The Middlesex County Office of Arts and History is sponsoring its first vintage-style baseball team, the Liberty Base Ball Club. The team’s home games will be played at Liberty Field at East Jersey Old Town Village, located at 1050 River Rd., Piscataway. Admission to all games is free.
Using rules, uniforms, customs and equipment dating back to the 1850s, the team carries on the tradition of the original Liberty Base Ball Club of New Brunswick which was organized in 1857 and, with a break for the Civil War, played until 1870.
Spectators should bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
All dates are double-headers unless noted:
Saturday, April 7 at 12 p.m.
Mutual BBC vs. Liberty BBC
Saturday, April 21 at 12 p.m.
Elizabeth Resolutes vs. Liberty BBC
Away Game: Saturday, May 5 at 12 p.m.
Nomahegan Park, Cranford, NJ (single)
Liberty BBC vs. Elizabeth Resolutes
Saturday, May 12 at 12 p.m.
Hoboken Nine BBC vs. Liberty BBC
Sunday, May 20 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Middlesex County History Day
Elizabeth Resolutes vs. Liberty BBC
Sunday, June 10 at 11 a.m.
Providence Grays BBC vs. Liberty BBC
Saturday, June 16 at 12 p.m.
Father’s Day Vintage Baseball Game (single)
Neshanock BBC vs. Liberty BBC
Away Game: Saturday, June 23 at 11 a.m.
Rahway River Park, Rahway, NJ
Liberty BBC vs. Elizabeth Resolutes
Away Game: Saturday, June 30
Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY
Liberty BBC vs. Atlantic BBC
Saturday, July 14 at 12 p.m.
Monmouth Furnace BBC vs. Liberty BBC
Saturday, July 28 at 12 p.m.
Brandywine BBC vs. Liberty BBC
Away Game: Saturday, August 4
Doc Adams Old Time Baseball Festival
Old Bethpage Village Restoration, NY
Liberty BBC vs. TBD
Away Game: Saturday, August 11
East Goshen Park, West Chester, PA
Liberty BBC vs. Brandywine BBC
Saturday, August 25 at 12 p.m.
Elizabeth Resolutes vs. Liberty BBC
Away Game: Saturday, September 15
Location TBD
Liberty BBC vs. Monmouth Furnace
Away Game: Sunday, September 23
Calvert Regional Park, North East, MD
Liberty BBC vs. Rising Sun
Funding for the Liberty Base Ball Club is provided in part by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.