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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Courant.com: Plaque Unveiled At Base Ball Grounds Site

The bronze plaque unveiled Saturday is located only a few strides from where home plate was more than 130 years ago, when Hartford was an original National League team.

The 16-by-20 inch plaque, which sits on a small pedestal, commemorates the site of the Base Ball Grounds on the property of the Church of the Good Shepherd on Wyllys Street in the South End.

This was where the Hartford Dark Blues played in the American Association in 1874-75 and as one of the eight NL teams that debuted in 1876.

It was a nice little ceremony. There weren’t many people there. None of the TV stations showed up. Nor did the mayor. But I did get a chance to talk the two guys who made this happen.

Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: July 27, 2008 at 05:22 PM | 6 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Crispix Attacks Posted: July 27, 2008 at 06:11 PM (#2876687)

Excellent. Any historical marker is better than none.

The underlining in these headlines always makes "plaque" look like "plague" and vice versa.

I hope a rare strain of plague wasn't unveiled when they dug up the corpses under the baseball field that hadn't been disturbed since the 19th century. That would put a damper on even a Yankee win!

2. Repoz

Posted: July 27, 2008 at 06:33 PM (#2876714)

I hope a rare strain of plague wasn't unveiled when they dug up the corpses under the baseball field that hadn't been disturbed since the 19th century.

And somehow Clu Gulager is to blame.

3. Flynn Posted: July 27, 2008 at 06:49 PM (#2876754)

That's pretty cool. The plot of land where the church is even looks shaped like a baseball field. It's too bad the Dark Blues vintage baseball team didn't come out and play a few innings, even if they'd have had to have a few guys standing in the parking lot. I'm sure some of them were there though.

4. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: July 27, 2008 at 08:26 PM (#2876918)

They were there, Flynn. They didn't play a game, but they did some batting practice.

5. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: July 28, 2008 at 03:38 PM (#2877792)

Bump for villageidiom.

6. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: July 28, 2008 at 05:15 PM (#2877966)

And somehow Clu Gulager is to blame.

That picture is now my wallpaper.

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