Interested In Scheduling or Playing for Dirigo?

DIRIGO WANTS YOU!

The Dirigo Base Ball Club of Maine is looking for enthusiastic and dedicated athletes to try our sport. Qualifications include:

  • 18 years or older if no parent participating
  • Some background in baseball or other athletic endevours
  • A positive attitude
  • A committment to public service

Please use the following email address to ask any questions you may have:

Jacob Newcomb

President
Dirigo Base Ball Club

Scheduling Information

The Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club would love to set up a game for your organization, historical society, or event.  Please e-mail Jake at the address above to set it up.

Scheduling Note

The club does ask that you schedule events well in advance of the dates in mind.  Our schedule is mostly filled up for the next season by December of the current year.

Outreach

Members of the Dirigo Base Ball Club have done seminars on the history of base ball, demonstrations of the various forms of early base ball, and have worked with school groups on the history of base ball.  If you are interested in this, please contact Jake at the link above.

History of base ball seminars have been offered at the following:

  • Portland Museum of Art
  • Mid-Coast Sports Hall of Fame
  • Hall-Dale High School
  • University of Maine at Farmington
  • Good Shepard Lutheran Church

Base ball and townball demonstrations have been offered at:

  • The Boothbay Railway Village
  • Camp Hinds Boy Scout Camp
  • Willowbrook Farm
  • Mid-Coast Sports Hall of Fame
  • New Gloucester Fair
  • Cornish Fairgrounds and Trotting Park
  • Senior Little League World Series
  • Pettengill Farm in Freeport, ME
  • Medomak Valley High School