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	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		Hartford was a charter member of the National Baseball League in 1876 with Morgan G. Bulkeley (1837-1922) as head of the new sport.
		In recent years, with the Hartford Whalers and the New Haven Nighthawks hockey teams, the jai alai players at the state's three frontons, and the opening of modern indoor areas such as the Hartford Civic Center (1975) and New Haven Coliseum (1972), the state has added its claim to professional major and minor league sports.
		At the same time, the average fan may be as interested in his or her local high school, softball team, or midweek soccer contest, not to forget the ever-present lure of the outdoors.
	www.ctheritage.org /encyclopedia/topicalsurveys/sports.htm (1996 words)

	Hog River Journal - Dark Blues
		Hartford came to know Bob Ferguson in 1875 when he signed a contract to manage and play third base for the city’s entry in the National Association (1871-1875), America’s first professional baseball league.
		The Dark Blues, whose uniform stockings were just that, finished next to last in their first professional season.
		The Dark Blues debuted in the National League on April 27 in Brooklyn against the New York Mutuals.
	www.hogriver.org /issues/v01n03/dark_blues.htm (3284 words)

	Joe Start - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When the National League was formed in 1876, the Mutuals joined, bringing Start with them.
		After spending 1877 with the Hartford Dark Blues and 1878 with the Chicago White Stockings, he found his next home with the Providence Grays.
		From 1879 until 1885, when he was 42, Start held down first base for the Grays and continued to hit well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Start (498 words)

	Hartford Dark Blues -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Hartford Dark Blues were a (additional info and facts about 19th century) 19th century (A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run) baseball team.
		The team was based in (additional info and facts about Hartford, Connecticut) Hartford, Connecticut.
		The team left Hartford and moved to (additional info and facts about Brooklyn, New York) Brooklyn, New York for the 1877 season to become the Brooklyn Hartfords.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hartford_dark_blues.htm (136 words)

	East Bay Newspapers • (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Bristol Blues maintained their undefeated New England Vintage Base Ball League record when they took both games of a doubleheader from the host Hartford Dark Blues recently.
		Game two remained a close contest throughout until the Blues scored seven runs in their last two at bats to earn an 11-5 triumph.
		With the Blues clinging to a narrow lead and with runners perched at second and third, the Hartford striker hit the ball on a line over Walton's head in left field.
	www.eastbayri.com /print/286620888387911.php (397 words)

	The Bulkeley Bridge
		It's the oldest river crossing in the Hartford area, and is preceded by an older bridge that burned down in 1895.
		But that's not all: Bulkeley was also president of the Hartford Dark Blues, the city's major league baseball team, in 1874 and 1875.
		The first substantial bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford was the Hartford Toll Bridge, a two-lane covered bridge that opened in 1818.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/ct/br-bulkeley.html (820 words)

	Hartford Advocate: The Path of the Hog River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sight unseen, one really does have to admire the quarterly's gumption (others might call it naivete) to aim to be nothing less than "Hartford and the Region's Magazine of History, Culture, & the Arts." And yet, if the proof is in the pudding, then the journal staff has dished out a feast of esoteric delights.
		One, by the journal's photo editor, Albert, who is also project photographer since 1992 at Trinity College's Hartford Studies Project, is a sobering and profusely illustrated account of "A Tale of Two Cities: The Rise & Fall of Public Housing," focusing on Middletown and Hartford.
		The third issue of the journal will be out in late April, built around a theme of "pastimes." It will include a lengthy article about the Hartford Dark Blues, the city's National League baseball team (for just one season, 1876), adapted from a book about the city's 19th-century baseball mania.
	hartfordadvocate.com /gbase/Lifestyle/content.html?oid=oid:13415 (587 words)

	1877 Hartford Dark Blues Roster by Baseball Almanac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive team roster for the 1877 Hartford Dark Blues with biographical data for every player who appeared in a game during the 1877 season.
		This Hartford Dark Blues roster places each name in the category where the most number of games were played by each player during the 1877 season.
		The Hartford Dark Blues played their home games at Union Grounds where 22,000 fans witnessed their club finish the season with a.534 winning percentage.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /teamstats/roster.php?y=1877&t=HAR (247 words)

	Hartford Ball Club Grounds
		The Dark Blues were one of the charter members of the National League in 1876 but due to poor attendance they packed up and moved to Brooklyn to become the Brooklyn Hartfords in 1877.
		When Morgan Bulkeley became president of the Dark Blues in 1875 he was intent on going first class all the way.
		Underneath the pavilion were "two roomy club rooms, one for use by Hartford club, and the other for visiting club." These were entered by use of doors at either end of the pavilion.
	www.projectballpark.org /history/nl/hartford.html (626 words)

