Rain Check

We are sad to say that Draft Horse Plow Day and Opening Day have been canceled for May 31st due to the weather forecast. We return to action June 7th.

Cappy is Going to Cooperstown

President of the Essex Base Ball Organization, Brian “Cappy” Sheehy, will be traveling to Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY to participate in the 27th annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture with his colleague David Alexander to discuss “Baseball in the Classroom“.  Cappy is a high school history teacher at North Andover High School has developed several sports related electives at North Andover and he believes that sports are a viable way of engaging students in learning history.  The goal of his program is to provide other educators professional development and resources so that they can include baseball in their classrooms. For more info click here 

Father’s Day Event

Lecture in Medford

The Past Two Weeks

May 2nd 2015 Concord MA Lynn Live Oaks vs. Lowell Ladies Men

The Essex Base Ball Organization has been busy the past two weeks with several great events. On Saturday May 2^nd we traveled to Concord, MA to participate in our first of several events in partnership with the Concord Museum’s summer exhibit “The Art of Baseball”. This first game and the following one in July will strive to recreate the rivalry in 1877 between the Lynn Live Oaks and Lowell Ladies Men. The modern version of the rivalry started off well with both Lowell and the Live Oaks coming out swinging but due to a few errors in both games on the Live Oaks part the Ladies Men were able to win both games. We look forward to going back in July.

On Saturday May 9^th a mixed nine from the Essex Base Ball Association traveled to Woodstock CT to play two teams they have never played before from the Nutmeg State.   In the first game against the Woodstock Hilltoppers the Essex boys took full advantage of the short right field and racked up numerous ground rule doubles. The defense was solid and hitting strong which allowed the Essex boys to win comfortably. In the second game we were matched up against the Wethersfield Red Onions and in a back and forth match Essex was able to hang on to a 13-10 victory.