Palo Alto, California is also home to a long standing baseball tradition- The Palo Alto Oaks. The Palo Alto Oaks are a collegiate, summer baseball club that have been in the Bay Area since 1950, 8 years longer than the San Francisco Giants. The Oaks were going to fold before the summer 2016 season but were taken on by Daniel Palladino, another Bay Area baseball coach who did not want to see the team die. The Oaks have a rich history within the Palo Alto community.