{"id":24649,"date":"2019-06-01T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-historical-society-to-host-historic-baseball-game-june-29\/"},"modified":"2019-06-01T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:48:00","slug":"summit-historical-society-looking-for-players-for-historic-baseball-game-june-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/summit-historical-society-looking-for-players-for-historic-baseball-game-june-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Historical Society looking for players for historic baseball game June 29"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Dillon baseball team circa 1910s.<\/strong>
Courtesy Sandra Mather Archive<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s last call for any locals interested in donning their stirups and playing in the Summit Historical Society\u2019s first-ever Vintage Baseball Game later this month.<\/p>\n

The game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 29 and will begin at \u201chigh noon\u201d at the Frisco Adventure Park Baseball Field. The game will be played using 1864 baseball rules and vintage uniforms. The event is free to attend, though there is limited bleacher seating for Summit Historical Society members.<\/p>\n

The deadline for any interested players has been extended from Friday to this Tuesday. Players must be 18 or older to play and the cost is $50 per player, covering a Summit Historical Society baseball cap and use of a vintage uniform for the game. The game is advertised as pitting the Summit Historical Society team versus the Star Baseball Club of the Colorado Territory. The event benefits the historical society.<\/p>\n

Players will be required to attend at least four practices in June, dates and times announced after the formation of the team. Players are also asked to attend pre-event activities, such as \u201cMeet The Players\u201d at Angry James Brewery the evening before the game, June 28 at 6 p.m. Players are also encouraged to attend a post-game event at Highside Brewing after the game concludes on June 29.<\/p>\n

For more information on playing, contact Mellanee@summithistorical.org<\/a> or text Chevy at (970) 977-0290.<\/p>\n

To become a member of the historical society or for more information, visit SummitHistorical.org or call (970) 468-2207.<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dillon baseball team circa 1910s.Courtesy Sandra Mather Archive It\u2019s last call for any locals interested in donning their stirups and playing in the Summit Historical Society\u2019s first-ever Vintage Baseball Game later this month. The game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 29 and will begin at \u201chigh noon\u201d at the Frisco Adventure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 09:51:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}