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Instructors

Jon Macalutas                      
Available by appointment: 
(530) 624-4006
email:   macsbaseball@yahoo.com

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Career leader in games played (208), hits (243), doubles (48), and hit by pitches (38) at Cal Poly. Non-drafted free agent in 1996. Got to the double AA level in the minor leagues. Career .290 hitter in professional baseball. Amassed 777 career pro hits. 448 runs scored, 160 doubles, 58 home runs, 391 RBI, 116 stolen bases, and 300 walks to 279 strikeouts. Has been involved in baseball for the past 30 years. Entering his 15th year of playing, teaching, coaching, or managing at the professional level. Has taught over 30,000 private baseball and softball lessons along with hundreds of camps for every age level. Available for lessons in all areas of the game.

Playing and Coaching Career

Lincoln High School of Stockton 1992
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 1993-1996
Cape Cod Chatham A's 1993
Anchorage Glacier Pilots 1994-1995
Milwaukee Brewers Organization 1996-2000
Chico Heat 2001-2002
Florida Marlins Organization 2003
Opened Mac's Professional Baseball School 2003-Present
Chico Outlaws Hitting Coach 2005-2007
Chico Outlaws Manager 2008
Created Sluggers Travel Baseball Program 2009
CFO Sandlot Stiks wood bat company

Chris Corso
Available by appointment: 
(530) 343-7397
email:   cjcorso@gmail.com

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A Bay Area native, Chris was a college standout at Cal State University, Hayward (East Bay) in 1993-94.  At the Division 2 level at CSUH, Chris is at or near the top of almost every major offensive category in the schools’ history and was twice selected as a 1st team all NCAC conference player and was the Pioneers  MVP in 1993.  In just two seasons with the Pioneers he amassed 129 hits, 21 homeruns, 26 doubles, 86 run batted in and a .343 career batting average in 376 at bats.  In 1994 the Florida Marlins picked him up as an undrafted free agent.  Arm injuries forced an early retirement in 1996 with a brief comeback in 1998 with the Western Warriors of the independent professional Western Baseball League.  After retiring from professional baseball in 1998, Chris spent time as a catching and hitting coach for his alma mater (CSU, Hayward) and was a hitting and catching instructor for “America’s Game” and the “California Baseball Academy” baseball instruction organizations.  In 1999 Chris founded his own wood baseball bat manufacturing company, “Sandlot Stiks”.   The brand gained popularity in the professional ranks and received Major League approval for use in the 2001-2003 seasons.  Sandlot Stiks supplied bats to many Major and Minor League players including Barry Bonds, Benito Santiago, Eric Chavez, Calvin Murray and Scott Posednik.  Since 2003 Chris has been teaching hitting and catching to players of all ages at Mac’s Professional Baseball School.  In 2008 Chris returned to the field as hitting coach for Manager Jon Macalutas’ Chico Outlaws of the independent professional Golden Baseball League; then made an unexpected return to the field as a player for them.  In his first professional at bat in 10 years, Chris successfully reached base by driving a single into right field.  He finished the season at age 37 with nine games played and drove in nine runs with seven hits including a homerun and triple.  As a hitting coach and player, Chris helped the Outlaws to their best offensive season (2008) in the teams’ five year history.

Playing and Coaching Career

Monta Vista High School 1988
Ohlone Junior College 1990-1991
Cal State Hayward 1993-1994
Florida Marlins Organization 1994-1995
Salinas Peppers 1996
Western Warriors 1998
CEO Sandlot Stiks wood bat company
Chico Outlaws Player/Hitting Coach 2008
Sluggers Hitting Coach 2009
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