Mike McDaniel

Burroughs Jaden Chapman played in some of the closest sets of the match.

The first thing you notice is the counter.It’s a solid slab of wood, smooth from wear but clearly handcrafted, anchored at the front of a tiny Burbank bakery that smells like toasted crust and warm butter. While customers study loaves lined up in neat rows, Randall Michael Tobin will casually mention that he built that counter himself—skills he picked up in junior high school shop class half a century ago and still uses every day.

Burbank played hard but Pasadena played better.