Palisades junior varsity coach Bob Ryan has retired after 12 seasons to devote more time to the American Legion, an organization that has actively supported the Pali baseball program for many years. Ryan’s teams finished first 11 times and second once. Ryan’s replacement will be David Kloser, a former relief pitcher at UC Berkeley and author of “Stepping Up to the Plate: Inspiring Interviews with Major Leaguers,” an instruction-based book expected to be published this summer. Kloser, who played a year of semi-professional baseball and was a teammate of Seyler’s on over-30 league team, has several years’ experience coaching kids’ camps.
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