mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | September 24th, 2009
Bakersfield Blaze, ESPN1230 Look Back At 2009 Season
Bakersfield Blaze General Manager Shawn Schoolcraft made an appearance on ESPN 1230 radio with Corey Costelloe on Thursday to talk about the 2009 season, which saw the Blaze making the playoffs for the first time since 2000.
Bakersfield didn’t lose a game at home during the playoffs, but finally fell to San Jose in game 5 [...]
Blaze Owner DG Elmore Says Bako Deserves New Baseball Stadium
Corey Costelloe of ESPN1230 talked to team owner DG Elmore on Tuesday about the Bakersfield Blaze and the possibility of a new baseball stadium.
Elmore and his dad together own 7 pro sports teams. He said numbers and stats are true about a rise in attendance, but that sponsorship sales have been down in Bakersfield. He [...]
Bakersfield Blaze Scorekeeper Has Scored More Than 1,000 Consecutive Games
Bakersfield Blaze scorekeeper Tim Wheeler hasn’t missed scoring a contest in more than 1,000 consecutive games. He was on ESPN 1230 with show host Corey Costelloe on Tuesday, talking about his ongoing streak.
During the summer Wheeler said he calls the press box the “sweat box.” He said there have been times before a game starts [...]
Bako Blaze Make Playoffs For First Time Since 2001
Now this is a great local sports celebration. For the first time since 2001, the Bakersfield Blaze baseball team has secured a spot in the Cal League Playoffs.
According to the Bakersfield Blaze, their playoff wild card berth is due in large part to winning 18 of their last 22 games. Whether they will be seeded [...]
Bakersfield Native Justin Miller Makes Blaze Baseball Debut; Butler Cal Player Of Week
In a rare treat, a Bakersfield native has joined the Bakersfield Blaze baseball team, while a Blaze slugger has made Cal League player of the week.
In a press release issued by the Blaze, Bakersfield native and Ridgeview High graduate Justin Miller made his Blaze debut on Sunday, August 2 against the Visalia Rawhide. He [...]
Blaze Game Postponed For July 22 After Clubhouse Flooded
It’s not a rain delay, but just as effective as the Bakersfield Blaze had to cancel their Wednesday night home game due to a flood in the clubhouse.
According to Blaze officials, the Bakersfield Blaze game scheduled for July 22 at 7:30 p.m. against the High Desert Mavericks has been postponed due to flooding in the [...]
Bird Gets Electrocuted At Baseball Game
The Bakersfield Blaze minor league baseball team seems to have a fiery effect even on passing birds as a great blue heron was seen electrocuted on an electrical tower at a recent game.
According to ABC23, during the Blaze game against Visalia on Monday night at Sam Lynn Ballpark, a great blue heron flew into an [...]
Visalia Edge Blaze 5-4, End Bako Win Streak
The Bakersfield Blaze had not lost a game against the Visalia Rawhide in their last six meetings. That was until the Rawhide edged out the Blaze 5-4 Monday night at Sam Lynn Ballpark.
Bakersfield (36-39) looked like they might extend their winning streak to seven games as they opened the scoring with two runs in their [...]
Blaze Route Rawhide 10-5 To Split 4-Game Series
The Blaze (17-21) won 10-5 on Monday as the team combined for 10 runs on 18 hits splitting a four-game series in this weekend’s Highway 99 match-up against the first place Visalia Rawhide (25-13).
Bakersfield jumped to an early 1-0 lead with their first at-bat on a Mauro Gomez’s RBI double scoring Matthew Lawson who singled [...]
Bako Blaze Split Doubleheader With Modesto Nut
The Blaze (15-19) split a double header with the Modesto Nuts winning game one 5-4 in 11 innings and losing the second 3-2, in front of a home crowd of 335 Thursday at Sam Lynn Ballpark.
The Nuts (20-14) took a 3-1 lead into the start of Thursday’s action, as game one began in the bottom [...]
