Trevor Bell

Having put together stellar performances at both the double-A and triple-A levels of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim farm system, it appears Trevor Bell will get his shot in the big leagues. The News-Press received text messages from Bell's agent, Bill Hertz, and Phil Torres, who coached Bell at Crescenta Valley High, on Saturday evening with news that Bell had been called up to pitch for the Angels. Originally, it was thought that Bell would start on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays, but it appears more likely that he will start on Wednesday against the Rays in Anaheim.

Trevor Bell received a late high school graduation gift last Saturday. The Crescenta Valley High baseball star, who got his diploma last month, has signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for a reported $975,000. The deal was consummated at Angels Stadium during the team's home game with the New York Yankees. In the Major League Baseball Rookie Draft last month, Bell was the 37th overall pick by the Angels. Bell has since reported to the Angels' rookie team, the Mesa Angels, in Mesa, Ariz.

“It was cool to see the Angels up close because I’ll be playing with those guys soon.” — Trevor Bell on July 23, 2005, the day he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim   ANAHEIM — Five summers past, Trevor Bell stood in the Angel Stadium press box answering questions about the contract he’d just signed and the promising future that lay ahead. Less than a week later, he was sweating it out in Arizona for the franchise’s rookie ball squad.

Although he won't be suiting up for the Crescenta Valley High varsity baseball team for several months, incoming senior Trevor Bell is still using his talents to win games. Bell did his part to enable the North San Gabriel Valley Babe Ruth All-Stars to defeat San Gabriel Valley, 9-1, last Saturday at Arcadia High and win the Babe Ruth 16-to-19-year-old Southern California State Tournament. North San Gabriel Valley, which improved to 4-1, won its second state title in a row. The All-Stars, under the helm of CV High varsity baseball coach Phil Torres, advance to the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament on Saturday morning in Watsonville.

For as long as Trevor Bell can remember, he's had a baseball in hand and a diamond in mind. Nearly 16 years of playing baseball have been crammed into a life not just aged 20 years. And on a mid-summer evening in Orem, Utah, miles and miles away from La Crescenta and years removed from the innocent days of Little League, Bell had a most unfamiliar experience in the most familiar of places. In all those years on a diamond that was home, Bell says he can't remember giving up two home runs in a game, much less the three that the Casper Rockies hit off him on July 26. Nor had he ever doubted his passion for the sport he had so often excelled at. After the Orem Owlz's 6-3 loss to the Rockies, Bell doubted his resolve for the game.

Hamlet Nalbandyan They share the same surname. They played the same position. And they each had excellent 2004 campaigns. But the similarities don't end there for Crescenta Valley High junior Trevor Bell and La Canada senior Erik Bell, as the two standout shortstops were named to their respective All-CIF Southern Section/Amateur Athletic Foundation baseball teams. Trevor Bell was named to the Division I first team after earning Pacific League Most Valuable Player honors.

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan Maybe dreams do come true. They did for Trevor Bell on Tuesday. Bell, a star baseball player at Crescenta Valley High School, had his childhood dream fulfilled when he was taken 37th overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the supplemental round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The supplemental round is between the first and second rounds, and is compensation to a team that lost a free agent the previous offseason.

Trevor Bell made a mental checklist. Then he crossed off the items while he tossed a four-hitter Tuesday in a 6-1 nonleague win against Los Alamitos in the second game of a nonleague doubleheader at Stengel Field. CV (3-2) and Los Alamitos (4-2) exchanged 6-1 victories. "There's no way we wanted to be swept at home," said Bell, who hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning to give the Falcons a 2-1 lead. "We needed to thrive and we needed a little bit of a jumpstart."

Charles Rich They've become ruthless with their aluminum bats in central Ohio. For the members of the North San Gabriel Valley All-Star baseball team, they've created gigantic headlines. North San Gabriel Valley -- featuring eight local players -- undoubtedly grabbed the headlines after it earned an 8--2 victory against defending champion Hammond, Indiana, in a National Division pool-play game of the 36th annual Babe Ruth World Series at Babe Ruth National Complex at Don Edwards Park in Newark, Ohio.

