Local-Origins Study Groups

Local-Origins Study Groups

Arkbaseball.com Website (tentative participant) Boston Chapter of SABR Bronx Project Essex Base Ball Club Halsey Hall SABR Chapter (Minnesota) Illinois Project Maryland Project Missouri Project New Jersey Project Pacific Northwest Chapter of SABR Rochester Baseball Historical Society SABR Chapter of Rhode Island (tentative participant) SABR Field of Dreams Chapter (tentative participant) Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball

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In summer 2013, Protoball moved to support additional research on the local origins of base ball by displaying information about work already under way at the local and state level. The first group we became aware of is the Rochester (NY) Baseball History Society (see above link).

We plan to add, on this page, listings of other groups that are trying to fill in gaps in knowledge about the earliest appearances of modern base ball in particular areas, and whatever local predecessor games are known.

At this point, we are aware of current or potential interest in local origins in Arkansas, Boston, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Canada, Chicago, Hawaii, Houston, the Hudson Valley, Iowa, Maryland-Eastern Shore,New Jersey, Northeastern Massachusetts, Minnesota, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, Rhode Island, Rochester, St. Louis, and Western Massachusetts.

If you want to foster some local digging in your area, let us know.

Study Groups

Arkbaseball.com Website (tentative participant)

• Main Contact: Caleb Hardwick
• Continuity Editor: Caleb Hardwick
• Regional Focus: Arkansas

Boston Chapter of SABR

• Main Contact: Joanne Hulbert, Dixie Tourangeau, Larry McCray
• Continuity Editor: Larry McCray, Brian Sheehy
• Special Interest: The Massachusetts Game, The conversion to the New York Game

Bronx Project

• Continuity Editor: Gregory Christiano
• Regional Focus: The Bronx, New York

Essex Base Ball Club

• Main Contact: Brian Sheehy
• Continuity Editor: Brian Sheehy
• Regional Focus: Down East USA: ME, NH,and Northeast MA

Halsey Hall SABR Chapter (Minnesota)

• Main Contact: Rich Arpi
• Regional Focus: Minnesota and the Dakotas
• Special Interest: MN Base Ball Through the 19th Century

Illinois Project

• Main Contact: Bruce Allardice
• Continuity Editor: Bruce Allardice
• Regional Focus: Illinois

Maryland Project

• Main Contact: Marty Payne
• Continuity Editor: Marty Payne
• Regional Focus: Maryland (emphasis on the Eastern Shore)

Missouri Project

• Main Contact: Jeffrey Kittel
• Continuity Editor: Jeffrey Kittel
• Regional Focus: Missouri and the Trans-Appalachian West

New Jersey Project

• Main Contact: John Zinn
• Continuity Editor: John Zinn
• Regional Focus: The State of New Jersey

Pacific Northwest Chapter of SABR

• Main Contact: Mark Brunke
• Continuity Editor: Mark Brunke
• Regional Focus: Pacific NW

Rochester Baseball Historical Society

• Main Contact: Priscilla Astifan
• Continuity Editor: Priscilla Astifan
• Regional Focus: Greater Rochester, NY

SABR Chapter of Rhode Island (tentative participant)

• Main Contact: Rick Harris
• Continuity Editor: Rick Harris
• Regional Focus: Rhode Island

SABR Field of Dreams Chapter (tentative participant)

• Main Contact: Tim Rask
• Continuity Editor: Jophn Liepa
• Regional Focus: Iowa

Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball

• Main Contact: Chris Ryland
• Continuity Editor: Chris Ryland
• Regional Focus: Tennessee