I can’t guarantee that any reader who writes a long e-mail criticizing two paragraphs of one of my stories will get the same response, but George Slinsen had a good point.

Bud Accardo (1) is greeted after scoring a run Wednesday in the Napa Legion 19’s 7-5 loss to the host Reno Knights in Reno, Nev. Josh Cariela (2), Quin Stanier (17) and Ben Ballantine meet Accardo. The Napa squad begins action today in the 21st annual Sierra Nevada Classic Tournament in Reno. Napa plays the Chaffey Baseball Club today, then takes on the Reno Knights again on Friday at William Peccole Field at the University of Nevada. The tournament, which runs through Sunday, features top teams from California, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. 

The Pyramid Basketball Camp will be held at Napa Christian June 29-July 3.

The Napa Track Club’s Tatum Souza and Dominic Giovannoni are set to compete at the 2009 Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., beginning today at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.

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.

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 Thursday in the Napa Valley:

Memo to 1986: Sorry, but we’re stealing your NBA draft.

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

The 2009 Raider Nation Celebration is set for Saturday, Aug. 8, from 1 to 5 p.m., at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.