Justin O’Byrne, the head coach of the Pepsi American Legion baseball team, isn’t quite sure what to expect from his 2018 Class A squad. He hopes the Bottlecaps can mesh and be playing their best ball by the end of July, putting themselves in position to compete for a state title. “We’re an unproven commodity, I guess,” said O’Byrne, who has been involved with the Roseburg Legion program for 17 years and is beginning his ninth year as Pepsi’s skipper. “We like our roster, we’ve got some quality kids. We’ll have to be creative as a coaching staff, because we have a lot of...
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