SALINAS – It wasn’t just a change in lifestyle ... Dropping 58 pounds from his 6-foot-3 frame provided the Palma High pitcher more stamina to go deeper into games. Yet, what no one could ...

Patricia “Patti” Ann Vierra Nunes, born on August 1, 1940, to parents John “Bud” Vierra and Frances Escobar Vierra, passed at home in Salinas ... later attended Palma High School.