Baseball: Ex-ECR player Blake Gailen is top player in Independent leagues

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At 27, former Woodland Hills El Camino Real outfielder Blake Gailen refuses to give up on his baseball career.

This past season, Gailen was named by Baseball America as the player of the year in the Independent leagues.

He batted .338 with 22 home runs for the Atlantic League’s Lancaster Barnstormers.

-- Eric Sondheimer