By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore December 11, 2032 For fourteen straight seasons the #26 jersey at shortstop has been a fixture in Palm Springs, as familiar and unchanging a sight to locals as San Jacinto Peak towering over the city. But the days of that view may have come to a close. Codgers legend Royce […]
By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore December 23, 2031 There’s a baseball story brewing for the holidays here in Palm Springs–but according to the Codgers‘ front office, it’s The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. As officials of the local Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance club would have it, superstar outfielder Shane Willis–who just last year won the […]
Dec. 16, 2028 By Jimmy Howitzer, Palm Springs Post It’s the eve of the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance Winter Meetings, a time when most front offices are concentrating on the future. But Palm Springs Codgers general manager Denny Hills can’t stop dwelling on the past. As he paces the lobby of the Asheville, North Carolina […]
By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore January 4, 2026 There’s a new sheriff in town here in Palm Springs. The Codgers, Palm Springs’ long-time franchise in the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance, have hired veteran manager John McLaughlin to lead the club next season. The hiring, which took place on December 10 of last year, was formally […]
By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore December 10, 2023 The long PEBA baseball offseason has begun–and a familiar name will be missing from the roster of the Palm Springs Codgers going forward. A name with multiple faces. The team chose not to renew the contract of veteran manager Ryuichi Suzuki, and also watched longtime closer Hisamitsu […]
By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore Oct. 29, 2019 Change has come to the dugout of the Palm Springs Codgers. Manager Takeru Suzuki has retired, after ten seasons at the helm. The veteran coach announced his decision on October 25. “A decade running this club would age anybody,” said Suzuki, 64. The Codgers won 100 […]
By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore September 22, 2019 In the midst of a Sovereign League wild-card playoff race as hot as the dog days of Indian summer, the Palm Spring Codgers have turned to their super-prospect, shortstop Royce ‘Jester’ Raines, for an additional boost. Raines, the Codgers’ first-round draft pick (and first selection overall) […]
By Scott Vosper, Palm Springs Semaphore April 11, 2019 Excitement reigns in the Palm Desert region as the finishing touches have at last been put on the latest expansion of the Palm Springs Codgers‘ stadium, Elderberry Field, just in time for Opening Day 2019. The changes, the first made to the stadium since 2009, […]
Floyd Jackson’s return to Palm Springs was less triumphant than he’d hoped for By Biff Stroganoff, Sports Pictured Magazine Week of Dec. 9, 2013 Floyd Jackson, starting pitcher for the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance’s Palm Springs Codgers, is in the game room of a Seven-Eleven convenience store, frantically mashing the buttons of the arcade game […]
