Steve buckley old timers game

With the OTBG financial booster shot, Sullivan hopes to expand the program beyond Massachusetts schools, and ideally soon will engage public school systems in Providence and Manchester, N.

Sam Shaughnessy, son of Globe sports columnist and now Cooperstown honoree Dan Shaughnessy, played in 11 of them, including his four years at Boston College. In , the intimate and idyllic ballyard feet down both lines was packed when various members of the Red Sox Impossible Dream team wheeled in for an autograph session. He could use a good line now and then.

Boston wears its Colonial heritage and its, shall we say, awkward 18th-century Brexit, with pride, joy, and a fair amount of 21st-century commercialism. For one night every summer, for free, we get the chance to relive the game at its grassroots level, with college kids dressed up in flannels, the game of our great-great-grandfathers brought to life under a set of lights, with mottled shadows on the playing field, with branches of hardwoods that ring the outfield fence swaying in the susurrant, late-summer breeze.

Vintage baseball is hardly new. This summer, the Oldtime Baseball Game continues to honor the national pastime. Just like back then, hundreds of fans showed up at St. One of the things that makes the Oldtime Baseball Game special is the dazzling collection of flannel uniforms that represent virtually every era in baseball history — used just once a year, and then returned to storage.

The uniforms include such long-ago teams such as the Boston Braves, St. Players from the game are chosen from colleges and universities around Boston, with an occasional high school player or retired big-leaguer added to the mix. It was interesting to learn how a roster spot came together for some players. Luis Tiant, Sr. As I was speaking to Salines, his coach swung by and informed him that he was going to bat leadoff and play shortstop.

I congratulated Kevin, and asked him what his approach to leading off the game would be. I think I also have the lowest batting average for qualified at bats. When I was 14, I first volunteered to help out with the event. Such long-ago teams as the Boston Braves, St.

Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers are represented. Eddie coached in the Oldtime Baseball Game from to Admission to the Oldtime Baseball Game is free. Fans are asked to bring a beach blanket or chair and camp out along the foul lines, as it is the crowd that makes the evening so electric. The rain date for the Oldtime Baseball game is Monday, August 20, also at 7 p. For more information about the Oldtime Baseball Game, visit our web site at oldtimebaseball. Newer Post Older Post Home.