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The Essex Base Ball Club was founded in 2002 by the Danvers Historical Society. We take our name from an actual club playing base ball in Danvers in 1859. The Essex Base Ball Club played its inaugural match on July 1, 2002 vs. the Melrose Pondfielders before 1,000 cranks assembled around an open field in Endicott Park, Danvers, MA. Since then, the EBBC has traveled throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut playing & promoting vintage base ball. In 2004, the EBBC joined the New England Vintage Base Ball League, and in it's inaugural season in the NEVBBL, finished second with a 9-7 record. Due to a large increase in numbers we have expanded and now have a second team called the Lynn Live Oaks. Both the EBBC & the Live Oaks will be playing throughout New England in the upcoming seasons. In 2007 in response to the growing number of 1886 teams in New England members of the Essex Nine formed the Boston Beaneaters to play overhand games. ContactBrian Sheehy |