A Blog Dedicated to our National Game

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  Stadium Series 4 Food Banks at Dunkin’ ParkSat. 07/20/24
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  Wally Widholm, the Best Twilight Backstop of All-TimeWed. 07/10/24
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  Honoring the Life of Mark Foss, GHTBL PresidentSat. 06/08/24
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  Baseball Bloodlines: The Spanswick FamilySun. 03/03/24
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  Where Are They Now? GHTBL Players Leading Impressive CareersWed. 01/03/24
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  Did You Know? Hank Greenberg Began his Career in HartfordSat. 12/23/23
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  Hartford’s First Ball Game Under Electric LightsTue. 12/12/23
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  12 Inducted to GHTBL Hall of Fame, Class of 2023Fri. 12/01/23
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  Hartford Baseball Talk on Local Radio WLIS/WMRD with Ed LitosMon. 08/28/23
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  When Hartford Witnessed the Remarkable Rube WaddellWed. 08/23/23
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  Celebrating the Life of Ray Gliha, National ChampionWed. 08/23/23
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  Hartford’s Minor League Club – Part IV: The Bees (1938-1945)Sat. 07/01/23
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  Frank Grant: the Hall of Fame Trailblazer who Began his Pro Career in MeridenWed. 06/28/23
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  Cooper Johnson, Third Generation Twilight PlayerMon. 05/08/23
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  Gary Zavatkay, A Baseball LifeWed. 04/26/23
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  Four Fields Named After Twilight Hall of FamersMon. 04/17/23
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  The Passing of Hall of Famer Leo Bravakis Jr.Thu. 03/09/23
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  The Royal Typewriter Baseball Club of HartfordWed. 11/30/22
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  Eleven Big Names Inducted to Hall of FameMon. 11/07/22
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  Johnny Taylor: Hartford’s First Professional Black AthleteSat. 10/01/22
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  Remembering Allan Garray, an All-Time GHTBL GreatSat. 08/27/22
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  Cuban Stars of the New Britain PerfectosMon. 07/18/22
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  St. Cyril’s Baseball Club, The Semi-Pro Polish-Americans From HartfordTue. 05/03/22
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  The Baseball Origins of Dillon StadiumThu. 03/31/22
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  Orator Jim O’Rourke, Bridgeport, Connecticut Baseball PioneerTue. 03/01/22
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  CT Patch Features Schweighoffer, Former GHTBL StarWed. 02/23/22
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  A Ballpark Timeline: The Polo GroundsSat. 02/05/22
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  Hall of Fame Inductee, Doc Bidwell, Ace of the Twilight LeagueTue. 11/16/21
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  In the Day of Louis SockalexisMon. 11/15/21
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  Meriden’s Jack Barry, 5-time World Series ChampionWed. 11/10/21
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  Jack Rich, Most Valuable Player of 2021Mon. 10/25/21
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  Bill Masse, A Baseball LifeWed. 10/20/21
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  Bernie Williams Began his Career in the Twilight LeagueFri. 10/15/21
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  Baseball Bloodlines: The Burnham BrothersSun. 10/10/21
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  Hartford Twilight Manager Spotlight: Tom AbbruzzeseMon. 10/04/21
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  A Real Connecticut Yankee’s Baseball Career Cut ShortSat. 09/11/21
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  Hartford All-Timer, Basilio Ortiz, ECSU Warrior Turned ProfessionalThu. 09/09/21
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  The Hartford Twilight League Founder Who Brought Baseball To BermudaSat. 09/04/21
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  Hartford, Connecticut, A Pioneer Baseball TownMon. 08/30/21
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  DiPietro to Enter Berlin High School Hall of FameTue. 08/24/21
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  When the Washington Senators Came to HartfordWed. 05/26/21
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  Umpire Charlie Daniels, Baseball Pioneer from HartfordWed. 05/26/21
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  Hartford’s Minor League Club, Part III: The Senators (1916-1934)Thu. 05/13/21
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  Baseball Bloodlines: The Morhardt’sTue. 05/11/21
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  Johnny Taylor Field Opens at Colt ParkWed. 04/28/21
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  Ribbon Cutting at Johnny Taylor FieldThu. 04/22/21
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  Ron Pizzanello, A Baseball LifeSat. 04/17/21
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  Mark Twain, the Hartford Baseball CrankThu. 04/15/21
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  When Ty Cobb Came to HartfordTue. 04/13/21
