Chandler Blanchard has been key for Pepperdine's bullpen. (Shotgun Spratling)

West Coast Notebook: Odds And Ends

LOS ANGELES — Some odds and ends from the West Coast, focusing on the pair of midweek games I took in this Tuesday in Malibu and Westchester:

Triple 7s

In “The Sandlot,” Squints calls Smalls an L7 weenie, meaning he’s a square since 7s are upside down Ls. Ls are usually bad in baseball, but not if it is referencing the throwing arm of a pitcher. And the USC bullpen is loaded with those Ls. The Trojans have their version of Wendy Peffercorn with some hot stuff relievers — literally. The trio of Bernardo Flores, Tyler Gilbert and Marc Huberman each bring[…]