Flemington catcher and official blog photographer, Mark "Gaslight" Granieri provides pictures and a summary of the Neshanocks' annual visit to Monroe, New Jersey.
Base Ball at Dey Farm
On
Saturday, the Neshanock played 2 contests at Dey Farm (pronounced “Die”) in
Monroe Township, NJ in an event sponsored by the Monroe Township Historic
Preservation Commission. Their opponent, as has been the case every year for
this event, was the Athletic BBC of Philadelphia. The Commission was proud to
display its newest structure, The Prospect Plains School (circa 1858), whose bell rang out many times during the base ball games. The contests were ably
officiated by Sam “It ain’t nothin’ ‘til I say” Bernstein.
Jack “Doc” Kitson
The Neshanock schooled the Athletics in the first contest by
a final tally of 23-8. Flemington hurlers, Danny “Batman” Shaw and Bob “Melky”
Ritter, took turns during the game which kept the Philadelphia strikers at bay.
Chris “Sideshow” Nunn led the way with 3 runs scored. The Athletics could not
find a weak spot in the Neshanock squad as 10 other strikers each had 2 runs
scored. Afterwards during the break, the
Commission made available water, watermelon slices and its famous basket of
cookies to players and fans alike.
Neshanock provide plenty
of Timber
Philadelphia looked for revenge in the second contest and kept
pace as they only trailed 5-3 after 5 innings. However Flemington scored 4 in
the bottom half of the 6th on its way to an 11-3 victory. Again
hurling duties were split between “Batman” and “Melky” with the addition of
Brad “Brooklyn” Shaw, as he did last weekend at the Navy Yard, taking the mound
in the last inning to close out the day. Ken “Tumbles” Mandel provided a team
high 3 runs scored with no other Neshanock tallying more than 1 run in the
contest.
Ken “Tumbles” Mandel
At the start of the second contest, the Athletic’s leadoff
striker, much to his chagrin, fell victim to one of the Neshanock’s trick
plays. As the Philly runner was on second base with intentions to steal third,
Flemington’s hurler, “Melky”, flipped the sphere to his shortstop instead of
coming home. The shortstop relayed the sphere to the third baseman who easily
tagged out the surprised Athletic. Also in each of the contests, the Neshanock
recruited an interested fan from the crowd to play in the game. These new
players, called “muffins”, contributed to the Neshanock’s wins and someday may
become regular 19th Century ballists. The Neshanock have 2 dates
remaining on this year’s calendar.
Prospect Plains School
No.2
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