The Crabs get most of the local press, but the summer sun shines on Bomber Field, too. The Humboldt B-52s haven’t got a live band yet but the snack shack platoon is performing this season (Redwood Acres, Eureka). Pay for your entry stamp at the folding table and hook right once inside and find yourself immersed […]
Baseball
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John Jaso: Humboldt’s Dreadlocked Baseball Hero Talks Concussions
Humboldt-grown pro baseball player John Jaso is the subject of a fantastic article that came out this week on VICE Sports. In it, Jaso’s former teammate Fernando Perez (a World Series champ and he’s a better writer than me? Sigh) talks with Jaso about playing catcher, diva pitchers, being a Moneyball player and the debilitating […]
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Bye, Bye, Baby
Giants fanatics are clamoring to the waterfront, trying to find purchase in the muddy slope to get a glimpse of the champions’ three World Series trophies. Well, actually, it’s pretty pleasant out, and, despite a line that wraps around the block, people are in good spirits. Get down to the Adorni Center by 5 this […]
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Catch & Release: The Humboldt Steelheads’ Untold – Until Now! – Story
Daffodils are blooming, the days are lengthening, sporting goods stores are stocking up on jerseys, bats and gloves – yes, baseball is in the air. From T-ball beginners to summer collegiate stunners, dreams of home runs and dramatic outs are mere weeks from manifesting. Except for one team: The Humboldt Steelheads. Ben Horton wants to […]
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Hardball
Here’s a question of local perception about pot, which simply doesn’t engender the same vitriol as other drugs around here: Do “upstanding” locals grow and use marijuana because it’s less serious, or do we consider it less serious because more “upstanding” locals grow and use it? A prominent community member arrested last year on cultivation […]
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UPDATE(S): Deal Struck in Crabs Manager Marijuana Case
SECOND UPDATE: A press release on the Crabs website says Nutter had been considering leaving the team for two years, and made the decision now to be with his family. From the release: Nutter explained that after a discussion with his family, he decided after 23 years with the Crabs organization that this was a […]
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Top 10 Stories of 2013
Summing up the tumult and transformations of a year in Humboldt County with only 10 stories is impossible. Collected here are some — definitely not all — of the events that stayed with us. For more on these stories, go to northcoastjournal.com. The Fires The communities tucked along the rivers in our mountains know fire. […]
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SF Giants Hall of Famer Makes Store’s Grand Opening Relevant
The Bayshore Mall has added a couple of stores to its exterior this month (don’t worry, the inside still looks like an ’80s ghost town). ULTA Beauty and Sports Authority both have grand openings this weekend, Nov. 15-17 and Nov. 17 respectively. Keeping with the modern tradition of luring shoppers into their stores with the […]
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Lonely Crustaceans
Was it something we said? The Humboldt Crabs appears to be the only team left in the Far West League after its three collegiate summer league-mates — the Menlo Park Legends, the Neptune Beach Pearl and the Walnut Creek Crawdads — joined the Santa Barbara-based California Collegiate League last week. Crabs officials only found out about the mass exodus by reading the news on the […]
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Cheering the bat-thrower? Really, Arcata?
It was a chilly August evening in the Arcata ballpark, but things were about to warm up fast when Sergio Sanchez stepped to the plate for the Humboldt Crabs. This was the sixth inning of a win-or-go-home game in the Far West Baseball League championship tournament, and the crowd greeted Sanchez with “Ser-gi-o … Ser-gi-o […]
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Video of Bat-Throwing Incident at Humboldt Crabs Game Goes Viral [Updated]
UPDATE, 4:45 p.m.: Humboldt Crabs President Matthew Filar sent us an email earlier defending his player. “Certainly throwing the bat was wrong,” Filar wrote, “but when a pitcher throws a ball at a batter at 92 mph, and the authority figure (the umpire) does nothing, when does the batter have to defend himself. Four pitches? […]