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Welcome to the Local Origins Project. We are involved in collaborative collecting [[Pre-pro Baseball]] Clubs and Games in local areas. We invite you to join in by researching a local area of interest to you.
In February 2014 Protoball launched a new activity on the local origins of base ball.  About a dozen local research groups, listed below, are working to fill in data in the "Pre-Pro" data base at [[http://protoball.org/Pre-pro_Baseball]] reflecting the first clubs and first game in their state or region.  Welcome to the Local Origins Project. We are involved in collaborative collecting [[Pre-pro Baseball]] Clubs and Games in local areas. We invite you to join in by researching a local town, county, or state that is of interest to you.


== How to Join ==
== How to Join ==


Contact Larry McCray {{#show:Larry McCray|?Email}}. He will welcome you on the project and help you get started. Here is a list of [[Local-Origins Resources]]
Contact Larry McCray {{#show:Larry McCray|?Email}}. He will welcome you on the project and help you get started. Here is a list of [[Local-Origins Resources]]
== Search Guides for new researchers ==


== Study Groups ==
== Study Groups ==

Revision as of 10:33, 11 March 2014

In February 2014 Protoball launched a new activity on the local origins of base ball. About a dozen local research groups, listed below, are working to fill in data in the "Pre-Pro" data base at [[1]] reflecting the first clubs and first game in their state or region. Welcome to the Local Origins Project. We are involved in collaborative collecting Pre-pro Baseball Clubs and Games in local areas. We invite you to join in by researching a local town, county, or state that is of interest to you.

How to Join

Contact Larry McCray . He will welcome you on the project and help you get started. Here is a list of Local-Origins Resources

Search Guides for new researchers

Study Groups

Arkbaseball.com Website (tentative participant)

Boston Chapter of SABR

  • Main Contact: Joanne Hulbert, Dixie Tourangeau, Larry McCray
  • Continuity Editor: Larry McCray, Brian Sheehy
  • Special Interest: The Massachusetts Game, The conversion to the New York Game

Bronx Project

Essex Base Ball Club

Halsey Hall SABR Chapter (Minnesota)

  • Main Contact: Rich Arpi
  • Regional Focus: Minnesota and the Dakotas
  • Special Interest: MN Base Ball Through the 19th Century

Illinois Project

Maryland Project

  • Main Contact: Marty Payne
  • Continuity Editor: Marty Payne
  • Regional Focus: Maryland (emphasis on the Eastern Shore)

Missouri Project

New Jersey Project

  • Main Contact: John Zinn
  • Continuity Editor: John Zinn
  • Regional Focus: The State of New Jersey

Pacific Northwest Chapter of SABR

Rochester Baseball Historical Society

SABR Chapter of Rhode Island (tentative participant)

  • Main Contact: Rick Harris
  • Continuity Editor: Rick Harris
  • Regional Focus: Rhode Island

SABR Field of Dreams Chapter (tentative participant)

  • Main Contact: Tim Rask
  • Continuity Editor: Jophn Liepa
  • Regional Focus: Iowa

Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball


Project Members