Simsbury Taverneers: 7 - Hartford Senators: 12

Simsbury Taverneers: 19 - Waterbury Connors: 12

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In an exciting Simsbury home town double header the Simsbury Taverneers met with success at this, the  first home game for the 2005 season.

The team played a tight first game against the Hartford Senators losing by 5.  The game was filled with great hitting and fielding as the Taverneers started to get their "sea legs" with several new players learning the 1886 rules and playing their first overhand game.  The play was well executed including an excellent "hidden ball trick" out where the Taverneers got a Senator player out on third.  The Taverneers will be playing the Senators again on June 12th.

The Taverneers played the second game of the day against the visiting Waterbury Connors.  The Connors beat the Taverneers in a home Waterbury game on April 17, 2005 but the Taverneers kept that in mind as the handily beat the Connors on the Taverneers home field.  In this game, the Taverneers teamwork really gelled and the team made fine hits and many great catches to finish the day with a split result - 1 win, 1 losss.  The Taverneers look forward to playing the Connors again later in the season.

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