	The Night That The Lights Went On In Hartford
		After the National League Hartford Dark Blues left for Brooklyn in the spring of 1877, Hartford was without professional baseball for a decade.
		Hartford Courant sums up the Nutmeggers: “It is evident that the members of the Hartford Ball Club need team practice.
		The next evening’s Hartford Evening Post reported that, due to the large attendance (estimated at about 3,000) all players were paid their full salaries up to date.
	www.netshrine.com /daly.html (2246 words)

	Hartford's Neighborhoods \| Sheldon/Charter Oak
		The Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood is significant to Hartford's history as it was the site of the original colonial settlement in 1623 as a Dutch trading post.
		Colt's death, the 140-acre tract of land adjacent to Armsmear, the Colt estate, was given to the city of Hartford as Colt Park which, today, provides public recreational facilities.
		Both Samuel Colt and George Capewell are interned at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
	hartford.omaxfield.com /sheldonco.html (516 words)

	2005 Vintage Base Ball Association Club Members
		The modern Dark Blues were formed by Ken "Sweet Cakes" Weaver in 1999, and have continually added new members and enthusiasts of baseball to its ranks.
		The Dark Blues are a member of the 7 team New England Vintage Base Ball League (NEVBBL), which adheres to 1861 rules.
		The Hartford Dark Blues were a founding member of the National League and played in Hartford from 1874-1876 before moving to Brooklyn, NY, for their final season, 1877.
	www.vbba.org /members/darkblues.html (221 words)

	village voice > news > Uni Watch by Paul Lukas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Even the placement of the C is a rather freestyle affair—Larkin's appears on the front of his jersey, while the Cubs wear theirs on the right sleeve of their home and road unis and on the left sleeve of their blue alternate jerseys.
		None of which compares to Bob Ferguson of the 1876 Hartford Dark Blues, who wore a special white belt imprinted with the words "I AM CAPTAIN." Uni Watch is sorely pained to report that no photos of this accessory appear to exist.
		The Cubs notwithstanding, baseball captains appear to be an endangered species, since today's players rarely stay with a team long enough to amass the respect and stature traditionally associated with the role.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0026,lukas,16019,3.html (391 words)

	Lip Pike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Baltimore went bankrupt after the season, so Pike headed off to captain the Hartford Dark Blues for the 1874 season.
		The Dark Blues were a poor team, and only finished seventh, but Pike had another fine season, slugging.574 to lead the league, and coming in second with an on base percentage of.368.
		Pike abandoned the weak Hartford team after a single season, switching to the St.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Lip-Pike.htm (1161 words)

	Elysian Fields Quarterly - The Baseball Review
		In young Barlow, the Dark Blues knew they were getting a hitter noted more for his short hits than long ones.
		I was catcher for the Hartfords, and Fisher was pitching.
		In writing the history of the Hartford Dark Blues, I envisioned a poignant story being woven from Barlow's moving account supported by details from the pages of Hartford's three daily newspapers.
	www.efqreview.com /NewFiles/v21n1/onhistoricalground.html (1017 words)

	The Pinstripe Press
		Unfortunately, darkness came before someone could score and the game was called at a 0-0 tie.
		Several years later, it underwent a complete reform by President Theodore Roosevelt who held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
		The National League of Professional Baseball was formed with an 8-team circuit consisting of the Boston Red Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Cincinnati Red Legs, Hartford Dark Blues, Louisville Grays, Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Mutuals and St. Louis Browns.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/pinstripepress/MLBTimeline18.htm (5627 words)

	Managers of the Hartford Dark Blues (1876 - 1877) by Baseball Almanac
		This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Hartford Dark Blues organization.
		Hartford Dark Blues were a National Association team (1874 - 1875) before they became charter members of the National League in 1876.
		The Dark Blues played their home games at the Hartford Baseball Grounds, a 2,000-seat stadium at the corner of Wyllys Street and Hendricxsen Avenue in the city's industrial south end, across the street from the Church of the Good Shepherd and only a few blocks from the Colt Factory...
	www.baseball-almanac.com /mgrtmhdb.shtml (213 words)

	1876 \| BaseballLibrary.com
		To win the support of 4 eastern clubs, Hulbert proposes that Morgan Bulkeley of the Hartford club be president and Nick Young of Washington be secretary.
		Dick Higham of the Hartford Dark Blues hits into the first NL triple play against New York.
		It is not quite good enough for 2nd place, as St. Louis finishes 45-19, with all of the decisions being credited to the Brown Stockings' superb P George Bradley, who hurls a record 16 shutouts.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/chronology/1876Year.stm (1167 words)

	Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, he soon left Hartford to work as a salesman for his uncle at H.P. Morgan and Company in Brooklyn, New York and was later made a partner in this company.
		At that point he moved back to Hartford, where he organized and was president of the United States Bank.
		One of the lesser-know aspects about Bulkeley is that he was founder of the Hartford Dark Blues, one of the original teams of the National League of Base Ball Clubs, and in 1876 was elected as the first president of the League.
	www.cslib.org /gov/bulkeleym.htm (935 words)

