The George Donnelly Sunset League plays its games at Cardines Field

Cardines Field

Cardines Field, "a small urban gem of a ballpark" is a baseball stadium located at 20 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. It is believed to be one of the oldest ballparks in the United States. The field serves as a buffer between the residential and commercial sections of an older part...

 in Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...

. Play began in 1919 when the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad gave permission to a group of its employees to establish the Sunset League. The Sunset League is so named because games begin at 5:30 P.M. and end at dusk. Still playing games today, the Sunset League is the oldest continuous amateur baseball league in the United States.

External links

• Preservation Online: Story of the Week Field of Dreams

The Sunset League lives on as the oldest amateur baseball league in the United States of America (1919). There are now five teams playing a 26 game schedule, plus playoffs.
This year (2010), the Sunset League has formed a partnership with the Rhode Island Amateur League to have interleague play, along with an All-Star game and a final series between the two league champions.

Teams:

Mudville Nine

R+R Legion

R+R Construction

Horan Builders

Towndock Mariners

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