The Surf's Bullpen Gamble: Rethinking High-Leverage Innings
San Luis Obispo has abandoned the traditional closer role, and the early returns suggest the experiment is working.
The Surf joined the league in 2011 and quickly built a reputation as a development-first program, sending a steady stream of players to the next level.
Patient at the plate and sound on the mound, the Surf rarely beat themselves.
Still chasing a first championship, the Surf have reached the postseason in six of their seasons and remain one of the league's most respected programs.
San Luis Obispo has abandoned the traditional closer role, and the early returns suggest the experiment is working.
Surf leadoff man Caden Brooks ties a league record with a hit in his twentieth consecutive game.
For thirty summers he has recorded every player he ever managed, and the pages have become a kind of memory for the whole town.