Comments on: Hail to San Ramon Valley

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:30:31 +0000

I must agree with Bryan that Steen deserves no mention as one of the best baseball coaches in the area. Danville has the baseball stars, as the town community should be praised for its athletes and youth coaches. Steen just happened to be coaching during these guy’s tenures at SRV. It had nothing to do with his coaching ability – or lack there of. I played with Schierholtz for years, and his abilities far exceeded anyone else on the diamond. Regardless what school these guys went to, they would still be where they are today.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:33:29 +0000

I have to disagree about Rick Steen being a great coach. I went to SRV in the early 90′s did not try out for frshman baseball. I did try out for JV and Varisty and was cut both time by the great Rick Steen. Funny thing was that I made the All Star team in league baseball and had great tryouts both years. What I discovered was that Steen would not take anyone on JV that didn’t play freshmen and nobody made varsity unless they played JV. He also cut several players who tried out in order to save spots for returning players. But when several returning players did not want to play or quit, he simply played with a short roster rather than giving people he had cut the opportunitiy of being on the team. I played with Randy winn and I can tell you that he became a Major League level player after high school and Coach Steen had nothing to do with it. Coach Steen just happened to have those guys fall into his lap and knowing him, he probably debated cutting both of them.

By: ballscribe

ballscribe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:14:55 +0000

Brain lock on my part. Andy Steen was a coach I’d covered earlier in my career. Sorry about that Rick. Note the correction.

By: RP

RP — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:37:19 +0000

The name of the SRV coach is Rick Steen.

By: WJD

WJD — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:20:28 +0000

I believe Eric Davis and Darryl Strawberry were high school teammates AND MLB teammates when they both played for the LA Dodgers, but I may be mistaken.