August 2010
5 posts
A Bully Match Indeed!
World’s Tournament Game 2
Walnut Grove #1, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI
August 14, 2010
Bay City 8, La-de-dahs 11
After defeating the defending World’s Tournament Reserve Champion, Forest City Base Ball Club, in an emotional and energetic match Bay City was rewarded by playing the current Michigan State Champions, the undefeated Greenfield Village La-de-dahs on their home pitch. This match...
Seeing the Forest from the Trees
World’s Tournament of 1867
Game 1
Hawthorne Glade, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI
Aug. 14, 2010
Bay City 11, Forest City 8
Bay City began play in their fifth World’s Tournament of Base Ball in the Chadwick Region of the tournament. This region acquired the nickname of the “Group of Death”, due to the fact that this side of the tournament bracket was home to 3 Reserve Champion Runners-Up, 3...
Three is not so Charming!
World’s Tournament Game 3
Walnut Grove 2, Greenfield Village, MI
Bay City 13, Saginaw 28
The “Group of Death” that was the Chadwick Region in the World’s Tournament this season reared its ugly head again for the participants. After having played two extraordinary, emotionally draining, and exhaustive matches Bay City now had to play the loser of the Saginaw Old Golds and the Spiegel Grove...
Like a Rolling Petoskey Stone
Bay City visits Petoskey
Winter Sports Park, Petoskey, MI
August 8, 2010
Bay City 19, Petoskey 8
The second leg of the Independents’ tour of the great, white north saw the Bay Citys pull up camp in Petoskey, Michigan, home to the Petoskey Mossbacks. The Mossbacks’ field was beautiful to say the least, and had an interesting lay out with an incredibly short right field. The Mossbacks are a...
A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Bay City visits Mackinaw City
Mackinaw City Historical Society, Mackinaw City, MI
August 7, 2010
Bay City 7, Mackinaw City 0
The groundwork for the Bay City barnstorming tour of Michigan’s great north land was laid over 5 years ago when the Mackinaw City Boys began their first season of play. Bay City had to decline the offer to participate in the Boys’ first ever match, due to a...
July 2010
3 posts
Roll with the Grangers
Bay City hosts Rochester Hills
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI
July 18, 2010
Rochester Hills 12, Bay City 10
The weather was surprisingly good, as it was rumored to be a stormy afternoon, but the storms that followed on the day had nothing to do with the atmospheric conditions on the day and more to do with the thundering bats of the Grangers of Rochester Hills. The match began with a...
River Hogs and Muddy Balls!
Bay City visits Midland
Tridge, Midland, MI
July 16, 2010
Bay City 8, Midland 1
It was a beautiful evening, and fine crowd had assembled to watch the River Hogs and Independents take up a friendly competition in a match game of base ball. These two clubs have become quite familiar with one another over the past 6 seasons, and the matches are always enjoyable.
The umpire for the match, Gary...
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late!
Bay City visits Rochester Hills
Van Hoosen Farm
July 10, 2010
Bay City 10, Rochester Hills 12
The sun was shining, as it always is at the scenic ball grounds of Van Hoosen Farm, and the furnace was stoked up as if awaiting Dante’s return home to his eternal inferno, when the Independents of Bay City arrived to play their match against the undefeated Grangers of Rochester Hills. The Grangers...
June 2010
1 post
I Kent Fight this Feeling Anymore!
June 19, 2010
Bay City vs. Kent B.B.C.
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI
Bay City 15, Kent 3
It was a beautiful day in the city by the bay, when the Kent wagon train arrived. No sooner had they unpacked, then the umpire for the day, Dishonorable Dan Decuf, called the captains for the Kents and Independents together for the coin toss. The Kents won the toss, and chose to take the field allowing the Bay...
