10/05/2025
Catching up on the end of the season photos with a speed run post...
July and August were the busiest months of our season. On July 19th, we went to Lansing to take part in their tournament, where we faced the host club and the Wahoo Base Ball Club of Royal Oak. It was a fun day of baseball, with great plays made on both sides of the ball. At the end, we didn't find ourselves in the championship game, ending the day with a record of 0-1-1. The tournament was very well done by Lansing and we hope to be back again in the future.
On July 27th, we had our final home game of the season and our first match ever against the Welcome Campbell No. 27 base ball club. We welcomed them to our field in Ann Arbor at Northside Park for a fun game of bound rule base ball. This was the first season for the group from the Welcome Campbell, but they played like seasoned vets. It was a back and forth game on a hot day in Ann Arbor. The large group of neighbors that came out to watch got to see the visiting club get the victory and walk away with the game ball. We are sure we will see plenty more of this group in the future!
On August 10, we made the trip to Hamtramck to play at Historic Hamtramck Stadium, a game that we had been looking forward to for some time. It was turned into a 3 club round robin game, also including the Canal Fulton Mules. This was probably the best game that your union men played all year and after the 3 hour time limit was called, we walked away with the victory. It was such an honor to play on a field with true historic significance.
We ended our 2025 season with a trip to Greenfield Village on August 23rd. This is always a favorite game of ours every year getting to play in front of so many spectators. It was probably one of the nicer days we had all year. As expected, the lah-de-dahs played high level defense while crushing the ball all around the field. While the union men were able to make some good plays on defense, we just couldn't keep up with the host club. We were only able to muster one run, but it was a fun end to our season.
You can always find more pictures of our matches on our website at unionbbc.com/2025