Major League Baseball: a rite of spring, a superstar showplace, a hotbed of public opinion, and a link to our nation’s past. Learn about the Garden State’s colorful role in its development. Join author and historian John Zinn for “Baseball History: Early New Jersey Baseball, 1855 to 1880” at the Ocean County Library Plumsted Branch, 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 29.
The discussion will shed light on the earliest days of our national pastime and the people who shaped “base-ball.” John will set the record straight on some popular myths that have grown through the centuries and illustrate the game’s evolution by describing the way it was played just before the Civil War.
John Zinn is an independent historian with a passion for baseball. He chairs the New Jersey Historical Society’s Board of Directors, writes a baseball history blog, The Manly Pastime, and is the author of five books, including several about the Brooklyn Dodgers and The Mutinous Regiment: The Thirty-third New Jersey in the Civil War, available at the Ocean County Library.
Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclPlZinn to attend this free program. For more information, stop by the OCL Plumsted Branch, 119 Evergreen Road, New Egypt, or call (609) 758-7888. See the full schedule of Library programs in the online Calendar of Events
