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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Josh Frye helped the La Crosse Loggers win a Northwoods League Title in 2012 as a member of the pitching staff . Beginning in 2023 , he ’ ll try to do the same thing but this time as the skipper . The Loggers officially named Frye as their field manager for the upcoming 2023 season on December 20 , making him the first former player to take the reigns as the Lumbermen prepare for their 21st season of play in the Northwoods circuit .
Frye , who played his collegiate baseball at Long Beach State , was a late summer addition to the Loggers in 2012 and helped them to their only NWL Championship that summer . He came back to La Crosse with a vengeance in the summer of 2013 , going 6-3 with a 3.31 ERA . Frye made twelve starts over the summer , pitching a team-high 76.0 innings , while striking out a league-high 79 . Frye was named a 2013 Northwoods League mid- and post-season All-Star , and the 2013 La Crosse Loggers Cy Young Award Winner .
At Long Beach State , Frye was named a 2014 First Team Big West Pitcher and a 2014 second team All-American after going 8-1 with a 1.94 ERA . In addition to his time with the Loggers , Frye also played summer ball for the Long Beach Legends of the California Collegiate League , where he was their 2012 Pitcher of the Year and was inducted into the Long Beach Legends Hall of Fame in 2015 .
Frye played professionally after college , spending two years in the Los Angeles Angels organization , a year in the Frontier League , and finishing his final two years in the Western Australia League . He began his coaching career in 2016 as the Assistant Pitching Coach at Long Beach State in 2016 , before becoming the pitching coach at Cypress College . The Long Beach , Calif . native has spent three previous summers coaching in the Northwoods League , including a stop with the Rochester Honkers during the summers of 2017-18 along with leading the Loggers pitching staff this past summer . Frye also currently serves as the pitching coach at St . John Bosco High School in Bellflower , Calif .
Twitter Handle : @ jfrye45
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