1887 Olde Time Baseball September 2, 2006

The Village sponsors two vintage baseball leagues: 1864 Rules and 1887 Rules. Each features teams recreated from actual baseball clubs that played on Long Island. The 1887 league consists of the Glenhead Zig Zags, Hicksville Ozones, Bellmore Seminoles, and the Seacliff Idlewilds. In addition to the eight 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.