TEAM EFFORT LEADS TO DOUBLE HEADER SWEEP OVER THE CALIFORNIA WARRIORS

Players pick up Devin Bell after scoring the tying run

Golden Era Bay Area Select vs. California Warriors
Game 1: G.E. Bay Area Select 6 CA Warriors 5

Golden Era's Bay Area Select high school summer team kept up their hot start on Sunday, taking a double header sweep from the California Warriors. The 2 wins advanced Bay Area Select to 6-0 on the season.

Game 1 got started with G.E. jumping ahead with a 3 run first inning and the squad never fell behind in a 6-5 win. Tucker Pulliam (Dublin) got the start on the mound and went 4 solid innings allowing 5 hits and 1 earned run in his effort. In the 5th Drae Randolph (Benicia) took the hill for the first time this summer striking out 2 in his 1 1/3 innings of work.

Aaron Alexander (Concord) came in to record the final 5 outs to close out the game on 1 hit and striking out 2. 

Danny Uesugi (Summer of 2013)

Danny Uesugi (Walnut Creek) lead the charge at the plate going a perfect 3-3 at the dish with singles in the

first, third, and fifth innings.

Mickey Nunes (Napa) also added 2 hits and an RBI along with 2 RBI's from Tunde Ahmad (Oakland).

Game 2:
G.E. Bay Area Select 6 CA Warriors 5

In game 2 Golden Era's Bay Area Select and the CA Warriors volleyed the lead six times, but Golden Era came out on top for a 6-5 win in Sunday afternoon's nightcap.

G.E came from behind and took the lead in the fifth inning and held on for the victory.

With G.E. down by a run heading into the fifth a comeback was in order. With one out Devin Bell (Tracy) came to the plate and lined the first pitch into left field for a single. Andrew Pearce (Martinez) walked, moving runners to first and second.

Seth Blume (Walnut Creek) then stepped to the plate and singled to left field, scoring Bell to tie the game. Danny Uesugi added another hit scoring Pearce giving G.E.'s Bay Area Select the lead for good.

Mason Rogan (Clayton) and Matty McDonald (Dublin) added big RBI hits as well.

Andrew King (Summer of 2013)

Andrew King (Walnut Creek) got the start on the mound in game 2, working 3 1/3 innings before turning the ball over to Eddy Lopez (Stockton), who struck out three of the five batters he faced.

Jack Minton (Dublin) came on the finish off the game and earn the win on the mound, pitching two scoreless innings while striking out two and allowing only one hit.

GOLDEN ERA CRUSHES THE WALNUT CREEK BULLDAWGS IN DOMINANT WIN

Golden Era scored 7 runs in the first inning and added another 4 runs in the second inning to jump out to an early big lead and cruised from there to a dominant win over the Walnut Creek Bulldawgs.

NODAL & PUNLA STELLAR PITCHING PERFORMANCES LEAD BAY AREA SELECT SWEEP OVER THE PLAYMAKERS

Clayton Nodal

G.E. Bay Area Select  vs. Playmakers
Game 1: G.E. 11, Playmakers 1

Golden Era's Bay Area Select cruised past Playmakers Baseball on Saturday, sweeping a double-header to advance to 4-0 on the young season.

In game 1 Bay Area Select broke it open by scoring five runs in the fifth, highlighted by a two-run double by Eddy Lopez, an RBI double by Johnny Punla and a RBI single by Aaron Alexander..

Mickey Nunez racked up three RBIs on three hits to lead the offense as well.

Clayton Nodal brought his "A-Game" against the Playmakers during his outing. The Playmakers managed just two hits off of Nodal, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out four during his 6 solid in innings of work.

Game 2: G.E. 6, Playmakers 0

Johnny Punla (Summer of 2013)

Golden Era's Bay Area Select completed the double-header sweep Saturday afternoon, pulling out a 6-0 win over the Playmakers.

Johnny Punla was phenomenal on the mound, pitching 5 shut-out innings while striking out 8 and only allowing 2 hits.

In total on the day G.E's Bay Area Select pitchers only gave up 4 hits over the course of 2 games.

