Things in Bakersfield have been…well…bumpy the past few seasons. The take over of GM Lenny Banovez started strong with playoff appearances and a team that seemed to be on the cusp of making a push for a PEBA title run. That however, was short lived. With the team now hovering near the bottom of the […]
To say that the Bears mediocre season this year is a disappointment, would be an understatement. 2nd year GM Lenny Banovez has struggled, like many of his predecessors, to find ways to generate enough offense to offset the team’s number 1 ranked defense and elite pitching staff. The additions of Gabe Moran, with his inflated 27 […]
Opening Day is always special. Decades worth of nostalgia comes back to us. Sounds, sites, and smells flood our collective memory as the game, that many hold so dear, signals the official beginning of summer. Bakersfield’s off season was anything but perfect, but Jeffrey Mendoza was about to put all that behind him and give […]
There more often than not is a faint glow in the executive offices at “The Oaks” recently. Since the recent hire of the Bears GM, Lenny Banovez, the organization seems to never sleep. “We are cramming for the biggest exam of our lives. This is the big leagues, and there is no time for a […]
The turmoil in Bakersfield has officially hit the level of a true Shakespearean tragedy, and now…it’s added a third act. The Bears announced today the hiring of New York City based Lenny Banovez as their new GM. The club’s third in as many months. The move comes as more than a slight surprise to many, as Banovez […]
