Boston Beaneaters make their first visit

The Grays will host the new Boston Beaneaters club on Saturday June 16 at Mello Field, located on Route 114 in East Providence, just north of Route 44. The doubleheader will begin at approximately 11:30 a.m.

The Beaneaters are a new team, but composed largely of vintage base ball veterans. Essentially, as we understand, they are players from 1860s-era teams who enjoy playing overhand ball on the side. As described at http://essexbaseball.wordpress.com/page/3/:

"The Essex Base Ball Organization will have a new team in 2007, the Boston Beaneaters. The Beaneaters, a team modeled after the National League team that played in the late 1880’s, will be made up of members of the Essex Nine and Waterbury Connors. The team will play exclusively overhand rules and will participate in several tournaments in 2007. The team hopes that the skillful pitching in 2006 of Chris ‘The Monkey” Sheehy and Jim “Crazy Legs” Wigren will carry over to 2007. "

This seems to be a similar conglomeration to the one which crushed the Grays last year under the Waterbury name. The Beaneaters also recently beat the dreaded Hartford Senators by a decisive score.