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Historical societies to play ball

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“Historical societies to play ball” – The Day

“The historical societies of Chester, Deep River and Essex are teaming up to present their second Vintage Base Ball game on Sunday, Sept. 20, at Devitt Field, on Main Street in Deep River. The 2 p.m. game will be free to the public. Three teams will play two or three innings each by late 19th-century rules and customs to recreate the earliest days of America’s pastime. Historical commentary will be provided to help the audience understand baseball rules of the 1850s. Players will wear specially made uniforms and caps representing their towns’ uniforms of the past and will use authentic reproduction wooden bats and hand-sewn hard balls. Old-time refreshments will be sold by Ivoryton Tavern. Raindate will be Sept. 27. For more information, call (860) 526-2331 or visit chesterhistoricalsociety.org.”

Season winding down

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We played our last home games of the season yesterday, defeating the Woodstock Hilltoppers in two well-played games. The first game took almost 2.5 hours making it the longest game this season.

Our remaining schedule consists of 3 away games in September. The first is on Sept. 12th against the Hartford Dark Blues at Wethersfield Cove in Wethersfield, the second is on Sept. 19th against the Waterbury Connors Alumni at Chase Collegiate School in Waterbury, and our last match of the season is on Sept. 26th (note date change) with the Bristol Blues and Lisbon Tunnelmen at Concordia Boat Yard in South Dartmouth, MA.

Baseball Goes Vintage

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Here’s a short video from CBS News featuring the Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club and Mudville Base Ball Club, both from Maine.

Vintage Ballists Go Back In Time, Honor Early Days Of Base Ball

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“Vintage Ballists Go Back In Time, Honor Early Days Of Base Ball” – Andy Hutchison/Newtown Bee

“A Woodstock Hilltoppers’ player drove a ball deep to left field, over the head of outfielder Bryan Donnelly. A sure extra base hit in today’s game — but this wasn’t today’s game of hardball. Donnelly dove and caught the ball on a bounce for an out.

An out? On a bounce?

Welcome to 1864 rules base ball (that’s two words, not one word, like how we write baseball today)…”

“A friendly game of baseball, 1861 style”

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The Day newspaper had their award-winning videographer Peter Huoppi create this excellent profile of our team.

A friendly game of baseball, 1861 style – The Day (July 17, 2015)