It didn't take long for the squad to strike in game two, as Golden Era scored three runs in the first on a two-run double by Eddy Lopez followed by an RBI single by Mickey Nunes.

Golden Era's Bay Area Select continued to add on, pushing one run across in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings.

Jake Minton came on to pitch the 6th and 7th innings, holding the Playmakers scoreless without allowing a hit. 

G.E's BAY AREA SELECT BEGIN SEASON WITH DOUBLE HEADER SWEEP

Golden Era's Bay Area Select High School Summer Club Team took the field for the first time Sunday, opening up Northern California Connie Mack league play against the Alameda Dark Horses.

Game 1 was a pitchers duel from start to end, with 5 Bay Area Select pitchers, Johnny Punla, Andrew King, Jake Minton, Eddy Lopez & Caleb Schwitters holding the Dark Horses scoreless and only allowing 3 hits en-route to a 1-0 victory.

Game 2 the pitching was once again spectacular, with Clayton Nodal, Matthew McDonald, Jordan Katzeff and Tucker Pulliam all holding down the Dark Horses.

In the second game of the double header the bats also came alive for G.E's Bay Area Select squad, with big hits by several players, Zac Maloney, Eddy Lopez, Tunde Ahmad, Danny Uesugi, Aaron Alexander, Jack Montgomery & Seth Blume.

When it was all said and done 10 runs were posted as the team cruised to the the double-header sweep, beginning the 2013 Northern California Connie Mack League 2-0.

MICHAEL'S GRAND-SLAM SPARKS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING COMEBACK'S IN G.E. HISTORY

2013 MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC UPDATE

Zion Michael & Ian Pascual (Memorial Day Weekend 2013)

Ian Pascual slammed his first home-run of the season on Sunday afternoon against the Tri-Valley Dawgs, a ball that traveled an estimated 260 feet in the air. His home-run gave Golden Era the lead in the 4th inning and the team never looked back, cruising to a 8 to 1 victory.

Sunday's night game didn't start out Golden Era's way, falling behind 9 to 2 early to the Golden Gate Sliders which is where the score sat heading into the last inning. Then one of those once in a season innings happened.

Hunter Mott led off the top of the last inning with a 9 pitch walk, Ian Pascual worked the count and was later hit by a pitch, McRae Grace then came up and walked as well loading the bases for Zion Michael.

Zion got a pitch he could handle and didn't miss, sending an absolute bomb deep into the night sky for a grand-slam. The home-run still put Golden Era behind 9 to 6 but CJ Hudson quickly got it going again with a double to left center.

Rocky Sizemore then reached base on a catchers interference call and Matthew Miles got an infield single to load the bases. Ryan Sasaki now stepped to the plate with still no outs and G.E. down by 3 when he lined a single into left field scoring 2 making it a 9 to 8 ball game.

The next two hitters were retired and with two outs Hunter Mott came to the plate and hit a ball into right field scoring 2 to give Golden Era the lead. Mott then stole 2nd base and scored on the next pitch when Ian Pascual also knocked a hit into right field.

When it was all said and done Golden Era had put 10 runs on the board in the inning giving them a 12 to 9 lead.

Pascual retired the side in order in the bottom half of the inning and just like that the 11U Elite squad and completed one of the most memorial comeback wins in Golden Era history.

The win moved Golden Era to a 3 to 1 record in the Memorial Day Classic heading into Monday's championship round.

HUDSON WALK-OFF SINGLE LIFTS GOLDEN ERA OVER THE NEWARK COUGARS

CJ Hudson came to the plate in a tied game with 2 outs in the last inning with a chance to be the hero... and he delivered.

Hudson lined a fastball into right field scoring Ryan Sasaki giving Golden Era the 3-2 walk-off win over the Newark Cougars.

CJ Hudson (Spring 2013)

GRACE DEALS ON THE MOUND

McRae Grace made his first start on the mound Sunday afternoon and to say he was dealing is an understatement. Grace handled the opponents lineup with ease, racking up nine strikeouts, allowing only one earned run on two hits and three walks over six innings.

