Northern California Baseball 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...

The Route from School Ball to Summer Clubs

The Route from School Ball to Summer Clubs points back to a baseball culture built from school seasons, wood-bat summers, municipal parks, and towns...

Small-Park Baseball and the Sound of a Local Crowd

Small-Park Baseball and the Sound of a Local Crowd reads like a page from a regional baseball ledger, where the useful story sits between...

What Old Team Photos Tell a Baseball Historian

What Old Team Photos Tell a Baseball Historian is the kind of local baseball subject that does not fit cleanly into a major-league frame....

When the North Coast Weather Changed the Game Plan

When the North Coast Weather Changed the Game Plan starts with the geography of Northern California baseball: old rail towns, Bay Area neighborhoods, Valley...

Catcher Notes from a Regional Club Season

Catcher Notes from a Regional Club Season works best as a historical note: not nostalgia for its own sake, but a way to understand...

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...

How a Local Schedule Becomes a Historical Record

How a Local Schedule Becomes a Historical Record reads like a page from a regional baseball ledger, where the useful story sits between the...

Northern California Baseball Names from Old Programs

Northern California Baseball Names from Old Programs is the kind of local baseball subject that does not fit cleanly into a major-league frame. It...

Field Conditions and the Stories They Leave Behind

Field Conditions and the Stories They Leave Behind starts with the geography of Northern California baseball: old rail towns, Bay Area neighborhoods, Valley campuses,...