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  The Bristol Merchants, a Twilight League DynastyMon. 04/12/21
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  Bill Holowaty, Local Sports LegendSun. 04/11/21
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  Lou Gehrig Used Fake Name as a Rookie on the Hartford SenatorsThu. 04/08/21
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  Leo Durocher Got His Start in HartfordWed. 03/31/21
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  Willy Yahn’s Baseball BlogWed. 03/31/21
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  Babe Ruth’s Connecticut Car CrashThu. 02/18/21
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  Andy Baylock, Local Coaching LegendSun. 02/07/21
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  Hartford Base Ball Park of 1896Mon. 12/28/20
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  Baseball Bloodlines: The Riemer’sSun. 12/20/20
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  Jim Schult Named to D3 Team of the DecadeSat. 12/19/20
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  Jim Thorpe, Gold Medalist & Hartford BallplayerSun. 12/06/20
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  Hartford’s Minor League Club Part II: The Senators (1902-1915)Fri. 12/04/20
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  Greater Hartford’s Own Jose BirrielThu. 11/19/20
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  The 1870 Connecticut Base Ball ConventionWed. 11/18/20
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  Barry Chasen Ballpark in WindsorTue. 11/10/20
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  Bristol’s Baseball Magnate, William J. TracyWed. 09/09/20
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  East Hartford Jets, 2020 ChampionsFri. 08/21/20
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  Herb Sheintop, Twilight League LegendThu. 08/20/20
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  Johnny Taylor Field Charity Series at Dunkin’Sun. 08/02/20
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  New Britain’s Tom Thibodeau Played Twilight BallSun. 07/26/20
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  Bill Shea Photographs GHTBL Ball GamesSat. 07/18/20
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  Hartford’s Minor League Club, Part I: The Hartfords (1878-1901)Tue. 06/09/20
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  Hal Lewis, Baseball Star from Hartford’s North EndThu. 06/04/20
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  The National Pastime at Pratt & WhitneySat. 04/18/20
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  Ed Skehan, WWII Vet & GHTBL Hall of Famer, Passes at 102Thu. 04/02/20
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  The Charter Oak Base Ball Club of HartfordSat. 02/29/20
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  Steve Brady, From Frog Hollow to the First World SeriesWed. 02/05/20
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  Yung Wing & Hartford’s Chinese Base Ball ClubTue. 01/28/20
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  Chris Denorfia Coming Home to Manage Yard GoatsThu. 01/09/20
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  The Tober Baseball Manufacturing CompanyFri. 12/27/19
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  The New York City Baseball Magnate from Colchester, John B. DaySun. 12/08/19
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  Remembering Owen Canfield and his Twilight League CoverageTue. 12/03/19
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  Honoring Johnny Taylor at Colt Park in HartfordTue. 11/19/19
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  Jeff Bagwell, From Hartford to the HallFri. 10/04/19
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  A Farewell to Wethersfield Ballplayer, Joe HalliseyWed. 09/18/19
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  Vernon Orioles Win 5th Consecutive ChampionshipSat. 09/14/19
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  A Baseball Pioneer from Connecticut, Benjamin Douglas Jr.Sat. 08/10/19
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  Jimmy Gonzalez, East Hartford’s GreatestThu. 08/08/19
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  The Hartford Poli’s Baseball ClubFri. 08/02/19
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  The Legend of Connie Mack Began in ConnecticutFri. 07/26/19
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  Bulkeley Stadium, Gone But Not ForgottenSat. 06/15/19
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  Pizzanello’s Return, a Life-changing ExperienceWed. 06/12/19
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  Baseball Bloodlines: The Repass BrothersWed. 03/06/19
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  Newcombe Pitched in Hartford Before the BigsTue. 02/19/19
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  Bill Savitt, King of DiamondsThu. 02/14/19
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  Twilight Alum, Pollock Signs Deal with DodgersFri. 01/25/19
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  When Big Papi Rocked New BritainTue. 01/08/19
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  Ted Williams Hits Game-Winning Homer in HartfordMon. 01/07/19
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  The Moriarty Brothers Franchise & the Legendary Gene JohnsonFri. 11/30/18
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  Malloves Jewelers Returning to Sponsor Middletown TeamMon. 11/19/18
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  Roberto Clemente Mural at Hartford’s Colt ParkSun. 11/18/18