1886 Bay Area Vintage “Base Ball” in Golden Gate Park (SF)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Think baseball is just a game of billionaire owners paying multi-millionaire players and overcharging families for a day at the ballpark? If you want a more pure (and free) form of the game, head to Golden Gate Park for a time warped afternoon of old-timey “Base Ball.”

A league of ten different Bay Area teams battle it out a few Sundays a month using 19th century-inspired equipment, vintage uniforms, a few waxed mustaches and playing by 1886 rules. Seven balls for a walk? Yup! Tiny little baseball gloves with no webbing? Ouch! Spitballs and pitcher fake-outs to try to trick the runners? It’s all allowed and part of the fun.

But just don’t curse in front of the top hat-wearing “Sir” (as the umpire is respectfully called). This is a gentleman’s game, so you might get fined a whopping $5.

Bay Area Vintage Base Ball w/ 1886 Rules
Sunday, April 24, 2022 | Noon and 3 p.m. games,
Big Rec Field, Golden Gate Park, S.F., Free.
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Golden Gate Park Schedule (SF)

• San Francisco Pelicans at San Francisco Pacifics · Big Rec (Graham), San Francisco · Noon
• San Jose Dukes at Barbary Coast · Big Rec (Nealon), San Francisco · Noon
• San Francisco Sea Lions at San Francisco Eagles · Big Rec (Graham), San Francisco · 3 p.m.

East Bay Schedule (Alameda)

• Haywards Journals at Oakland Colonels · Washington Park, Alameda · 1 p.m.

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