One hundred fifty years ago in baseball history: On Wednesday, November 2, 1870, Hartford hosted the third ever Connecticut Base Ball Convention. Delegates attended from the most prominent teams in the state and a man from Hartford, Gershom B. Hubbell, presided over the meeting. Many of the clubs arrived in Hartford via steamship on the Connecticut River. Teams represented included: Yale College, Trinity College, the Middletown Mansfields, the Stratford Osceolas, New Britain, Essex, and two teams from Meriden.