Jim Neidlinger learned a great deal about baseball by playing for Napa High School coach Clint Smith in the ’80s.

Napa’s CJ Blom receives congratulations from manager Billy Smith as he rounds third base after crashing a three-run home run to tie the game and lead the Legion 19’s to a 12-6 victory over the San Carlos Indians in the consolation championship game of the Chico Father’s Day Tournament on Sunday afternoon in Chico. Michael Crandell added a three-run homer to assure victory.  Submitted photo

Sixteen members from the Napa Track Club participated in USA Track & Field’s Pacific Association Youth Championships. The two-day meet featured age based competition for boys and girls ages 18 and under.

My backyard neighbor Tom McNicholas sent me an e-mail the other day, and Tom — once a Brooklyn boy and lifetime Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the “Borough of Kings” — asked me if I knew about a book that was written on how my beloved New York Giants had stolen the 1951 National League pennant from “Dem Bums” from Brooklyn.

Two miles was all we had left, Juan said, of our 9.8-mile hike the first day.

A couple of months ago I shared a story about my experience as a volunteer counting steelhead trout in the Napa River.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Monday in the Napa Valley:

Here’s a look at the latest local angling action: