Vintage Baseball...

[5fish]

I always wanted to post a thread on this forum and I think I found something you all might be interested in... Vintage Baseball reenactors.... They have leagues, play baseball the way they did back in the 1860's...

https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-hi...786/the-curious-world-of-baseball-re-enactors

 

[5fish]

I think this is the national site for vintage baseball...

http://vbba.org

From wiki...


Vintage base ball is baseball presented as if being played by rules and customs from an earlier period in the sport's history. Games are typically played using rules and uniforms from the 1850s, 1860s and 1880s. Vintage base ball is not only a competitive game, but also a reenactment of baseball life similar to American Civil War reenactment. Players dress in uniforms appropriate to the time period, and many teams appear to be direct copies of teams that existed in the late 19th century. The styles and speech of the 19th century are also used while playing vintage base ball.

The game's name is typically written "base ball" rather than "baseball", as that was the spelling used before the 1880s.

 

[captaindrew]

We had a period rules baseball game at the last reenactment I went to. It was a blast and definitely different. Hope to get a chance to do it again sometime.

 

[5fish]

A short video... It like a minute and half long...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k10GpNopWkI&ved=0ahUKEwjtzZHipuDdAhUBn1MKHdkTDcQQo7QBCDAwBg&usg=AOvVaw11FyTFXROk5Znp_2-MrUCx

 

[Ole Miss]

5fish
Perhaps we have a post and thread THAT ALL will agree is correct and American. I have not seen vintage games played but I bet they were exciting.
Regards
David