{"id":413905,"date":"2026-07-27T15:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413905\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:04:24","slug":"catch-baseball-history-talk-at-campbells-ainsley-house-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413905\/","title":{"rendered":"Catch baseball history talk at Campbell\u2019s Ainsley House \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the ball<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lindsay Bell will walk attendees through \u201cThe History of Baseball, America\u2019s Favorite Pastime\u201d at the July 31 History Happy Hour at the Ainsley House. Bell, an historian, will explain how the game became a symbol of the nation\u2019s identity and earned its place as America\u2019s pastime.<\/p>\n<p>The event is set for 5:30 p.m. at 300 Grant St., Campbell.\u00a0 Tickets are $25 and up at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3RnChh2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/3RnChh2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Library outreach<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in August, a\u00a0community outreach specialist\u00a0(COS) will be\u00a0available at the Campbell Library every Monday-Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The COS can provide information, referrals and support related to housing, food assistance, healthcare and other community resources.<\/p>\n<p>Patrons are invited to meet the new COS on Aug. 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., or Aug. 4 and 5, 10 a.m.-noon, at drop-in events at the library\u2019s information table. No registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>To schedule an appointment with the COS, contact Brian at 669-326-3581 or Joyce at 669-977-1756.<\/p>\n<p>Friends book sale<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of the Campbell Library are holding a used book sale on Saturday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., in the library\u2019s community room.<\/p>\n<p>Items for sale include puzzles, games, hardback fiction books, children\u2019s books, romances, thrillers, audio books, DVDs, CDs and a variety of \u201chow to\u201d books. Patrons should bring a bag for purchases. Cash, check, Zelle, card or Venmo will be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds support library programs. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellfol.org\/book-sales\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.campbellfol.org\/book-sales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the ball Dr. Lindsay Bell will walk attendees through \u201cThe History of Baseball, America\u2019s Favorite Pastime\u201d at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2135,184,7,185,584,418,23,88,90,89,198,200],"class_list":["post-413905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-baseball","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-campbell","tag-events","tag-history","tag-local-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}