2026 Oldtime Baseball Game set for August 20 in Cambridge

We’re back! We’re talking about vintage throwback baseball uniforms. We’re taking about top-notch local baseball talent. We’re talking about a trip back to the days when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of folks would head to a nearby ball field on a warm summer night to root for their local semipro team.

In other words, we’re talking about the 2026 Abbot Financial Management Oldtime Baseball Game, which will be held on Thursday, August 20 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Field on Sherman Street in North Cambridge.

We have again partnered with The Boston Home, a non-profit residence and national resource for adults with advanced neurological disorders, primarily multiple sclerosis. As always, admission to the game is free. Anyone wishing to make a donation to The Boston Home — either by purchasing an ad in our game program, “sponsoring” one of our players or just sending along a couple of bucks — CAN DO SO HERE.

The Oldtime Baseball Game features college and high school players from throughout Greater Boston and beyond, all of them decked out in our dazzling collection of throwback uniforms. Used just once a year, the uniforms represent such long-ago teams as the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Athletics. Negro Leagues uniforms include the Kansas City Monarchs, Detroit Stars and Cleveland Buckeyes. Teams from the 20th century minor leagues include the Hollywood Stars, Wichita Falls Spudders and Roswell Rockets.

Fans are asked to bring a beach blanket or chair and camp out along the foul lines, as it is the crowd that makes the atmosphere so electric. Fans can look forward to enjoying a Wahlburger at the game as Dorchester native Paul Wahlberg and his team of A&E TV series fame provide the concessions.

Stay tuned for updates on who’ll be appearing in this year’s game.