League Notes

Why Northern California Baseball Still Reads Like a Map

Why Northern California Baseball Still Reads Like a Map works best as a historical note: not nostalgia for its own sake, but a way...

Pitching Depth in Long Summer Baseball Weekends

Pitching Depth in Long Summer Baseball Weekends points back to a baseball culture built from school seasons, wood-bat summers, municipal parks, and towns that...

Why Former Minor-League Towns Still Matter

Why Former Minor-League Towns Still Matter reads like a page from a regional baseball ledger, where the useful story sits between the box score...

How Summer Clubs Built Pitchers Without Much Noise

How Summer Clubs Built Pitchers Without Much Noise is the kind of local baseball subject that does not fit cleanly into a major-league frame....

Cal Bears Practice Habits Seen Through Local Fields

Cal Bears Practice Habits Seen Through Local Fields starts with the geography of Northern California baseball: old rail towns, Bay Area neighborhoods, Valley campuses,...

Gary Nolan and the Value of Player Development Patience

Gary Nolan and the Value of Player Development Patience works best as a historical note: not nostalgia for its own sake, but a way...

Wood-Bat Habits in Northern California Summer Clubs

Wood-Bat Habits in Northern California Summer Clubs points back to a baseball culture built from school seasons, wood-bat summers, municipal parks, and towns that...

Cal Bears Development Paths Through Regional Baseball

Cal Bears Development Paths Through Regional Baseball reads like a page from a regional baseball ledger, where the useful story sits between the box...

How Chico Weekends Kept Summer Baseball Visible

How Chico Weekends Kept Summer Baseball Visible is the kind of local baseball subject that does not fit cleanly into a major-league frame. It...