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In the Pipeline: 'The Wonder Dog' creates big day for 'Up syndrome'
I love talking to former Major League ballplayer and Angels' broadcaster Rex Hudler. "The Wonder Dog" as he is known, just always exudes so much enthusiasm and feel-good energy. He's energetic, spiritual, and seems to spend every waking moment trying to...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Kansas City Royals, Ceremonies, Baseball, Arts and Culture
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Briefs: Balester, Conger to have golf charity event
A pair of local professional baseball players, along with Toyota of Huntington Beach, is staging the Collin Balester-Hank Conger Golf Invitational Jan. 7 at Seacliff Country Club in Huntington Beach. Both Balester (2004) and Conger (2006) are graduates...Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Sports, Golf, Chris Tillman, Mark Trumbo
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In the Pipeline: Standing up for Down syndrome
My son and I had the pleasure several weeks ago, thanks to the generosity of my friend Mike Taylor from PBS SoCal, to play ball at Angel Stadium of Anaheim with the one-and-only former Angel (and baseball ambassador extraordinaire) Rex Hudler. With...Tags: Museums, Down Syndrome, Mike Taylor, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Joe Surf: Beach, surfing event for Down Syndrome
Former Angel Rex Hudler's and his wife Jennifer's foundation, Team Up for Down Syndrome, is partnering with the International Surfing Museum to put on an event called "Surf's Up For Down Syndrome" on Feb. 3 at Sandy's Beach Grill and on the sand on the...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Down Syndrome, Injuries and Wounds, Baseball, New York Yankees
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A special day of surfing
Scott McCall is no stranger to the water.
The 30-year-old grew up in Huntington Beach. He learned to swim at Pacific Sands Cabana Club with his sisters, Jayme and Megan. But McCall always wanted to surf.
He received some special lessons at the Surf's Up...Tags: Major League Baseball, Down Syndrome, Chuck Finley, Genes and Chromosomes, Pacific Sands Incorporated
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Briefly In Sports
Edison High graduate Luke Gane, a student and member of the football team at UCLA, is one of four finalists for the 2012 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award. The other three finalists for the award, which first was awarded in 2009, are David...Tags: Voting, National Institutes of Health, Politics, Football, Baseball
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Next stop: Williamsport
Ocean View is heading to the Little League World Series.
The 11-12-year-old All-Star Major Baseball team from Huntington Beach won the Western Regional championship in San Bernardino on Saturday night by rallying to defeat Red Bluff of Northern...Tags: Little League Baseball, Baseball, Multi-Sport Events, Sports, All Stars
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Headed on a road never traveled
Less than 24 hours after winning the Western Regional championship, the Ocean View Majors All-Star team packed its bags and headed out Sunday on its dream summer vacation: a trip to Williamsport, Pa. It's a road the league, nor any District 62 team,...Tags: Little League Baseball, Ocean View, Travel, AAA, Human Interest
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In the Pipeline: A modest part of baseball history
"Oh, I almost forgot — we flew up to Sacramento to meet Gov. Brown, too." So chuckled Ocean View Little League manager Jeff Pratto to me recently as we spoke about the head-spinning series of events that have rolled out in the wake of his team's...Tags: Walter Johnson, Little League Baseball, Politics, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Arts and Culture
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Former battery mates living the dream
Seven years ago, it was routine for Collin Balester and Hank Conger to discuss all aspects of the game on the Huntington Beach High baseball diamond.
Balester was a star on the mound for the Oilers and during the final two years of his prep career, it...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Career and Workplace, Maicer Izturis, Montreal Expos, Baseball
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In The Pipeline: More than monkeying around on stage
It's a role sure to make other singer-dancers green with envy, that of Chistery, the head flying monkey in the musical smash hit "Wicked."
But for a young performer who lived in Huntington Beach, it's all part of a soaring career that also included a...Tags: Music Theater, Texas, Human Interest, Tim Salmon, Entertainment
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In The Pipeline: This Angel is living the dream
Recently, Angels skipper Mike Scioscia told the Los Angeles Times, "What we've seen we've definitely liked. If he wasn't doing the job defensively, this would be a moot point. But he is and that's giving him an opportunity to get a little more playing...Tags: Garret Anderson, Los Angeles Times, Ocean View, Jordan Walden, Texas
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