’s becoming a better rebounder and better defender. Last year, he was turning into a more complete player. Just normal growth. He’s getting bigger. He’s going into the weight room. He’s pretty formidable.”
On Gardner, a 6-foot-2 sophomore point guard: “He does well getting us into our offense and also scores very well.”
On Franklin, a 6-foot-4 sophomore shooting guard: “He’s doing a very good job on defense and scoring well, as well.”
A freshman who has helped SBVC is Cameron Lewis, a former standout at Summit High School. One of Lewis’ best games came when he scored 16 points in a win over Santa Monica in November.
Shel Segal is president of Arcadia, Calif.-based Segal Communications and a columnist for the Fontana (Calif.) Herald News. He can be reached at ssegal@segalcomm.net.
