The Boys of Summer are back! Head to Piscataway to the East Jersey Old Towne Village to see the 1859 Hoboken Base Ball Club play a vintage-rules match on Saturday, May 12. Time TBD. The team is in its seventh season: Seven seasons of catching balls without a glove. Seven seasons of promoting the history … Continue reading 1859 Hoboken Base Ball Team (Away Match) →

One of Hoboken’s “100 Firsts” is hosting the first officially recorded, organized baseball 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, at about … Continue reading 172nd Anniversary of Hoboken Baseball Game →