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1986: Babe Ruth 16-18s head to state
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Eighty years ago, on July 16, 1936, Otto L. Steele, Frank Candini, James Castro and Clyde Wilson motored to Oakland and while there called on Milo Candini, who is pitching for the Chapel of the Oaks baseball club, which is sponsored by the New York Yankees. Many local baseball fans are strong in their belief that the Manteca boy is destined soon to be seen in the uniform of a major league club. In other sports stories from the Bulletin files: 70 years ago: July 17, 1946 – The local Legion baseball team, composed of Junior Legion members and members of Hope McFall Post, American Legion, journeyed to Sonora Sunday to meet the Sonora Lumber Company.