Mcrae Grace (Spring 2013) (6th Grade)

SASAKI DOMINANT IN WIN OVER NOR-CAL TITANS

Ryan Sasaki powered Golden Era Baseball ELITE 11U at the plate and on the mound Saturday afternoon, almost single-handily leading the squad to a 6-3 victory over the Nor-Cal Titans.

At the plate, Sasaki racked up two RBIs on two hits, with singles in the first and second innings.

On the mound, Sasaki was carving up the Nor-Cal Titans all day. The Titans managed just three hits off of the Golden Era Baseball's pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out five during his five innings of work.

Golden Era Baseball ELITE 11U never surrendered the lead after the first inning, scoring two runs on two singles.

Ryan Sasaki (Spring 2013) (5th Grade)

GOLDEN ERA 11U WIN 2ND CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE SEASON

The Golden Era Elite went 4 & 0 over the weekend outscoring there opponents 42-10 to win their 2nd championship of the season through 3 tournaments entered.

MATTHEW MILES THROWS GE'S 3RD NO-HITTER OF THE SEASON

The 2013 Golden Era 11U pitching staff is off to a special start to the season, through 11 games the team has thrown 3 no-hitters, with the latest coming from Matthew Miles.

The staff has also thrown one 1 hitter and two 2 hitters so far this season.

Miles was in dominant form when he took the mound against the Reno Hurricanes. striking out 4 and walking 1 en-route to his no-hitter.

Matthew Miles

PEARCE, PASCUAL & SIZEMORE COMBINE TO THROW GE's 2ND STRAIGHT NO-HITTER

In Golden Era's first action back on the field after Owen Wilson and Ryan Mooar combined to throw a perfect game... Aidan Pearce, Ian Pascual and Rocky Sizemore continued the dominance on the mound, combining to throw a no-hitter themselves against the North Bay Redbirds of Santa Rosa.

Ian Pascual, Aidan Pearce, Rocky Sizemore

Golden Era Wins President's Day Tournament

The 2012 Golden Era 10U squad advanced to the championship the last 4 tournaments they played in last season... and it didn't take too long for the 2013, now 11U team, to pick right back up where they left off.

Over President's Day weekend the guys took the field for there first game action and came right out of the gates running on all cylinders, picking up a 9-2 victory over Modesto. The game was highlighted by 5 Golden Era pitchers holding Modesto to only 2 hits and 0 walks, Aidan Pearce, Ian Pascual, Hunter Mott, Rocky Sizemore and Matthew Miles.

When single elimination play rolled around Golden Era was matched up against the Dublin Dawgs. The Dawgs jumped ahead with 2 unearned runs in the 1st inning, but it was all Golden Era from there. Once again the pitching was spectatular with Pearce, Pascual, Mott and Sizemore again leading the way.

The bats were on fire as well as Golden Era put up 8 runs throughout the game. Ryan Sasaki, Zion Michael, and Hunter Mott all picked up 2 hits a piece. Another big hit came from the best at-bat of the day when Owen Wilson came to the plate with 2 outs and the bases loaded.

Wilson fell behind in the count 0-2, then worked the count full, fouled off a couple more pitches before lining a single to right field to plate 2 runs. Golden Era would score 3 more runs to put the game away for good.

The win advanced the Elite the championship game.

The Championship Game was never really in question as the G.E. Elite scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning and put another 10 runs on the board in the 2nd en-route to cruising to a 14-0 victory over the Pleasant Hill Hawks.

At the plate several G.E. hitters we're on fire, lead by Ian Pascual's triple, double and 5 RBI's. Ryan Mooar, Nick Momaney, Ryan Sasaki, Hunter Mott & Zion Michael all picked up hits and RBI's as well.

And if winning the championship 14-0 wasn't enough, Owen Wilson and Ryan Mooar combined to throw a no-hitter in the victory as well. Not a bad way to start the season...

OWEN WILSON & RYAN MOOAR COMBINE TO THROW A NO-HITTER EN-ROUTE TO A 14-0 VICTORY OVER THE PLEASANT HILL HAWKS

Winter Ball 2012 -- 2013 Begins

Winter Ball, Golden Era's version of Major League Training began today on Sunday December 9th to a large group of players looking to prepare for their upcoming seasons.

