Touring the Bases With…Juliana Paoli

May 4, 2010 by Norm Coleman · Leave a Comment

Juliana Paoli is Chief Marketing Officer of the San Jose Giants located in San Jose, California.Â They are an Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. SEAMHEADS: You spoke at the Baseball Winter Meeting in Indianapolis last year and Las Vegas in 2008. You also said you were not comfortable as a public speaker.Â Do you […]

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Naming Wrongs

March 11, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment

Shortly after I started working at the Hall of Fame library, I discovered a wonderful book published in the 1990s by Peter Filichia, titled Professional Baseball Franchises. It lists every minor-league team from the 1880s forward, including nicknames, league affiliations, classifications, renamings, and years of existence. It is indispensable for locating where people played, which […]

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