Bardeen plays in NBC World Series

Brock Bardeen spent part of August in Wichita, where he participated in the National Baseball Congress World Series.

Bardeen played for the Havasu Heat and started two of the three games the Heat played in Wichita. The Heat won one game and lost two in the double-elimination tournament.

“It was a great opportunity. I hope that I’ll have another one to come back,” Bardeen said.

Bardeen, a 2004 Fallbrook High School graduate, redshirted for the University of California, Irvine baseball team in 2005 but is expected to play for Irvine in 2006. He spent the summer of 2005 with the Hawaii Aliis of t...