Story #40, 41 -- Notebooking my way into July...

HAPPY JULY+1, everyone. I had a couple of stories go up on MiLB.com today that are worth a quick read if you're bored and curious about short-season rookie league baseball. I know I am!

Click here to read a notebook chronicling the first couple of weeks in the Pioneer League. The league is home to Nick Brockman's Helena Brewers, so if you want to better understand what Nick's up to, or at least what his team is up to, check it out.

Click here to read a notebook chronicling the first couple of weeks in the Northwest League. The league is home to the Yakima Bears and I was able to pull some info from Paul's paper. It's amazing how small the world can be and how much you overlap with people you know.

Also, I meant to mention my 'stats' in my last post for the month of June. In total, I wrote 24 stories, which included coverage of the 2007 California/Carolina League All-Star game as well as miscellaneous notebooks and features of the normal day-to-day variety.

I hope July is even busier (since it will pass the time faster as my time out here winds down, the plan is to be back to Maumee during the first few days of August). This month will start off with the Futures Game in San Francisco, so make sure you're checking back regularly for stories and pictures related to that as I write/take them...