The SLO BLUES are a Summer Collegiate Wooden Baseball Club.  All of our players are current Collegiate athletes.

The  BLUES are a member of the California Collegiate League (CCL), one of the premier collegiate leagues in the country.  The CCL is comprised of the BLUES, the Santa Barbara Foresters (2006 & 2008 NBC Champions), the MLB Academy Barons (a MLB sponsored program based out of Compton),  the Conejo Oaks, the Orange City Pioneers, the Glendale Angelenos, and Team Vegas (based out of Las Vegas, NV).  

Games are played during the summer months of June and July.

Home Games are played at Sinsheimer Stadium.  

BLUES HISTORY

OUR PRESENT

The SLO Blues are a not-for-profit Summer Collegiate Baseball Organization that competes yearly from June thru August.  Home games are held at Sinsheimer Stadium, located at 900 Southwood Drive in San Luis Obispo, CA.  The team competes in the California Collegiate League (CCL) and continues to be ranked among the top 20 teams nationally from a field of over 260 teams.

OUR HISTORY

We began in 1946 when founding Manager Sandy Leguina gathered a group of WWII veterans coming home to San Luis Obispo who wanted to play baseball.  He added a few younger players and began the season playing against semi-pro and town teams from throughout California.  Originally dubbed the "Merchants", the team name was changed just weeks into the first season.  George Baker, local sports editor of the Telegram-Tribune, renamed the team the "Blues" after their blue lettering and blue stockings.  He stated that any team worth anything needed a more colorful name, and declared that any objections should be directed to his desk, "else in the future we will" use the new name.

OUR MISSION

The SLO Blues Organization has three (3) main objectives.  Our first is to provide first-rate and affordable family entertainment to California's Central Coast residents.  We believe it is our responsibility as a local business to give back to this great community.  To this end, we have established Outreach Programs like the Charity Partners Program, the Military Outreach Program, and the Blues Buddies Program.  Our second objective is to mentor and advance the professional and physical skills of collegiate ballplayers at the highest level of competition.  Local and national Division I baseball players continue their development with Blues while temporarialy away from their parent college or university.  Our third objective is to continue and expand our internship program which focuses on a learn-by-doing approach.  We take great pride in our interns' involvement in nearly every aspect of operations, and currently have 28 individuals interning with out organization for the 2011 season.

OUR THANKS

The Blues have always depended upon local support for survival.  We hope our passion in what we do shows in every pitch and crack of the bat.  We are both proud and grateful to be serving the Central Coast, so Thanks!  We would like to hear from you.  Please send any comments, compliments or suggestions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  You can aslo follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

PLAY BALL!

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• Chal Fanning – Head Coach, Director of Baseball Operations

Head Coach Chal Fanning returns for his ninth season with the San Luis Obispo Blues. Before coaching for the Blues, Fanning played high school ball for Paso Robles High School until he graduated in 1987 and began playing for Cuesta College. In 1991, Fanning transferred to Cal Poly and began playing baseball as a Mustang for coach Steve McFarland. Shortly after graduating from Cal Poly with an Ornamental Horticulture degree, Fanning began coaching the Blues in 1994 until 1997. He resumed his Head coach position in 2006 and has accumulated 284 wins since the beginning of his coaching career with the Blues. Fanning has recruited and coached eight players who went on to play in the Major Leagues, including three-time Major League All-Star who is now taking over closer duties for the Oakland Athletics, Brian Fuentes. Fanning also recruited and coached  more than 100 players who have been drafted and 16 All-Americans.

• Jim Galusha – Chairman of the Board

Local entrepreneur and CEO of Silverado Stages, Inc. a locally based motorcoach charter company. Established in 1987, Mr. Galusha has grown Silverado Stages to be one of the top 20 motorcoach companies in the United States with terminals in five California cities and over 140 employees. Jim, and his wife Sharron, have made their home in the central coast for over 20 years.
Prior to entering the tourism/transportation domain, Mr. Galusha owned and produced a dozen sports memorabilia consumer shows annually in large venues such as the Anaheim Convention Center and San Francisco’s Moscone Center. During that time he developed numerous working and personal relationships with sports legends such as Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, Mohammed Ali, and many many more. He is a native of Texas and a graduate of University of Colorado.