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Vintage Base Ball Game: Northville Eclipse vs. Chelsea Monitors

A vintage Base Ball game on the 4th of July! (We'll also be in the parade that day, too.)


The Northville Eclipse is a volunteer group of baseball and history enthusiasts who compete against other Midwest vintage teams, using the rules and gentlemanly conduct of the 1860s. Vintage base ball is not only a competitive game; it’s a tribute to the sport and similar to an American Civil War reenactment. This version of the sport is played without swearing, sliding, spitting or any sort of playing gloves.


Become an Eclipse Crank (a fan). Hazzah!

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