One hundred fifty years ago, the sport we now know as baseball was starting out in America with underhand pitching, one-bounce catch-outs, and other rules that are vastly different from today’s game.
Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club — based out of Augusta, Maine — is keeping those origins alive by looking and dressing the part and playing by the rules of 1861, as adopted by the National Association of Base Ball Players.
Allenstown’s Historical Society hosted their second vintage “base ball” game between Dirigo and the makeshift Sunrise Club team at Pine Haven Boys Center in front of a small crowd of baseball aficionados and other members of the community on Sunday. The Allenstown Fire Department grilled burgers and hot dogs for a fundraiser…