Like Major League Spring Training the players spent the day with extended dynamic stretching and core work, to go along with a ton of fly balls or ground balls, wrapped up with each player taking about 200 swings at the plate.

Great work guys!

Our New Program & Team History Page

Golden Era's first 18U Team Summer of 2005 

20 future College Players & 3 Players Selected in the Major League Baseball Draft

Over the years there have been so many great moments, great games and memorial player highlights... However one of the things we have not done very well over the years is photograph and document the moments we have had with Golden Era Baseball.

We have what we have from the years past, with we know countless moments not here. 

Moving forward as of December 1st, 2012 though we plan to write, photo and video as much as we can to capture these memories as they happen. Might not mean much now but when players and families visit years down the road we hope it takes you back to a great memory...

Off-Season 2012 Pitching Class Wraps-Up

2012 Off-Season Pre-High School Player Pitching Class

Our Off-Season 2012 Pre-High School Pitching Class wrapped up Thursday December 6th. The core focus of the class focused on pitching mechanics out of both the wind-up as well as the strecth, fastball command, to go along with the development of a change-up.

All the players did very well grasping the mechanicis and everything we covered throughout the class. We wish all you guys the best of upcoming seasons and look forward to seeing you soon!

Coach Derek Bell talking to 3rd & 4th graders & parents at final Fall 2012 Program Workout

Christmas Charity Baseball Camp 2012

Help us and please support Golden Era’s Charity Christmas Baseball Camp. The cost of admission is only 2 new toys and 5 cans of food. 

CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP & FOR FULL DETAILS...

Fall Player Development Program 2012 (Photos)

SEE ALL PHOTOS HERE

Fall of 2012 (Players Teaching What They Learned)

SEE ALL PHOTOS HERE

Fall of 2012 (Players teaching parents what they learned) 5th & 6th Graders

Players teaching what they learned throughout Golden Era's 2012 Fall Player Development Program. Video didn't turn our clear... but we can still hear all the players teaching. Great job to all of you guys!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Winter Ball 2012-2013 Golden Era's Version Of MLB Spring Training

Come on out and be part of Golden Era's version of Major League Baseball Spring Training! Our Winter Ball Program is a Pre-Season Training Program where the goal is to prepare players & get players ready for their upcoming seasons.

CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL WINTER BALL DETAILS... 

TODD BURGOS TALKING TO 2ND, 3RD & 4TH GRADERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION & WORKING HARD

Fall 2012 UPDATE

Former Golden Era player, Todd Burgos came by our Fall of 2012 Program today and spoke with 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders about the importance of doing good in school and working hard. Great talk to the younger guys. Truly appreciated!

Making it official! Golden Era 18U player Joey Marchini signs scholarship

Fall of 2012 Program Kicks Off

Fall 0f 2012 Program Players (Pre-High School)

Fall Pre-High School Program kicks off. Awesome workout guys and way to work hard!

FALL of 2012 PLAYERS (PRE HIGH SCHOOL)

Golden Era Baseball would like to welcome to following Pre-High School players to our Fall Player Development Program! Time to have some fun and get to work guys...

Adam Birt
Aemilio Heredia

Aidan Pearce
Anthony Giannini
Ben Gee
Benjamin Ferron
Bill Grandson
Blake Smith
Brian Berger
Britten Hallford
C.J. Hudson
Caleb Dawson
Cody Flitton
Cole Davis
Daniel Dinerman
Danny LaFortune
Dominic Hudson
Gabriel Tovar
Griffin Hamlin
Hunter
Ian Pascual
Jack Flitter
Jack Harris
Jack McCullar
Jacob Berger
Jason Mooar
Jeremy Cressio
Jeremy Volpe
Jordan De Alba
Jordan Webb
Josh Baker
Kirk Lawrus
Marcus McClenon
Matthew Miles
Matthew Miles
Maximo Guzman
McRae Grace
Nathan Hufford
Nehemiah House
Nick Momaney
Nick Sunderland
Nikita Korolev
Owen Wilson
Primo Rodriguez
Robert Beasley
Robert Ruiz lll
Rocky Sizemore
Ryan Beasley
Ryan Mooar
Samuel Hoff
Shuichi Roundtree
Thomas Garcia
Trey Percario
Wiliam Brown
Will Fitzhugh
Will Hofstede
Yuichi Roundtree
Zan Lederer
Zion Michael

FALL OF 2012 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SET TO BEGIN THIS SUNDAY!

