In the quiet dugout hours before first pitch, as a few teammates begin their pregame routines on the nearby grass, Lou Helmig pauses and ponders his baseball ...

Lou Helmig carries a deep family history with every swing, and every catch, with every sprint around the basepaths.

Long Beach actually is the largest city, to our knowledge, the largest city in the country that doesn't have its own pro ...

The lure of the Ballers is not a billion-dollar stadium or millionaire players, but rather the opportunity for fans to ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, state and local government dignitaries, former Oakland A’s greats Rollie Fingers, Dave Stewart ...

OAKLAND – The line outside Raimondi Park started forming just before 4 p.m. — more than 2 1/2 hours prior to the start of the Oakland Ballers’ season-opening game.

Jorge Leon a member of the board of directors for the Oakland Ballers baseball team at Raimondi Park on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Leon was a lifelong A’s fan until the team ...

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has bought a stake in the Oakland Ballers, an independent minor league baseball team in the Bay Area.

The Oakland Ballers are getting ready for the new season by welcoming in a couple of new owners to the team in internationally renowned, yet local musicians Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, and ...

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has given a shot in the arm to the Bay Area baseball scene by joining the ownership group of the Oakland Ballers, an independent minor league team in the ...

Last summer, the Oakland Ballers — a Pioneer League baseball team that played its inaugural season in 2024 — welcomed more than 2,200 fans into its ownership group through a community ...

Oakland may be losing the A’s, but soon, they’ll be getting the B’s. The Oakland Ballers will be a new minor league baseball team rooted in Oakland. And unlike the Athletics, who are ...