Old-time fun

FAMILY FUN DAYS When New Englanders played baseball back in the 1830s, they used an ax handle for a bat. Try it, along with other games like tug of war and hoop-rolling, at an old-fashioned weekend celebration. Visitors can also take a stagecoach or boat ride, watch a toy fire-balloon flight, visit the Freeman Farm, and try crafts including paper marbling. Sept. 1-3, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $8 ages 3-17, under 3 free. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830, www.osv.org Milva DiDomizio