Pico was drafted by the Chicago Cubs out of high school. Ironically, his Major League Baseball pitching debut on May 31, 1988 was a 4-hit shutout of the Reds, becoming the first time a rookie player pitched a shutout in a debut game since 1934.
Pico played for 13 seasons professionally, and has spent the last 10 years with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a coach for their farm team pitchers.
Congratulations, Jeff!
Najee Harris Still Has Verbal Commitment to Alabama
Just as in Kevin Costner’s movie, “Field of Dreams” the 1947 Antioch Bears played baseball in a cornfield. The Bears, a sandlot team made up of 9 to 13 year old boys played ball in a growing cornfield in Antioch’s old Prosserville District on Seventh Street. Each day after work, Penrose “Penny” Russell would watched…
Antioch Sports Legends Class of 2014 inductees kick off their Hall of Fame breakfast at the Antioch Historical Museum preparing for tonight’s Hall of Fame Induction.
Herb Miles, Wrestling AHS 1964
This is a photo of the starting five of the Antioch High School 1962 basketball team celebrating their Coach, Thayer Johnson’s 85th birthday. Left to right are: Jerome Circo, Ron Morelli, Butch Rounsaville, Thayer Johnson, Gerald Circo and Bogie Edwards. This is the first time that all of the players and coach have been together…
East Bay Athletes of the Week for Thursday, Sept. 11 Bay Area News Group POSTED: 09/10/2014 05:40:39 PM PDT NAJEE HARRIS SCHOOL: Antioch SPORT: Football YEAR: Sophomore POSITION: Running back THE STAT LINE: The speedy Harris continued his fast start with 262 yards on 27 carries and touchdown runs of 13 and 40 yards in…
