Now that I work for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, my posts here on Life’s A Ball have been minimal, but my writing has not. As a Web Producer I am editing our expert reporters’ work for each Bay Area team… Read More ›
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Friday night lights are forever
*This column was originally published in the Petaluma Argus-Courier and on its website. My television viewings are pretty bland — a ton of sports and re-runs of Seinfeld, Friends, The Office, and The King of Queens. The one show… Read More ›
‘The Captain’ is a true role model
* This column was originally in the Petaluma Argus-Courier and on its website. On Thursday night Sept 25, I drove my beat up 1997 Chevy Malibu from Petaluma High School, back to my house in Penngrove. The top of the… Read More ›
Becoming a Pirate from the West Coast: A farewell to Armstrong
*This column was published in The Inkwell and on its website. For the first 21 years of my life I only knew one life. That was life in Petaluma, Calif. I grew up in Petaluma – though my house has… Read More ›
Life’s A Ball interview with Positively Petaluma
“Positively Petaluma” interviewed me on myself, Life’s A Ball, and LB Lange Comes Home. Below is the interview: Life’s A Ball and then some: An interview with Dalton Johnson By Wayne Dunbar, PostivelyPetaluma.com Editor & Contributor to Petaluma Baseball Magazine… Read More ›
Once a Leghorn, always a Leghorn
This column was originally posted in The Petaluma Argus-Courier and on its website. (Editors note: Dalton Johnson is a Petaluma High School graduate and former Petaluma Leghorn player. He is currently a senior and baseball player at Armstrong Atlantic State… Read More ›
Leghorns finally stopped
The most successful season of Petaluma Leghorns baseball came to end with a 10-0 seven-inning loss to Brooklawn, N.J., in the championship game of the American Legion World Series championship game on Tuesday night. Petaluma finished its sensational season as… Read More ›
Leghorns in American Legion World Series championship game
After losing their opening game, the Petaluma Leghorns have won four straight games to reach the American Legion World Series championship game. Petaluma defeated Waipahu, Hawaii, 8-2 in the semifinals Tuesday afternoon. The Leghorns play Brooklawn, N.J. for the second… Read More ›
Leghorns walk over Brooklawn, N.J.
The Petaluma Leghorns advanced to the American Legion World Series semifinals with a 14-4 victory over an undefeated Brooklawn, N.J., on Monday night. Petaluma plays Waipahu, Hawaii at 2 p.m. PST for a chance to play Brooklawn in a winner-take-all… Read More ›
Leghorns still alive in American Legion World Series
With great pitching and one big swing, the Petaluma Leghorns advanced in the American Legion World Series, defeating Burnsville, Minn., 3-1. Sunday was Military Appreciation Day at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, N.C. and the Leghorns donned blue camouflage jerseys to… Read More ›
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