Northern California Baseball Notes
The Quiet Role of Family Archives in Baseball Research
The Quiet Role of Family Archives in Baseball Research works best as a historical note: not nostalgia for its own sake, but a way...
Oakland, Sacramento, Chico: Three Ways to Read a Season
Oakland, Sacramento, Chico: Three Ways to Read a Season points back to a baseball culture built from school seasons, wood-bat summers, municipal parks, and...
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...
College Scouts and the Junior College Baseball Route
College Scouts and the Junior College Baseball Route is the kind of local baseball subject that does not fit cleanly into a major-league frame....
A Scorebook Look at Extra Innings in Small Parks
A Scorebook Look at Extra Innings in Small Parks starts with the geography of Northern California baseball: old rail towns, Bay Area neighborhoods, Valley...
Travel Days from the Valley to the North Coast
Travel Days from the Valley to the North Coast works best as a historical note: not nostalgia for its own sake, but a way...
The Local Volunteer Work Behind a Clean Infield
The Local Volunteer Work Behind a Clean Infield points back to a baseball culture built from school seasons, wood-bat summers, municipal parks, and towns...
Ballpark Upkeep as Part of Baseball History
Ballpark Upkeep as Part of Baseball History reads like a page from a regional baseball ledger, where the useful story sits between the box...
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....
Old Box Scores, New Readers, and Regional Baseball Memory
Old Box Scores, New Readers, and Regional Baseball Memory starts with the geography of Northern California baseball: old rail towns, Bay Area neighborhoods, Valley...