Watertown has become the home training spot for the Boston Renegades, a beep baseball team. The sport allows players with vision impairments to continue to play and be part of a team.
The team marks its 25th anniversary in 2025, and for most of that time Watertown was its home. Each Sunday, the Renegades take the field at Filippello Park to prepare for upcoming tournaments, including the NBBA Beep Baseball World Series .
Some aspects of beep baseball are like the game played by major leaguers at Fenway Park. There are bases, bats, and balls. However, the ball is bigger, and beeps to allow fielders to track it by sound. There are only two bases, and to score a run a batter must put the ball into play and reach the base before a fielder can secure it. If the fielder controls the ball bef