The hits just keep on coming for Cal baseball, as the Bears (9-1-1) climbed even higher in the Baseball America rankings to No. 12, right behind the Baby Bears of Los Angeles, who are falling fast, going 2-3 last week. Arizona (10-1) remains at No. 1 with cross-state rival Arizona State (12-0) checking in at No. 2.  Cal and UCLA (7-4) are the next two Pac-10 teams in the rankings, followed by Stanford (8-4), which climbed from unranked to No. 18 … sounds familiar, doesn’t it? The last Pac-10 team in the mix is struggling No. 22 Oregon State (5-5), the two-time defending NCAA champion. All of a sudden, head coach David Esquer’s assertion that this is the best the conference has ever been doesn’t sound like too much of a stretch. Even a .500 team in the Pac-10 is worthy of a ranking. Sweet.