Watch Middlesex County's Vintage Baseball Team

PISCATAWAY, NJ — Calling all sports fans and history buffs! Invite your friends and family to experience a live vintage baseball game using rules, uniforms, customs and equipment dating back to the 1850s.

The Middlesex County Office of Arts and History is proud to announce that this spring will mark the inaugural season for Middlesex County's new vintage-style baseball team, the Liberty Base Ball Club. The team’s home games will be played at Liberty Field at East Jersey Old Town Village, located at 1050 River Rd., Piscataway. Admission to all games is free.

“This club carries on the tradition of the original Liberty BBC, organized in 1857 in New Brunswick,” said Freeholder Kenneth Armwood, chair of the County’s Business Development and Education Committee. “The club was disbanded during the Civil War, but reorganized following the war’s end and played until 1870.”

Spectators should bring their own lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

All dates are double-headers unless noted:

Saturday, April 7 at 12 p.m.

• Mutual BBC vs. Liberty BBC

Saturday, April 21 at 12 p.m.

• Elizabeth Resolutes vs. Liberty BBC

Away Game: Saturday, May 5 at 12 p.m.

• Nomahegan Park, Cranford, NJ (single)

Liberty BBC vs. Elizabeth Resolutes

Saturday, May 12 at 12 p.m.

• Hoboken Nine BBC vs. Liberty BBC

Sunday, May 20 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

• Middlesex County History Day

Elizabeth Resolutes vs. Liberty BBC

Sunday, June 10 at 11 a.m.

• Providence Grays BBC vs. Liberty BBC

Saturday, June 16 at 12 p.m.

• Father's Day Vintage Baseball Game (single)

Neshanock BBC vs. Liberty BBC

Away Game: Saturday, June 23 at 11 a.m.

• Rahway River Park, Rahway, NJ

Liberty BBC vs. Elizabeth Resolutes

Away Game: Saturday, June 30

• Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY

Liberty BBC vs. Atlantic BBC

Saturday, July 14 at 12 p.m.

• Monmouth Furnace BBC vs. Liberty BBC

Saturday, July 28 at 12 p.m.

• Brandywine BBC vs. Liberty BBC

Away Game: Saturday, August 4

• Doc Adams Old Time Baseball Festival

Old Bethpage Village Restoration, NY

Liberty BBC vs. TBD

Away Game: Saturday, August 11

• East Goshen Park, West Chester, PA

Liberty BBC vs. Brandywine BBC

Saturday, August 25 at 12 p.m.

• Elizabeth Resolutes vs. Liberty BBC

Away Game: Saturday, September 15

Location TBD

• Liberty BBC vs. Monmouth Furnace

Away Game: Sunday, September 23

• Calvert Regional Park, North East, MD

Liberty BBC vs. Rising Sun

Funding for the Liberty Base Ball Club is provided in part by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.