Baseball in the Berkshires Exhibit Highlights Black, Women’s Teams / iBerkshires.com

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Baseball in the Berkshires museum this week opens an exhibit focusing on the history of Black baseball and women’s baseball teams in Berkshire County.

 

“Not Your Ordinary Teams: The Unknown Story of Baseball in the Berkshires” opens on Friday, April 19, at the Old Town Hall, 9 Main St.

 

There will be an exhibit preview on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

 

On Friday, the opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. will feature a lecture at 6:30.

 

Larry Moore, the director of Baseball in the Berkshires: A County’s Common Bond, will moderate a discussion with guests Bryan House, a former Pittsfield Cub, and Joe Bateman, a former Minor Leaguer.

 

Not Your Ordinary Teams will be open on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. with a special presentation, “Innovation in Baseball – What’s New?.”

 

On Sunday, the exhibit again will be open from noon to 4 with a program titled “Tools of the Trade – the History of Baseball Equipment.”

 

Not Your Ordinary Teams is a joint project of the Baseball in the Berkshires museum and the West Stockbridge Historical Society.