MBC traded a future draft pic and a player to be named later for Adam Hinthorne. Adam is the bearded fellow on the right in the top picture. Adam currently attends Lakeside High School and is a teammate of current rosteree David (no relation) Becker. Adam is a catcher, and plays other spots. The addition of Adam finally gives the MBC 15 year old team two viable (want to be there)catchers. This was a huge trade for MBC and has brightened our future.
Please extend a hearty welcome to Adam and note that one of the conditions of his coming on board is shaving the monstrous beard and getting a decent haircut.
PS I tried to get the dog in the trade and the House of David (HoD) had agreed in principal to the deal before they found out that Riley Duffy had a broken wrist. Once that cat was out of the bag the HoD refused to part with the dog for Riley.
**Known the world over for their famous bearded baseball teams, the House of David was something America and the rest of the world had never seen the likes of before. These men traveled the country with their long hair and beards, heavy wool uniforms, and a truck full of laughter and talent. They went down in history for entertaining America with their uniqueness on the field, their absolute superb playing ability, their own invention of the Pepper Game, and their ability to break the color barrier as they traveled many years with the Negro League teams. You see, these bearded baseball players from Benton Harbor, Michigan were something very special.
The very first teams were made up of strictly members of the famous House of David religious colony, who lived a communal life, a life of Christianity, vegetarianism, celibacy, and love for mankind. But they had to find something to do with a lot of extra energy, so they set out to play the game of baseball. Starting in 1914, they began to take on outside teams, and soon found out that they were better than most that they encountered, so they went outside even the local teams, playing the best talents of the State of Michigan, and then eventually by 1917 taking on talented teams around the country. They continued their winning ways, and began to be invited to play better and better teams across America, until they were actually playing semi-pro and pro teams everywhere. They actually beat over 70% of the teams they played year after year, and were invited to play so many teams around the country, (even into Mexico and Canada), that they had to soon build up a second, third, fourth and even fifth traveling team to fill in all of the demand.
So it goes that by the early 1930's, there were House of David teams scattered around the country, taking on anyone and everyone who wanted to play, beating most, and leaving the stadiums full of laughter and amazement everywhere they stopped. Almost anyone we have interviewed over the past 10+ years that remembered the House of David teams told us that it was the most amazing group of baseball players they had ever seen, and absolutely the most unique! We have had experts in Negro League Baseball spend literally days studying the House of David Museum files, only to tell us that they have been told by the old Negro League Players that the House of David Teams were to be given credit for breaking the color barrier that kept them out of the Major Leagues during those same years.
