A local history feature recounts the Sonoma Valley's long love affair with baseball, from the first recorded game in Glen Ellen Park in 1887 through a 1970 summer when more than 50 teams were active across the Valley. It traces the rise of organized clubs, sponsors and rivalries, and the exploits of Ray Tynan, whose Vineburg Cubs and later Sonoma Merchants dominated regional play, alongside benefit oddities such as donkey baseball.
Read the full story: When Sonoma Was Nuts for Baseball — Sonoma Valley Sun, Jul 26.
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