	Bristol Blues Vintage Baseball - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		David “Rusty” Hayes grabbed a hold of a spot on the Blues roster from its inception and over his 5 years of playing time amassed an intimate knowledge of both the game and the Blues players.
		When the Bristol Blues take the ball-field this spring, they'll be under new leadership.
		We also found it odd that we three avid ball players no longer played the game we love on a regular basis: office softball was the only outlet, and for many reasons, an unsatisfactory one.
	www.bristolblues.org (222 words)

	Baseball History
		The Hartford Dark Blues joined the National Association in 1874 and later became a charter member of the National League.
		Their owner, Morgan Bulkely was the first president of the NL and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937 but, as that link points out, he was mainly a figurehead for William Hulbert.
		Despite the fact that Hartford hasn't had a team in quite some time it still celebrates the game's past with a Vintage Base Ball Tournament every summer, and even has a company that sells old style equipment for vintage ball players and teams.
	baseballhistory.blogspot.com /2003_09_01_baseballhistory_archive.html (4138 words)

	1876 to 1881 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Chicago White Stockings (Cubs), Boston Red Caps (Braves), St Louis Brown Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues, Louisville Grays, New York Mutuals, Philadelphia Athletics and the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
		His replacement was Lip Pike who managed the Troy Trojans and Hartford Dark Blues in the old National Association.
		Teams from the prior year that folded were the Hartford Dark Blues, Louisville Grays and the St Louis Brown Stockings.
	www.cincysports.net /1876to1881.htm (2986 words)

	Grace, Grit & Growling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The definitive book covering the charter member National League Hartford Dark Blues is available exclusively at the Vintage Base Ball Factory.
		The Dark Blues were a team of firsts from pitcher Candy Cummings "inventing" the curve ball, to Hartford's Morgan G. Bulkeley's appointment as first National League president, to the first doubleheader, no-hitter, triple play and the club's dubious honor as the first professional sports franchise to move to another city.
		The book includes personal tragedies and triumphs of the gritty Dark Blues players, information on the breakthrough architecture and design of the Hartford Base Ball Grounds and insight on the clubs and players that visited Hartford.
	www.vbbf.com /Darkbluesbook.html (213 words)

	The Worlds of Imagination: Baseball - Louisville Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In this simulation, the Louisville Grays finished first seven games ahead of the Hartford Dark Blues.
		Historically, the Grays finished second, seven games back, while the Dark Blues were third.
		Hartford 28 22.560 7 4-6 L1 16-8 12-1
	www3.sympatico.ca /stewart.brown/1877_season.html (178 words)

	Team Nicknames - Baseball Fever
		Thanks for the quick reply RuthMayBond but Washington is not it....as far as I know Washington only had two teams in the National League, the Statesmen from 1886-1889 and the Senators who came over from the American Association in 1892.
		The Washington Nationals were an old Union Association team in 1884 and I believe the Olympics and the Blue Legs were old American Association teams.
		They played as the Quakers their first 7 years in the NL and in 1944 and 1945 they played as the Blue Jays, but I couldnt find a story on why those two war years they dropped the Phillies nickname.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=26049 (1596 words)

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		The original teams are: Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Americans, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Athletics.
		Six of the inaugural teams are survivors from the (13 team) 1875 final season of the National Association.
		The American Association Cleveland Blues (1887-1888) change their name and join as Cleveland Spiders (1889-1899) 1890 - [This is the year of the Players League.] Chicago White Stockings change name to Chicago Colts (1890-1897).
	www.mekulius.com /Library/OBG/Teams.txt (5273 words)

	Tuttle SVC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Providence Grays won two games in a three team round-robin mini-tournament on a chilly, grey May Saturday, beating the Hartford Dark Blues in an underhand game (1870-ish rules?) and the New York Mutuals in an overhand, 1884 rules game.
		The Hartford club struck the ball with authority throughout the game and lead comfortably into the bottom of the eighth, when the Grays mounted our second successful late-inning rally of the young season.
		I played center field for the first half of the game and was kept busy.
	tuttlesvc.teacherhosting.com /blog/blosxom.cgi/2005/05/22 (287 words)

	SABR-BOS newsletter, 2000-11-10
		Boston was fourth in team payroll in 2000 (after the Yankees, Dodgers, and Mets) and also fourth, on average, in 1997-99 (after the Orioles, Yankees, and Braves).
		The Hartford Vintage Base Ball Invitational is scheduled for July 5, 6, 7, and 8 and is expected to attract about 20 vintage clubs from throughout the country.
		He touched on several of his fictional works: "Blue Eden" and "The Cleveland Indian", but he enthralled us with a poignant reading from his "The Answer is Baseball" on the heroic and tragic life of the noted former Red Sox ballplayer, Tony Conigliaro.
	world.std.com /~pgw/Boston/newsl.001110.html (2369 words)

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