George Watkins from The Salinas Californian provides a nice picture of how things went for D.G. Elmore, owner of Elmore Sports Group, when he made is pitch to the Salinas (CA) City Council to bring the Single-A Bakersfield Blaze (California League) to town for the start of the 2016 season. It appears all was lovey-dovey for Round 1. Read more here. View Facebook page here. View Twitter page here.