Big-league impact

Auburn High School baseball has a rich history. And varsity head coach TJ Gamba is doing all he can to make younger players aware of it.

For the second straight year, former major league shortstop Kevin Polcovich returned to his hometown to help Gamba with a youth baseball clinic.

While Polcovich, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1997 and 1998, helped out with the varsity players last winter, he ran drills with younger players, ages 8 to 13, at the Auburn baseball clinic on Friday and Saturday.