Welcome again to our Fall of 2012 Player Development Program. For some of you this Sunday is a reunion, to get back together with old friends as well as to start making some new ones.

For others, this is the beginning to being with Golden Era Baseball, a road that starts young and that one day may end up seeing your player move on to College. It’s a journey, and we look forward to sharing that journey with you.

We believe baseball is a life-classroom, and coaches are some of the most important influences ever encountered by the youth of any generation.

We know this, and we understand this, so what we strive to bring is a positive environment with organization and structure, surrounded by qualified coaches and individuals who love the game and will do everything we can to help every single player within the program begin to reach their potential.

More importantly though, a lot more importantly, our coaches strive to give the players we work with the understanding and importance of team-work, the importance of values and character, how to handle adversity, responsibility and how to be a leader, not to mention everything else the life classroom of being out on a field create. Those are the staples; those are the grounds of the Golden Era program.

Playing the game the right way and everything it has to give, that experience at the end of the day is what we are striving to offer. And that experience is something players can carry with them for a lifetime.

Where it all starts…

Everything at Golden Era Baseball starts with our philosophy or program definition of success:

Give it your all… Give it everything you have…

And try to do the best you’re capable of doing. 

We honestly believe if you do that, if you give it our all, if you give it everything you have and try to do the best you’re capable of doing… Then one could ALWAYS look back and consider what they’ve done a success.

That philosophy is the benchmark of Golden Era Baseball, it is our standard.

If a player gives it his all, if he gives it everything he has… and tries to do the best he’s capable of doing… then what more could he have done? That is how we measure success within Golden Era Baseball.

This Fall we truly look forward to working with the players and trying our best and giving it everything we have as a Coaching Staff, to help each player begin to reach their true potential … both on the field and off.

To everyone, we wish you all a great Fall Player Development Program, and now it’s time to hit the field and start having some fun and getting to work…

Golden Era Baseball

Savino

Congratulations to 18U Golden Era Coach, Savino Ruvalcaba, who has accepted the position to coach at Irvington High School in Fremont. We're happy for you Savino and wish your high school squad a great spring season!

Todd Burgos University of Redlands Bound

East Bay, CA (August, 2012)

Golden Era Baseball’s standout centerfielder and left handed pitcher Todd Burgos has decided to play his college baseball at University of Redlands.

Burgos is coming off a very solid summer season where he was a fixture in the middle of Golden Era’s 18U batting order and a dominant pitcher on the mound.

Even though Todd has Division 1 talent as a baseball player, both as a pitcher as well as a position player, he decided a smaller school with high academics was a great long term fit for him.
Golden Era Coach Derek Bell says, “I’m really excited for Todd, not only because he’s going to end up moving on to play college baseball at University of Redlands, but he’s also going to play the same position at the same school I did in college. It’s a great moment.

Coach Bell added, “Todd is one of those special players, not because of what he can do as a player even though that in its own right is special… but what sets Todd apart are the intangibles he brings to the field every day. He’s a natural leader, has all of his teammates respect and has a work ethic that is tough to match”

“On top of everything Todd brings to the table on the baseball field, more importantly, Todd is an exceptional person, who I have seen first-hand donate his time to help others and to be a mentor to younger players coming up. I believe Todd is going to be successful in any walk of life because of everything that makes up who he is. I personally, and we as a program could not be more proud of Todd and we wish him the best of luck playing baseball at the college level”.

Todd say’s, “It feels good to be out of high school and knowing that I’m going to be playing baseball at the next level. I’m excited to play with a bunch of guys who love the game as much as I do. I’d also like to say thank you to my Golden Era teammates, you guys made up the best team I have ever been part of and it was great being around and playing with you guys”.

As far as what Todd’s next goals are, “To do well and get as good as I possibly can… and take my ability to an even higher level”.

