"HOUSE OF DAVID ECHOES" BASE BALL TEAM
A vintage base ball team that will play historic base ball games from the pre-Civil War era (1858 rules).

 In 2007, the House of David Echoes
Won 4, Lost 15*, & Posted 3 Ties!

(*) But we're practicing this year!

House of David Echoes 2008 Base Ball Schedule
All home matches will be played on Eastman Field, Mary's City of David.  All dates are single matches unless scheduled as double-headers.  PLEASE refer back to this page for up-dates, changes in time and schedules.  ALL HOME matches will begin at 1:00PM, Michigan time unless otherwise noted.

Information: M-F, 1-5PM (269) 925-1601

The House of David Echoes Base Ball Club had a 2001 premiere season with a perfect record of no wins and 8 losses. Practicing every Friday evening from April through the season ending; "practice makes perfect" as was demonstrated by the results of first year.

The ball club continues to practice every Friday evening through the first Friday in October.

All home matches will begin at 1:00PM unless prior notice is listed on this page and published in the local newspaper. Admission is $3.00 for all over 10 years of age. DONATIONS are gladly received to help in field maintenance costs, Thank you for your support.

Refreshments and a light selection of concession items will be available. In keeping with "historically correct", it is a bring your own seating. There are a number of olde timey stump and plank-bench seats, which is for the younger crowd.

CANCELLATIONS and ADDITIONS may yet appear on this listing, please keep a look out periodically. There are no advanced ticket sales. All admissions are paid at the gate upon entry.

Prior to attending any games, interested parties might double check this web page or call (269) 925-1601 for particulars of each game: starting times or, if necessary, rescheduling.  We do not anticipate any schedule changes; as all teams have confirmed their participation, however, any last minute changes will be posted on this page. Thank you ... see you at the ball game.

Playing on the Harry and Elizabeth Eastman Field at Mary's City of David ... The Eastman field is an historic athletic site going back into the 1890s, in fact Benton Harbor High School football and baseball teams used this field for practice and games in their Sensational 1903 State Championship Season. After the Eastman Springs Company sold the property to the Pugh family in 1920, the field remained open and mowed but relatively unused as an athletic field. The City of David purchased all 54 acres of the original Eastman Springs properties in 1945, and would begin again to clear and use the field for local sporting events  with children's leagues. From the end of the 1950s through 1999, the field lot remained unused and became over grown with 40 years of brush and trees. In the Spring of 2000 it was decided by Mary's City of David to clear the property for again, another athletic field, at the request of the Berrien County Historical Association, looking for a home field for its vintage base ball team.

Not only was a base ball playing field re-created, but the colony decided to also field a team using a name suggested by one of the colony sisters: The House of David Echoes.

Please refer back to this page for more up-dates and further scheduling of base ball games and family fun at Mary's City of David, in conjunction with its Museum and Tours.

Admission to ball games is $3.00 for 10 and older.