Hawaii baseball team finds joy in playing in mid-May

IRVINE, Calif. — Happiness is a Hawaii baseball team still playing in mid-May. The extension is not lost on Ben Zeigler-Namoa, who decided to return for a fifth season — his fourth with the home-state school — to add metaphorical “bricks” to a building program. It is not lost on right-handed pitcher Hekili Robello, who redshirted in 2025 to focus on his studies. “I wanted to get back on the ...