On behalf of everyone here at Golden Era Baseball, we say congratulations again to you Todd and we wish you all the best at the college level!

USA BASEBALL WORLD SERIES UPDATE

The 18U Golden Era squad won it's 3rd straight Tuesday morning in the USA Baseball World Series in San Diego.

In Golden Era's 3 wins the pitching staff has combined to give up 3 runs total. The team takes the field tomorrow at 11:45 AM looking for there 4th straight win!

The 18u Golden Era squad won 7-6 this morning in the USA Baseball World Series. The win is Golden Era's 4th straight in the World Series in San Diego & 13th of 16 overall...

Golden Era 18's Advance to Championship Game in Summer National Championships 2012

The Golden Era 18's upped their winning streak to 10 straight games by winning 5 in a row in the... to advance to the Championship game of the 2012 Summer National Championships in Reno, Nevada.

Caleb Schwitter Shuts Down East Bay Baseball

Caleb Schwitters

G.E. 18's SWEEP EAST BAY BASEBALL

Caleb Schwitters, 2014 grad was dominant in his first start on the mound this summer, pitching 6 innings, striking out 5 and only allowing 1 unearned run, leading Golden Era victory.

In game 1, along with the solid pitching of Schwitters, the bats were on fire as well, totaling up 14 runs behind 2 doubles by Justin Chase, big hits from Todd Burgos & Joey Marchinni along with a home run from Ian Dawkins.

GAME 2:

Pitching was the story during Golden Era's game 2 win. Tucker Pulliam, Johnny Punla and Todd Burgos combined to allow 1 run over 9 innings as Golden Era picked up the 2-1 victory. Just as impressive was Mitchell Petures behind the plate, who called a great game.

Danny Uesugi & Alex Riviera picked up big hits at the plate that played big roles in the win...

2012 BLACK vs GOLD SERIES CHAMPS

Each year our High School Club Teams participate in numerous prestigious tournaments throughout the summer, but year in and year out 3 of the most fun days we have is our Black vs. Gold Series, where the 18U team is divided in 2 and the players battle it out to see who has to pay for dinner on the next road trip.

TEAM BLACK, manage d by 2013 Grad Ian Dawkins of Arroyo High School dominated TEAM GOLD, managed by 2013 Grad Tucker Pulliam of Dublin High School.

When it was all said and done TEAM BLACK pulled off the 3 to nothing sweep, as indicated by 2014 Grad, Danny Uesugi with the broom in the photo.

Pictured are Johnny Punla, Danny Uesugi, Ian Dawkins, Tim Curry, Todd Burgos, Mitchell Peturus, Travis Earby as well as Hunter & Ryan...

Lot of fun guys and congrats to TEAM BLACK!

Connor Cabral on fire at the plate all weekend in the 2012 Firecracker Classic...

Connor Cabral

10U Golden Era Elite (2019 Grads) all the way to the Championship of the Southern California Firecracker Classic!

The 2012 10U Golden Era Elite

The 10U Golden Era squad played awesome baseball all weekend to walk away with the trophy from the Southern California Firecracker Classic at Big League Dreams in Los Angeles.

What a way to wrap up the season!

Throughout the tournament that featured the top teams from So-Cal, Matthew Miles and Ryan Mooar smashed home-runs, while Hunter Mott, Rocky Sizemoor, Aidan Pearce, Owen Wilson and Ian Pascual all had monster tournaments at the plate.

Great season Golden Era 10's... we look forward to seeing you next year as 11's!!!

Clayton Nodal & Tucker Pulliam With Performances of a Lifetime Against the Colton Nighthawks

Clayton Nodal & Tucker Pulliam

2012 Firecracker Classic Update 
Orange County 

Over the years we have seen a lot of baseball games, and every now and then when you show up at the ballpark you see a performance you will always remember. That is what Clayton Nodal and Tucker Pulliam gave us on Monday July 1st at Concordia University while playing in the 4th of July Firecracker Classic. 

Clayton Nodal and Tucker Pulliam combined for one of the best pitching performances you will ever see against the Colton Nighthawks in the 2012 Firecracker Classic, combining for 10 innings of work, allowing NO earned runs!