Old Timers Baseball Celebration - Welcome

OLD TIMERS, LITERALLY, CELEBRATE BASEBALL

1940s and 50s Minor League Veterans Gather July 20 – July 22

The boys of summer are returning to Peekskill to celebrate minor league baseball in the Hudson Valley.

Beginning on July 20, the three-day event will bring together veteran players of the Peekskill Highlanders, other area teams of the former Class D North Atlantic League and past members from the New York Yankees organization.

League teams, spread across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, included the Kingston Colonials, the Hummingbirds (both from Newburgh and Walden), and the Nyack Rocklands. Returning World War II veterans swelled the rosters from 1946 until televised Major League baseball games kept fans home in the early 50s.

Friday’s free afternoon activity kicks off when Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster welcomes the players, now in their 80s, to the Peekskill Museum