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Lonnie Kauppila bounces back with Stanford baseball
Keeping tabs on local athletes competing in college. Lonnie Kauppila (Burbank High, 2010) junior infielder, Stanford University baseball: The former Bulldog has bounced back nicely after missing the final two months of his sophomore season last year...Tags: College Sports, Pacific-12 Conference, Creighton Bluejays, Basketball, Golf
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The Top 10 sports stories of 2012 as chosen by The Burbank Leader
Throughout the past year, the local community experienced its share of important, interesting and significant sports stories. Some of the stories enlightened us, some informed us and others just entertained us. Although many of the stories deserve...
Tags: San Francisco Giants, College Sports, Minor League Baseball, Freddy Sanchez, Track and Field
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Local off to All-Star Game
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Player among 24 national finalists in competition: Burbank resident Erin Lashkari is headed to the 2011 MLB All-Star Game in Phoenix. Lashkari, who plays for the Skittles in the Burbank Park, Recreation and...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Cleveland Indians, Baseball, Crimes, Juvenile Delinquency
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New team takes to field
GLENDALE — At a glance, the evening practices that have occupied Stengel Field recently resemble any other that typically take place on the venerable field, which is home to high school and junior college baseball contests throughout the year....Tags: College Baseball, Colleges and Universities, High School Sports, California State University, Northridge, Baseball
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Fans bank on Kemp
BURBANK — In the hour-plus he spent signing autographs and greeting fans, Matt Kemp didn't stop smiling and laughing.
Although the Los Angeles Dodgers player had a rare off-day Thursday, Kemp, the team's starting centerfielder, took time away...Tags: Banking, Miami Marlins, Bank of America Corp., Athletes, Sports
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Finally, the postseason
BURBANK — After nine seasons, 844 Major League Baseball games and 3,161 at-bats, Freddy Sanchez is finally getting the opportunity to compete in the postseason for the first time. Sanchez, a Burbank High graduate who attended Glendale Community...Tags: National League, Crimes, Aubrey Huff, Little League Baseball, Sports
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Sanchez, Giants Series bound
BURBANK — It took Freddy Sanchez the first 10 years of his Major League Baseball career to experience playoff baseball. Now that he's in the postseason, he's certainly making the most of it.
The Burbank High graduate and Glendale Community College...Tags: San Francisco Giants, National League, Health, Athletes, Texas Rangers
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A dream of a journey
The journey has been a long one for Freddy Sanchez.
From toiling countless hours as a youth on the baseball fields of Burbank, to competing for three junior colleges — including a year at Glendale Community College — to years of making his...Tags: Family, Colleges and Universities, San Francisco Giants, National League, Minor League Baseball
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Sanchez, Giants clinch World Series title
BURBANK — From Burbank High graduate to Glendale Community College standout to 2010 World Series champion.
Freddy Sanchez' nine-year Major League Baseball career, though it's featured a National League batting title and three All-Star appearances,...Tags: Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, National League, Texas Rangers, Sports
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Burbank honors its own
BURBANK HIGH — They were award-winning athletes, successful coaches and revered administrators. In their tenure at Burbank High, a special group of individuals helped put the school on the athletic map, helped bring pride to the city and...Tags: Society, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, University of California, Basketball
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Top 10 Sports Stories of the Year
Throughout the past year, the local community experienced its share of important, interesting and exciting sports stories. Some of the stories touched us, some informed us and others just entertained us.
Although many of the stories deserve recognition,...Tags: History, San Francisco Giants, National League, New York Giants, Track and Field
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Kauppila taken in draft
BURBANK — Although he just completed his senior baseball season, Burbank High baseball standout Lonnie Kauppila has already fulfilled two of his dreams.
Last year, Kauppila fulfilled a childhood dream of earning a college scholarship when he signed...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Oakland Athletics, Baseball, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox
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