The Lost Ballpark of Arcadia
The Starling Institute houses the world’s definitive collection of art and literature on The Lost Ballparks of Arcadia, a legendary baseball farm system. This collection describes this lost society not just as an ancient sports franchise but an idyllic utopia where baseball thrived as a communal endeavor at the center of a regenerative, cooperatively owned, and sustainable society. Artifacts discovered in disparate geographic regions hint at its existence, suggesting that these parks transcended the constraints of time and space to leave an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of sports enthusiasts everywhere.
Though the specifics of the Ballparks of Arcadia's existence remain elusive, heavily debated, and attributed to sites around the globe, its legacy endures as a beacon of hope and inspiration for sports enthusiasts, philosophers, and forward-thinkers across generations. Today, the farm system's success is not measured by modern standards of victories or championships, but by its capacity to nurture the idea of a society that values the holistic well-being of its entire community through the realm of sports. Explore our interactive collection below or reach out to our research team for academic or scholarly inquiries.
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The myths of Arcadia gain tangible grounding through the Starling Institute’s Mêloi Khryseoi Baseball. Carbon-dated to approximately 2,500 BC, this extraordinary artifact is wound, in part, with a golden wool, hypothesized to be sourced from the fabled Mêloi Khryseoi. Known as the Golden Sheep, texts suggest the Mêloi Khryseoi were originally bred in attempts to refine gold out of grass.
As the seams of this remarkable baseball intertwine with the threads of history, its presence serves as a testament to the enduring legacy of The Lost Ballparks of Arcadia, offering a glimpse into the timeless realms where sports, community, and utopian ideals converged. Today the institute houses the world’s definitive collection of art and literature on Arcadia, however it is the Mêloi Khryseoi Baseball that exists as a concrete artifact of faith in Starling’s mythology. With its discovery and empirically-reviewed radiocarbon dating, this singular ball defines “seeing is believing”.
