OT-Ross Barnes Memorial Dedication

[Leon]

Very cool, Gary. It is certainly appropriate here and is a wonderful thing. Happy collecting...

[mr2686]

Great post Gary. Honestly I had never heard of Ross Barnes, but love to look up stats after posts like this and also read some history on the player. Good stuff.

[ejharrington]

I saw the pictures on Facebook. That's a very nice monument. RB for the Hall!

[barrysloate]

Well done Gary. Gary and I were discussing the uniforms, and I said they very much resembled the ones worn by the Live Oaks of Rochester, who appear on the cover of the 1860 Live Oak Polka sheet music. Sure enough, that is in fact the models that were used by the person who designed the ones for this game.

Great that you are keeping Ross Barnes name in the public eye. That is probably the first step towards getting him elected to the HOF. I think his inclusion is long overdue. His career matches up or surpasses other 19th century players who are already in.

[ramram]

Great stuff Gary. More pics of the game if you have them.

Did you go full 1860's? Front foot pointed towards the pitcher, hands separated, 48" bat?

Rob M

[GaryPassamonte]

I've tried to post more pictures, but most won't upload. They must be too large.
We played with a pitcher's box 45' from the striker's line x 49' from the striker's line making it 6'x4'. Each batter was required to straddle the striker's line. You couldn't over run first base and foul balls could be caught on one bounce and be an out. Of course, the fair foul hit was used. This was Barnes' signature advantage. I was told the rules we used were from 1868. That's me pitching.

[oldjudge]

Great job Gary! Barnes absolutely deserves inclusion in the HOF as one of the dominant players of his era.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Well done Gary. Gary and I were discussing the uniforms, and I said they very much resembled the ones worn by the Live Oaks of Rochester, who appear on the cover of the 1860 Live Oak Polka sheet music. Sure enough, that is in fact the models that were used by the person who designed the ones for this game.

Great that you are keeping Ross Barnes name in the public eye. That is probably the first step towards getting him elected to the HOF. I think his inclusion is long overdue. His career matches up or surpasses other 19th century players who are already in.

I bet there are some people in this world who wouldn't recognize the uniforms of the Live Oaks of Rochester as shown on the cover of 1860's Live Oak Polka when shown a photo of last weekend's game.

[GaryPassamonte]

Here's a photograph that better shows the Live Oak uniform. We locals had to mix in with the Live Oaks. That's why some don't look of the period. I do have a nice team shot, but it won't load.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I bet there are some people in this world who wouldn't recognize the uniforms of the Live Oaks of Rochester as shown on the cover of 1860's Live Oak Polka when shown a photo of last weekend's game.

But it might give them a reason to do a little research.

[tennisguy]

Congratulations Gary on a job well done! The memorial itself is absolutely beautiful. If you don't mind me asking, was there some type of fundraiser/banquet to help fund the purchase of the memorial?