As part of the Smithsonian's traveling "Hometown Teams" exhibit, now at the Howell Living History Farm visitor's center (until June 22), students from a local elementary school visited the farm today to learn the basic tenets of America's Great Game: old-time baseball.
Tallies, the predecessor to "runs," were accounted for my adding corncobs to a bucket.
Umpire Pete Watson collected fines from the team's coaches for any un-gentleman-like or un-lady-like behavior, including stealing bases, sliding, blocking the base path, or attempted bribes.
The version of old-time baseball played at the farm has rules that date to the 1860s.
Tallies, the predecessor to "runs," were accounted for my adding corncobs to a bucket.
Umpire Pete Watson collected fines from the team's coaches for any un-gentleman-like or un-lady-like behavior, including stealing bases, sliding, blocking the base path, or attempted bribes.
The version of old-time baseball played at the farm has rules that date to the 1860s.
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