The baseball season has reached the point of what would be, in a non-Pandemic season, the All Star break. The Midsummer Classic has always been a glittering exhibition of the game’s finest talents. […]
Living in the “Ghost Season”
Dick Allen, the scarred star
Last Sunday Major League Baseball celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro National League, the first of seven different Negro Leagues formed between 1920 and 1960. Beyond such innovations […]
The season of the Big Asterisk*
To Our Readers: Another new column from The Orange County Tribune is “Baseball Notes” from long-time Westminster resident, historian and baseball devotee. It’s been a strange season, but not the first […]
Peaceful protest at park, city hall
A peaceful crowd of about 200 people brought anger over the George Floyd incident to Westminster on Friday afternoon. The crowd gathered in Liberty Park, a block north of the Civic Center […]
A trip down the history of downtowns
By Jim Tortolano The central business district of Westminster has always been a kind of moving target, and we don’t mean the big box retailer. In fact, it’s a common feeling […]
