Bill Picketts coaches Pierce College’s baseball team that currently has a record of 6-9. Picketts poses in the dugout of Joe Kelly Field on Thursday Feb. 26, 2015. Photo: Mohammad Djauhari
Coach Bill Picketts talks to the team after losing to Cerritos College in the playoffs, 9-4, on May 5, 2018 at Cerritos College in Cerritos, Calif. Photo by: Randi Love
Head Coach Bill Picketts talks to the Brahmas after their game against Mission College at Kelly Field on Feb. 26, 2019, at Woodland Hills Calf.
Head Coach Bill Picketts speaks to players after Pierce College Baseball’s Halloween Backwards Game at Joe Kelly Field in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 31, 2019. (Photo/Benjamin Hanson)
Head baseball coach Bill Picketts will be supervising the Philippines National team as the country prepares for their upcoming World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.
According to Philstar Global, President Chito Loyzaga said Major League Baseball sent Picketts to oversee the team’s formation.
Philippines is in the same bracket with Czech Republic, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Panama and Spain. The top two teams will move on to play in the fifth World Baseball Classic next year.
The qualifiers take place from Mar. 18-25 in Tucson, Arizona.
