True baseball fans know the game is more than nine players, a ball and a bat. They know baseball is not unlike life: a game of nuance, strategy, chance and sometimes great beauty and great sadness.

Dylan Tate, a 2022 Eureka High graduate, was selected in the 11th round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. The right-handed pitcher overcame elbow issues to make two late-season ...