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Stay safe in the heat: Drink plenty of water, spend time in the shade, and visit the first aid station at Soissons Landing if you feel unwell. Click here for important warm weather visitor information.

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Ball­fields, Babe Ruth, and the World Cup!

Jun 12, 2014 1:43 pm
Base­ball sea­son is in full swing on Gov­er­nors Island. On the week­end, the vin­tage base­ball play­ers take over the Parade Ground wear­ing full length sleeves, crack­ing wood­en bats, and catch­ing pop flies bare­hand­ed. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7670” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]bball 1 Girls from The Down­town Lit­tle League play ball on Gov­er­nors Island. Image cour­tesy of The Trust[/caption] League play is also under­way on the Island. This week, the girls of The Down­town Lit­tle League came out to the Play Lawn for six innings under the beau­ti­ful blue sky. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7671” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]girls little league Coach giv­ing sage advice to the team. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption] It is lit­tle won­der that base­ball thrives on Gov­er­nors Island. We recent­ly learned that the great Bam­bi­no trod on Gov­er­nors Island 87 years ago. The Sul­tan of Swat came to the Island to raise moral for those sta­tioned on the Island and to teach the art of hit­ting home runs to sev­er­al of the the army school chil­dren. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7672” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]Babe Ruth visits Governors Island. Image by BSmile. Babe Ruth vis­its Gov­er­nors Island. Image by BSmile.[/​caption] If you are inter­est­ed in apply­ing for a sports field per­mit, there is still avail­abil­i­ty for this sum­mer. The ball­fields are sized for Lit­tle League base­ball or adult soft­ball. The out­fields of these fields can also be used for soc­cer or oth­er field sports. Fields are open when the Island is open to the pub­lic. You can learn more and apply for a per­mit here. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7674” align=“aligncenter” width=“275”]2014 World Cup Ball. 2014 World Cup Ball.[/caption] If you are more inter­est­ed in watch­ing sports, you are also in luck. Spon­ta­neous Inter­ven­tions and The Gov­er­nors Beach Club will be joint­ly screen­ing the World Cup on Gov­er­nors Island! Dur­ing the week, watch the games at the Gov­er­nors Beach Club (next to Sois­sons Land­ing). On the week­end, games will be screened near the Spon­ta­neous Inter­ven­tion house, Build­ing 403 (on Colonels Row). See full sched­ule here. 
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