End of the Nuts
Sadly, Major League Baseball required $32 Million of investment for Modesto to keep our local baseball team. FYI, the Seattle Mariners are worth $2.2 Billion. The only realistic response was no. I don’t know if there is any last-minute salvation of our baseball tradition that began in 1872 as a community league, becoming the Red Caps in 1909. Modesto even hosted a World Series showcase in October, 1962. Generations of Modestans grew up at the ballpark that has hosted many future baseball stars. Maybe there is a chance to attract a team in the Pioneer League and create something new. While we work on plan B, or maybe even a soccer team, enjoy the next two months of baseball as the Nuts are playing great. Enjoy it while you can.
There at 16 Nuts games to choose from in August as the Nuts host the Inland Empire, Visalia and San Jose. Weekend games start at 6:05 pm and weekday games at 7:05pm So take yourself and your friends out to the ballgame and enjoy the rest of summer.
Get tix – www.modestonuts.com<www.modestonuts.com>
The 1962 World Series was memorialized in Ken White’s novel, Getaway Day. You can find his book at Bookish or online,
