The Blue & Gold

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The Blue & Gold

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The Blue & Gold

Chamblee’s Varsity Baseball team lined up on the first baseline.
Photo courtesy of Cooper Hill

Chamblee Baseball Swinging Back into Action

Elijah Ritchey, Staff Writer March 6, 2024

Baseball, a sport that is popular at Chamblee High School, released their rosters on January 23 this year. With this new team, Chamblee hopes to perform well and ultimately win the state playoffs. However,...

CHS baseball players come together for a team huddle.

Baseball Swings Back to Chamblee

Coco Bradford, Editor April 15, 2022

Baseball has always been a mainstay of spring sports at Chamblee, and this year is no different. Coming back from the effects of the COVID pandemic, the team is ready to stay strong through this season....

Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas

2022 MLB Season Predictions and Previews

Adam Pohl, Staff Writer April 4, 2022

After a long offseason, baseball is nearly here. Despite a lockout by MLB’s owners that lasted 99 days and threatened game cancellations, the regular season will begin on April 7, postponed only one...

The Atlanta Braves celebrate immediately after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to the World Series

A “Brave” New World: Series Comes to Atlanta

Adam Pohl, Staff Writer October 29, 2021

For the first time in over 20 years, the Atlanta Braves are in the World Series. After beating the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series and triumphing over the Los Angeles Dodgers to claim the National...

Waking a Giant: How San Francisco Beat the Odds

Waking a Giant: How San Francisco Beat the Odds

Adam Pohl, Staff Writer October 4, 2021

“Best case: The Giants continue to engage in a bold rebuilding effort without bottoming out. That leaves their upside as mediocre, and in a league where mediocre likely leaves you out of wild-card contention,...

Rockies owner Dick Monfort looks on during a press conference.

Mismanagement, Minor League Problems, and My Master Plan to Fix Them

Adam Pohl, Staff Writer April 20, 2021

Major League Baseball has a serious problem. It’s not pace of play, as commissioner Rob Manfred would have you believe. It’s not blackout restrictions, and it’s not a lack of nationally recognized...

Pitcher Michael Pineda is caught using pine tar.

MLB’s Foreign Substance Problem and How to Fix It

Adam Pohl, Staff Writer March 15, 2021

The day is April 23, 2014. It is a cold and windy Boston night. Red Sox outfielder Grady Sizemore digs in at the plate against Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda. The count is 1-2, and Pineda is one strike...

Blake Snell, Gerrit Cole, and the Great What If

Blake Snell, Gerrit Cole, and the Great What If

James Hardy, Editor November 22, 2020

“Here they are, one strike away, one out away.” Somehow, the ever-professional Joe Buck keeps his voice steady for the call as Daniel Hudson sets up for the pitch. “3-2.” Hudson releases...

Three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw holding the World Series Trophy.

MLB Dodged a Bullet With LA’s World Series Title

Adam Pohl, Staff Writer November 12, 2020

When Major League Baseball canceled the season halfway through spring training in March, I was convinced that that was it for baseball this year. In June, when the MLB owners and the MLB players association...

A Role Player and a Leader of the Pack

Kendra Fuentes May 1, 2009

From May 2009: The baseball team has shown great potential this year, making this their first appearance in the state playoffs in eight years. What has made the team great this year is not only the...

Baseball Team Bucks National Diversity Trend

Leah Gregory March 9, 2009

From March 2009: "The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go. the...

Getting Ready for the Meat of the Schedule

Leah Gregory April 14, 2008

From April 2008: Spring training is over and things are looking good on the diamond mound. The varsity baseball Bulldogs are 7-4 and looking for another win to add to their record. "Overall we're...

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