Menlo Park Legends Baseball

Legends hire pitching coach Bill Ryan for 2012 summer!

David — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:32:33 +0000

The Legends are pleased to announce the official signing of Bill Ryan as pitching coach for the 2012 summer! Working with pitchers ranging from youth ranks to the college level Bill has been polishing and developing pitchers for years. With certifications from the National Pitching Association as well as the Tom House/ Rod Dedeaux Baseball Institute Bill brings extensive pitching knowledge to the Legends program. Bill utilizes an individual approach to developing player mechanics and will be working hard throughout the summer to ensure the improvement and success of the Legends staff! Welcome Bill!

Legends add Assistant GM Ali Recht to Legends staff!

David — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:34:57 +0000

Ali Recht joins the Legends administrative staff as the Assistant General Manager for the 2012 summer! The Legends are extremely excited for Ali’s arrival as she has vast experience working with both major league and minor league programs. After working for both the Washington Nationals and Hagerstown Suns (Nationals Single A affiliate), Ali is going to be managing the Legends interns and assisting with a plethora of other administrative duties. Ali, whom General Manager David Klein met while volunteering in Israel is organized, enthusiastic and ready to help the Legends have another successful summer season! Welcome Ali!

Legends General Manager featured on front page of Almanac!

David — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:34:32 +0000

CLICK HERE to read the featured story about Legends General Manager, David Klein and his experience with volunteer baseball work in Israel!

Legends resign top 2011 players!

David — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:49:15 +0000

The 2012 Legends summer roster will bost a number of returners from previous years

Grant Nelson (3B- Skyline/St. Louis) will be holding down the hot corner for the Legends. A junior college all state player, Grant (who now plays for a D1 out in St.Louis) has started every game for his team, is batting .308 and is leading his team in doubles with 11.

Tyger Pederson (OF/INF- University of Pacific) like 2011 will be filling many roles for the Legends. The leading hitter for the Legends in 2011, Tyger has started 20 games for U o P batting .270 while leading his team in walks and placing among his teams’ leaders in OBP.

Brian Haggett (1B – West Valley/Cal State Monterey Bay) will be manning the other corner infield position as the Legends 2012 first baseman. Batting .400 and receiving first team all league honors at West Valley as a sophomore Brian is now leading Cal State Monterey Bay in nearly every hitting category (49 hits, .355 avg, 3 HR’s and a .493 OBP)

Joe Goldenberg (OF – CSM, Univ of Hawaii) will be playing left and right field for the Legends in 2012. Attended Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah for one year and batted .391 with 10 homeruns. Coming off a hot 2011 season a CSM where he earned first team all league honors, and an ever hotter 2011 summer Joe received a scholarship to the University of Hawaii. Although Joe has only started 6 games for Hawaii we are excited to have him back and are confident he will be a tremendous part of our 2012 roster!

Pierson Jeremiah (2B – Canada JC, Chico State) will be getting the majority of the starts at 2B. Pierson, who was first team all league at Canada JC received a scholarship to Chico after a very successful 2011 season. Pierson, who often hit in the 3 hole for the Legends had 143 plate appearances and hit .314 with 8 doubles for the Legends in 2011.

Corey Zirbes (LHP – Canada JC, Sterling College) will be coming back for his 4 summer with the Legends! A staple for years in the Legends rotation Corey will be getting many big game starts for the Legends in 2012. Leading the team in 2011 with a 1.61 ERA and a .82 ERA in 2010 Corey is making a run at the Legends Hall of Fame!

Stay tuned and stay Legendary! More updates coming soon!

Menlo Park Legends goes “Community”

MPL — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:04:43 +0000

Menlo Park Legends have always been a part of the community, but we want more! We want your input, your ideas and suggestions. We want to know how we are doing and how we can get better! Please, join our Legendary Community and add your two cents!

Menlo Park legends are Chirping

David — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:44:32 +0000

For Play-by-Play info on the games you simply cannot make, you can now plug into updates via Twitter.

And no, you don’t need a Twitter account to do this, simply go to the official Menlo Park Legends Site ( yes — this site ), during game time to get play by play info via Twitter.

While you don’t need a Twitter account to keep up with the game, you do need one to make comments to us via Twitter during the game. We want to hear your chirps!

To go directly to our tweet, click here!

Looking forward to 2011

David — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:53:51 +0000

Continuing the Legend…

The Menlo Park Legends website is making a major come-back after a brutal website problem created by Netfirms.com.

This is a system test blog, but if you’d like to see more blogs and updates, let David know!