‘Baseball in Long Beach’ full of wonderfully hazy memories

There’s a scrapbookishness to Baseball in Long Beach, the recently released retrospective of this city’s contributions to America’s grandest old game. Author Tom Meigs has assembled a lot of mostly old photographs of once-young ballplayers—faces both familiar and forgotten—who either claimed their fame in Long Beach or [...]

The Armada has been on a signing spree lately, adding Smoke Williams, David Parrish and Jerome Williams to the roster. For background:
Williams has been a force on the base paths in the minors since 2002. ‘Marland will bring excitement to Blair Field for the Armada,’ said Long Beach Armada General Manager Steven Bash. ‘The way [...]

If there is a spike in IEDs this week, well, you know who to blame.  Nationals fans!

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There’s been a lot of grousing on [...]