Vintage baseball in Danvers: Fields like old times
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Rob 'Stumbles' Michaud (left), of the Essex Base Ball Club, signed autographs for Nathan Bradstreet (center) and Sean Fontaine (right). The Essex Ball Club was founded in 2002 by the Danvers Historical Society, and played its first game that July against the Pondfeilders. The two teams have played every year since.
Rob "Stumbles" Michaud (left), of the Essex Base Ball Club, signed autographs for Nathan Bradstreet (center) and Sean Fontaine (right).

The Essex Ball Club was founded in 2002 by the Danvers Historical Society, and played its first game that July against the Pondfeilders. The two teams have played every year since.
(Globe Staff Photo / David Kamerman)