Vintage Baseball Season Opens

Vintage Baseball Team Hoboken Nine Season Opens

April 3, 2016, 4 pm

Location: Dobbelaar Field, Stevens Institute of Technology

One of Hoboken’s “100 Firsts” is hosting the first officially recorded, organized “base ball” game played under Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr.’s rules, on June 19, 1846. According to historical records, the New York Nine defeated Cartwright’s Knickerbockers, 23 to 1, in four innings at Hoboken’s Elysian Fields, which were located near the Hudson River, about where the former Maxwell House Plant was located.

Hoboken’s own vintage baseball team, the Hoboken Nine, will scrimmage in a season-opening exposition game, played by mid-1800s rules in vintage-style uniforms. Come out and see baseball as it was originally played in Hoboken. All ages are welcome. Admission is free. Grownup fans are usually invited to celebrate afterwards at the Shannon Lounge — Huzzah!

Click here to find out more about the Hoboken Nine and see their 2016 schedule.