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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "baseball"
Field of Dreams: Santa Cruz County's Love Affair with Baseball, by
Geoffrey Dunn
1930 was a big year for professional baseball in Santa Cruz. Trying to spur the local economy in the midst ... [Read more]
Heroes and Villains: Santa Cruz County Produced Baseball Stars and Baseball Scandals, by
Jim Johnson
One died a well-respected Hall of Famer. The other died alone and full of regret. Both were major league baseball ... [Read more]
Hometown Hardball: Local Baseball Heroes Went to Big Cities Bring Back Both Pride and Scandal, by
Jim Johnson
Before national league franchises, big-screen television, or $1 million commercials, there was hometown hardball. And, for thirty years, baseball was ... [Read more]
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"No arrests: for nobody cares."
"Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit the ranches around and carry off horses. Saturday night last about sixty head were stolen, from various ranches - a band ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century by Phil Reader
