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Giving Back to the Community

GHTBL has a long history of organizing benefit games for causes in the Greater Hartford area. The league hosted the first “Charity Series” at Hartford’s Dunkin’ Park for Camp Courant in 2017. Four games were played and ticket proceeds were donated. Here’s a list of GHTBL donations over the years:

2017 – $5,641 to Hartford’s Camp Courant
2018 – $4,500 to CT Children’s Medical Center
2019 – $7,000 to MS4MS
2020 – $2,000 to Colt Park Foundation
2021 – $5,624 to Connecticut Cancer Foundation & Brian Peer Memorial Scholarship
2022 – $5,035 to Sandy Hook Promise
2023 – $4,000 to Hartford Police Athletic League
2024 – $4,950 to Various food banks in CT

Charity Series for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, 2018.
Charity Series for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, 2018.
Rainbow Graphics at #spreadingORANGE Series for MS, 2019.
Rainbow Graphics at #spreadingORANGE Series 4 MS, 2019.
Charity Series for Johnny Taylor Field at Colt Park, 2020.
Charity Series for Colt Park Foundation, 2020.
Crush Cancer Night at Dunkin’ Donuts Park, Hartford, CT, 2021.
Crush Cancer Night, Dunkin’ Donuts Park, 2021.
Hartford Colts & East Hartford Jets present donation to Sandy Hook Promise, 2022.
GHTBL’s Stadium Series 4 Hartford PAL, 2023.

Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League

Established in 1929, the Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League is Connecticut’s premier summer league. The league is mostly made up of players with collegiate experience. More than 350 alumni have played professionally. Jeff Bagwell, Bernie Williams, Rob Dibble and Ricky Bottalico joined GHTBL before becoming MLB All-Stars. Current professional alumni include AJ Pollock and Scott Oberg.

Rob Dibble
Bernie Williams
Jeff Bagwell
Ricky Bottalico