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MLB Scouts High School's Best at Blair Field

Major League Baseball is bringing together 200 of the nation's top prep players with pros today-Aug. 10 in Long Beach. Wilson High pitcher Chase Dejong is there.

Whether you’re representin’ the 212 (New York) or the 213 (Los Angeles), any baseball player worth his numbers will be in the 562 this weekend – that’s Long Beach – for the 25th annual Area Code Baseball Games Aug. 5-10 at Blair Field.

Created by Major League Baseball scouts in Northern California, the goal was to assemble the top high school underclassmen from geographical areas based on telephone area codes. Nearly 3,000 players compete nationwide for a chance to participate in the final Area Code Baseball games, the premiere search for the nation’s top baseball players.

More than 350 Major League players have participated in Area Code Baseball, including Dustin Pedroia, Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Beckett.

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Locally, look for Long Beach Wilson High pitcher Chase DeJong on the Southern California roster. His first game is Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

Eight Major League Baseball teams are partnering with Area Code Baseball to represent a specific part of the country: the Milwaukee Brewers (Southern California); Oakland Athletics (Northern California); Kansas City Royals (Pacific Northwest); Cincinnati Reds (Four Corners and Hawaii); Chicago White Sox (Midwest); Texas Rangers (Texas and Louisiana); New York Yankees (Northeast); and the Washington Nationals (Southeast and Virginia). The top 218 players from the regional Area Code games will play.

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The complete athlete roster is available here: http://rise.espn.go.com/baseball/articles/2011/07/22-Games-Rosters.aspx.

The four games will be streamed live on Tues., Aug. 9, on ESPN3.com.  Commentators for the Games include Jim Watson, Bob Scanlon and Beto Duran. The broadcast schedule is as follows: 8:30 a.m. PST: Reds v. Brewers11:30 a.m. PST: Royals v. Nationals2:30 p.m. PST: White Sox v. Nationals5:30 p.m. PST: Athletics v. Yankees.

For more information on the Area Code Baseball games, follow Twitter @acbaseballgames, Facebook or visit AreaCodeBaseball.com.

Blair Field is at 4700 Deukmejian Drive, Long Beach (near the corner of 10th Street and Park Avenue). Other stories about Wilson's Chase on this site are here:

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