Saturday’s 1865 rules base ball game was rather high-scoring. I was a little surprised by this since last year the higher scoring games I saw were one days that the wind was very strong, but Saturday only had the slightest of breezes.
This game also only went eight innings. It was hot out and [...]
Today there was a 19th Century rules base ball game at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. The Knickerbockers took on the Rochesters. Despite having the lead for most of the game, the Rochesters failed to stop the Knickerbockers from getting the score tied in the 9th. Two extra innings later the Knickerbockers [...]
Today was the first day of 1865 rules baseball at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. It was a double-header with all four local teams playing. Last years team, the Excelsiors have been replaced by Flower City. All of the teams are named for teams from the area of Rochester, NY in [...]
Sunday, December 13, 2009
On 12 December 2009 Robert G. Heft, the creator of the current 50-star flag for the United States, died. He was a high school student when he designed it as part of a school project. He received a B- for his efforts, but when President Eisenhower chose his design to become the new flag for [...]
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October 4, 2009 was the Mayor’s Cup championship game for the Genesee Country Village & Museum Vintage Base Ball league. The Knickerbockers faced off against the Excelsors.
Below are the results of the game:
TEAM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TOTAL
Knickerbockers
2
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
Excelsiors
0
0
2
5
1
2
0
1
1
12
The Excelsiors won the Championship. A rather low-scoring game compared to the one the day before.
There was one player on the [...]
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Today was the Consolation Game for the 2009 Mayor’s Cup at the Genesee Country Village & Museum Silver Base Ball Park. So this game determines who gets third place and who is last. The two teams were Live Oak and the Rochesters. Tomorrow is the championship match between the Excelsiors and the [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
Yesterday I made my way to the Genesee Country Village & Museum to watch a baseball game play-off at Silver Field.
Live Oak battled the Knickerbockers for a spot in the Mayor’s Cup game next week. The game used 1865 rules, which vary greatly from to-day’s baseball as well as some minor differences from 1864’s [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
1630 = The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1787 = Writing of the United States Constitution is completed.
1809 = The Treaty of Fredrikshamn ends the Finnish war between Sweden and Russia.
1814 = Francis Scott Key finishes the Star-Spangled Banner.
1859 = Joshua Norton proclaims himself Emperor Norton. His ‘reign’ lasts until January 1880.
1862 = Bloodiest [...]
Today I made my way to the Genesee Country Village & Museum to watch a baseball game at Silver Field.
Today The Rochesters battled The Excelsiors. The game used 1865 rules, which vary greatly from to-day’s baseball as well as some minor differences from 1864’s rules.
Below are the results of the game:
TEAM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TOTAL
Rochesters
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
Excelsiors
0
1
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
9
The Excelsiors [...]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The construction of Stonehenge had been a mystery for many centuries. Like so many of the great monuments mankind created in the ancient days there are always some who would say that we were not capable of constructing such wonders with the technology we had available at the time… and then that [...]