Crescenta Valley High graduate Trevor Bell stepped up to the Angels mound Wednesday and pitched his hometown community the ultimate local-boy-made-good story. Before a crowd of nearly 38,000 fans at Angel Stadium, Bell pitched in his first Major League start since being called up from the triple-A Salt Lake Bees just days earlier. While he may be far removed from his days leading Crescenta Valley High to league titles, his start on the pitcher’s mound brought it all home.

The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level. Ryan Sherriff (Glendale Community College, 2011) Palm Beach Cardinals starting pitcher: Sherriff made his season and Florida State League debut with the Class-A Advanced affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday after being brought up from the Class-A Short Season New York-Penn League Muckdogs on Saturday. The former Vaquero responded to the promotion by picking up the win in an 8-4 victory over the Daytona Cubs after going seven innings with four runs (three earned)

It was a season marked by celebration for many of the local athletes currently plying their trade in baseball's minor leagues. Whether it was celebration of one's talent in the form of an all-star or MVP nod, or a dog pile on the infield in exultation of a team championship, accomplishments abounded for alumni of the area's high schools and Glendale Community College. Rookies enjoyed some of the most notable success, as Joe De Pinto and Bryan Longpre, in his first full pro season, both won team titles in their respective leagues and Christian Bergman came a game away from being able to say the same.

The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Trevor Bell (Crescenta Valley High, 2005) relief pitcher, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: It's hard to predict where Bell will be from one day to the next. The former Falcon was recalled from the Salt Lake Bees, the Angels' triple-A affiliate, on Tuesday and pitched against the Texas Rangers before being sent back down to the Bees Wednesday. He was pretty sharp against the powerful Rangers lineup. Bell was called on out of the bullpen with his team down, 5-0, in the third inning and runners on first and second with no outs.

GLENDALE — The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level. Trevor Bell (Crescenta Valley High, 2005) Salt Lake Bees pitcher: Bell seems to have settled back into the minor leagues, putting together three solid starts since getting shipped back down to the Salt Lake Bees, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's triple-A affiliate. The former Falcon was sent down to the Bees on July 22 to make room for Fernando Rodney on the Angels roster.

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Freddy Sanchez (Glendale Community College, 1998) second baseman, San Francisco Giants : The former National League batting champion was set to get a second opinion on his dislocated shoulder from Dr. Gary Waslewski on Wednesday. "I want to play, I want to come back this year," Sanchez told the USA Today in an article published Tuesday. "However, let's say we go six weeks and it doesn't start to show progress and [isn't]

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Trevor Bell (Crescenta Valley High, 2005) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher : After beginning the 2011 season with the triple-A Salt Lake Bees, the former first-round pick was called back up to the Angels to begin his third Major League Baseball season. With left-handed reliever Scott Downs headed to the disabled list, Bell was recalled on Friday and made his first appearance of the season, as well.

GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. BABE HERMAN TOURNAMENT SET The 43rd installment of the Babe Herman Tournament will begin Saturday simultaneously at Stengel Field and Oak Park High. Ten high school baseball teams, highlighted locally by host Crescenta Valley, will compete in the event, which is presented by the West Glendale Gateway Kiwanis Club and the Crescenta Valley Baseball Program. Home games will be played at Stengel, Oak Park, Pasadena High, Covina High and Santa Monica High.

Angels pitcher and Crescenta Valley High School graduate Trevor Bell took a step back from his career Saturday, showing local kids a few things about baseball. Bell and other pro baseball players taught about 55 local kids the finer points of the game Saturday at Stengel Field during Crescenta Valley High School baseball coach Phil Torres' 15th annual winter camp. "The idea is to get good baseball guys around the kids and let the kids run around and have a blast," Torres said.

GLENDALE — Dreams of becoming professional baseball players turned into reality for a handful of former area standouts who once excelled at the high school and junior college levels. From coast to coast, more than 10 of them played on minor league baseball teams. Wherever they played, each did their best to make an impact for their respective teams — whether it was at the plate or in the field or on the mound. Some encountered time spent on the disabled list, while others made it through their season without suffering a major injury.

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Freddy Sanchez (Glendale Community College, 1998) second baseman, San Francisco Giants: Sanchez and the Giants remain in the race for the National League West Division championship and wild card. Though Sanchez didn't play during San Francisco's 2-1 victory against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, the Giants managed to pull into a tie with the Atlanta Braves for the National League wild-card race.