Old Time Baseball

One of the Long Island Fair's most popular attractions is our old time baseball league. During the year, Old Bethpage Village sponsors two vintage baseball leagues: 1867 Rules and 1887 Rules. Each features teams recreated from actual baseball clubs that played on Long Island.

The Fair marks the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs. Playoff games are scheduled throughout the weekend days, culminating in championship mathch-ups with games on the final Sunday and Monday of the Fair.

In all, there are ten teams in the program. The 1867 league is made up of the Knickerbocker BBC, Mineola Washingtons, Hempstead Eurekas, and Brooklyn Excelsiors. The 1887 league consists of the Glenhead Zig Zags, Hicksville Ozones, Westbury BBC, Bellmore Seminoles, and the Seacliff Idlewilds. In addition to the nine regular season teams, the league has its own traveling squad, the New York Mutuals, who represent Old Bethpage at various tournaments and whenever other traveling clubs come to town.

The games are competitive, and are played in recreated period uniforms, with period equipment, in the historic setting of the Village Restoration.

For more information on the league schedule, to see our baseball photo gallery, or to fill out an entry form to join the fun, check out the offical Old Time Baseball section ofoldbethpage.