Trivia (?)

Well, perhaps this really isn’t trivia, at least not in the eyes of sports historians. In any case it strikes the author as an early barometer of the good old times. Columbia Farm had a baseball team!! They played other teams from boomtowns up and down the valley. The team’s name “Scoopers” was inspirational. In1872 the Scoopers triumphed 21-14 over their rivals across the creek (Tarr Farm). Can’t you imagine them in their stripes? Wonder if a catcher’s mitt still hangs out in an attic somewhere?