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Two ballplayers, one dream.
Two Stockton women are stepping up to the plate with hopes of making history in the first-ever tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League. Andrea Baltodano has their story in today’s top item.
Also in this edition: Weekend events across Stockton, Valley fever cases on pace to break records, and tensions flare as RTD leaders push back on criticism from Lathrop’s city manager.
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Today’s top story
Local ballplayers hope to make history in a league of their own
By Andrea Baltodano • Special for Stocktonia
Two local women are now heading to the same field with the same goal: a shot at making history in the first-ever tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League.
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