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Scholar Behind ‘When Baseball Players Wore Skirts’ Brings Real League History to Pasadena

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (302+ words) Most people know the league through the 1992 film "A League of Their Own." The real story is more complicated. Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley founded the league in 1943, fearing that wartime military drafts would empty major league ballparks. More than…...

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PCC Baseball Erupts For Season-High 18 Hits In Rout At Barstow

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (312+ words) Going back to early February, the Pasadena City College baseball team's offense had struggled to put runs on the board. The Lancers averaged just 4.2 runs during a 12-game stretch and the lack of offense showed in the results, just a…...

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Root on Pasadena’s Home Team at Fourth of July Game in Jackie Robinson Baseball Stadium

8+ hour, 22+ min ago  (728+ words) Pasadena's all-American July 4 festivities just got pumped up further with baseball blocks from the Rose Bowl. Monday, the Arroyo Seco Saints, Pasadena's own California Collegiate League team, will host the Orange County Riptide as part of Pasadena's AmericaFest celebration. The…...

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PCC Baseball Above .500 After Win Over West LA

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (316+ words) The Pasadena City College baseball team is using solid pitching and defense to keep opponents down and there was more of that on Tuesday when the Lancers defeated West Los Angeles, 4-2, to end a 7-game homestand at their off-campus home'Brookside…...

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Before He Broke Baseball’s Color Line, Jackie Robinson Was a Kid Growing Up on Pepper Street

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (695+ words) That's the Robinson the Pasadena Public Library wants people to meet on Friday. "We focus on Jackie as a kid and teenager navigating school, sports, family expectations and difficult choices long before the world knew his name," said Tiffany Due'as,…...

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When Jackie Robinson Refused to Move

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (198+ words) Most Americans know Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947. Few know he refused to move to the back of a military bus 11 years earlier'and was court-martialed for it. A community program Friday will spotlight this overlooked moment, along…...