East Hampton Historical Farm Museum Hosts 19th Century Inspired Baseball Game

The baseball - lighter, softer, stitched differently and more akin to a softball - used during an Old Time Baseball Game played using 1864 rules at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

The Mutuals of New York (from the Old Bethpage Restoration) with the Atlantics of Brooklyn (wearing their 1864 championship uniforms, from the Smithtown Historical Society) with their umpire prior to an Old Time Baseball Game played using 1864 rules, hosted by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

The Mutuals pitcher throws from a shorter 45 feet during an Old Time Baseball Game played between the Mutuals of New York and the Atlantics of Brooklyn using 1864 rules, hosted by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

The Brooklyn Atlantics second baseman gets the throw too late to cut off the steal during an Old Time Baseball Game played between the Mutuals of New York and the Atlantics of Brooklyn using 1864 rules, hosted by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

The Brooklyn Atlantics pitcher throws during an Old Time Baseball Game played between the Mutuals of New York and the Atlantics of Brooklyn using 1864 rules, hosted by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

Umpire Danny Davey - umpires were at the time were not allowed to be on the field - during an Old Time Baseball Game played between the Mutuals of New York and the Atlantics of Brooklyn using 1864 rules, hosted by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

A Brooklyn Atlantics baserunner is picked off at second - baseball gloves had not yet been invented - during an Old Time Baseball Game played between the Mutuals of New York and the Atlantics of Brooklyn using 1864 rules, hosted by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum at Herrick Park on Saturday, 6/29/19

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