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"Lefty" Duval
If you haven’t yet, check out the article on local legend Lefty Duval by Buddy Thomas in today’s Standard Times. Area loses a legend in “Lefty” Duval | SouthCoastToday.com Post… more →
South Coast Vintage Base Ball
We Are All Shipmates---Moby Dick
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Neil Aquino wrote 1 week ago: Above you see Orson Welles in his ship pulpit in the 1956 adaptation of Moby Dick. I’d enjoy h … more →
"Lefty" Duval
Kyle wrote 2 months ago: If you haven’t yet, check out the article on local legend Lefty Duval by Buddy Thomas in today … more →
Dickson's Baseball Dictionary
Kyle wrote 3 months ago: New Bedford will make an appearance in the next edition of the Dickson Baseball Dictionary and be no … more →
Less Than 9
Kyle wrote 4 months ago: According to many baseball historians baseball didn’t always have 9 players. Actually dependin … more →
Muffin Baseball
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Kyle wrote 9 months ago: A ‘muffin’ is a term that was applied to a new or inexperience ball player in the early 1860s. In th … more →
Moonlight Graham
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Kyle wrote 9 months ago: You may remember the film Field of Dreams and the mysterious scene at Fenway Park where Ray Kinsella … more →
Team Names
Kyle wrote 11 months ago: The 19th century saw many names of baseball clubs in New Bedford. In my research I have noted roughl … more →
Blowtorching Ice From Porch, Not A Good Idea
frigginloon wrote 11 months ago: Anyone seen my husband? OK, lets repeat this one more time people “do not use a blow torch nea … more →
Bay Sox
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Kyle wrote 11 months ago: Exciting news for baseball fans was announced yesterday in New Bedford. One hundred fifty years afte … more →
Lowell vs. Wamsutta
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Kyle wrote 1 year ago: John Lowell, ca. 1861 One hundred forty years ago this week the Wamsutta Base Ball Club took on the … more →
Ball Playing Banned in New Bedford... in 1821
Kyle wrote 1 year ago: One hundred eighty seven years ago the New Bedford Mercury publish the recently passed by-laws for N … more →
Childhood Ball Playing Clippings
Kyle wrote 1 year ago: Here are a couple of news clippings that mention ball playing. The first is children’s poetry … more →
New Bedford High School Baseball, 150 Years Ago
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Kyle wrote 1 year ago: Not only is this year the 150th anniversary of the first known baseball team in New Bedford (predati … more →
Thanksgiving Baseball
Kyle wrote 2 years ago: The Standard Times recently did a story about Thanksgiving traditions. One of those traditions began … more →
Early Days of Baseball in New Bedford, ca. 1858
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Kyle wrote 2 years ago: Baseball in New Bedford seems to have a longer past than once believed. According to a May 2006 Stan … more →
