[Giants]

We played at Encinal once. Don’t remember the name of the field.Faced a guy named Encerti but I can’t remember if he pitched for Encinal or Vallejo.

Actually among a couple hundred black background historical interviews shot for MLB was Bill Raimondi. He was one of the “Nine Old Men” including Ernie Lombardi who played on a PCL pennant winning Oaks team in the Forties.

If you played Encinal in Alameda, you played at Washington Park.  It was their home field as well.  Alameda has produced a number of big leaguers, Chris Speier, Willie Stargell, Dontrelle Willis, and, in my parents era, Andy Carey.  At one time, the East Bay was a hotbed of baseball talent.

[Giants]

We played at Encinal once. Don’t remember the name of the field.Faced a guy named Encerti but I can’t remember if he pitched for Encinal or Vallejo.

Actually among a couple hundred black background historical interviews shot for MLB was Bill Raimondi. He was one of the “Nine Old Men” including Ernie Lombardi who played on a PCL pennant winning Oaks team in the Forties.

If you played Encinal in Alameda, you played at Washington Park.  It was their home field as well.  Alameda has produced a number of big leaguers, Chris Speier, Willie Stargell, Dontrelle Willis, and, in my parents era, Andy Carey.  At one time, the East Bay was a hotbed of baseball talent.