May 2010
1 post
Cleveland Blues
Cleveland Blues
League Park
May 15, 2010
Bay City v. Cleveland
Bay City 3, Cleveland 4
It was a beautiful day for base ball, but when the Bay City carriages arrived in the city of Cleveland they found a young man driving golf balls in the garden that would be the field of play. After some conversation with the young lad he was convinced to ply his European skills elsewhere. Shortly...
September 2009
2 posts
Fallen Stars
Bay City visits Wyandotte
September 12, 2009
Wyandotte, MI
Bay City 20, Wyandotte 16
Fallen Stars
The Bay City Independents took to the trails for the final time this season and made out for Wyandotte, Michigan to meet the Wyandotte Stars Base Ball Club for a match game of base ball. When the Bay Citys arrived they were taken aback to see some locals playing a cricket match near the...
Fallen Stars
Bay City visits Wyandotte
September 12, 2009
Wyandotte, MI
Bay City 20, Wyandotte 16
Fallen Stars
The Bay City Independents took to the trails for the final time this season and made out for Wyandotte, Michigan to meet the Wyandotte Stars Base Ball Club for a match game of base ball. When the Bay Citys arrived they were taken aback to see some locals playing a cricket match near the...
August 2009
3 posts
Current Match Results for 2009
May
May 16th Bay City 6, Mt. Clemens 0
May 30th Akron 12, Bay City 8
La-de-dahs 28, Bay City 25
June
June 6th Silas K. Pierce Cup Champions!
Bay City 8, Royal Oak 2
Bay City 7, Kents 4
Bay City 3, Dutchers 2
June 20th Rochester Hills...
Bay City hosts Mt. Clemens
Bay City hosts Mt. Clemens
August 22nd 2009
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI
Bay City 28, Mt. Clemens 6
An early fall chill was in the air, and dark clouds in the sky gave a hint that summer was coming to an end. This was the backdrop for the final match of base ball to be played at Carroll Park this season. The Bay City lads were hosting the Regular Base Ball Club of Mt. Clemens, Michigan on this...
Bound for Glory
Bay City hosts Midland
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Carroll Park, Bay City, Michigan
Bound for Glory!
Bay City 16, Midland 6
This Saturday past saw the Bay City nine welcome in their neighbors to the west, the Mighty River Hogs of Midland County, to play a match game of ball. The River Hogs requested that the match be played by the old “bound” rule, which was done away with in the rules of 1865. ...
July 2009
2 posts
A Deluge of Aces!!
Bay City hosts Rochester Hills
Sunday, July 26th
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI
Bay City 19, Rochester Hills 11
A Deluge of Aces!
The afternoon was filled with sunshine, and Carroll Park in Bay City was teeming with cranks of every size when the scheduled time for the match to be played that day, between the Independents of Bay City and the Grangers of Rochester Hills, came to pass. This match would...
Return of the Top Hat!
Bay City hosts Kent B.B.C.
July 12, 2009
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI
Bay City 12, Kent 14
The Return of the Top Hat
It was a beautiful, blue sky day in the city by the bay, as the Independents welcomed a familiar group into town, The Kent B.B.C. of Grand Rapids, MI. This would mark the tenth matched played by the Bay Citys against the Kents, and the Independents were happy to see many faces...
May 2009
2 posts
Black Stockings Rising!
Bay City hosts Akron
Carroll Park, Bay City, MI
May 30th, 2009
Black Stockings Rising
Akron 12, Bay City 8
The Bay City nine rose near dawn to ready the greenery of Carroll Park for yet another season of home matches played in our scenic little town. This home opener would be unlike any other in the five year history of the Independents, as they would play host to two clubs on this day, the...
A Silly Sausage-uation!
Bay City vs. Mt. Clemens
Howell History Days
May 17, 2009
A Silly Sausage-uation!
Bay City 5, Mt. Clemens 0
Beautiful weather in the humble burgh of Howell, Michigan accompanied the advent of yet another Independents base ball season. The striped hosed gentlemen would be accompanied on the lawn by the Regular Base Ball Club of Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
As has become the custom in these...
February 2009
1 post
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