Anyone play vintage base ball? (Yes, two words in lexicon)

[RU Rah Rah]

I was looking at the Wade House Web site, and came across this. It looks kind of cool, and I'm interested in learning more about it. (It's too bad that Madison doesn't have a team, apparently.)

 

www.wisconsinhistory.org/...base_ball/

[hawing]

I don't play, but I've watched base ball at Old World Wisconsin. That was before they had practically this little mini-league going, though.

[PKBadger]

That's amazing.....they referred to the catcher as a "behind", and that's 150 years before Johnny Estrada! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

Have you ever seen Conan O'Brien's adventures playing vintage base ball? Hilarious.

 

LINK

[RU Rah Rah]

I literally cried at Conan, I was laughing so hard. That was awesome.

[pitchleague]

I had not seen that before. Very funny stuff. Usually Conan's stuff just isn't my cup of tea.

[soup can for prez]

That connan skit was halarious!

[sbrylski]

I would absolutely love to grapple the ash for a team like that.

[TooLiveBrew]

Conan the laugh-barian! I love him. I don't play vintage ball, but I know the guy who set up the Eagle Diamonds (very cleverly named - don't miss the story of the actual diamond). Here is the link to the Vintage Base Ball Association, under which the Diamonds play. I had a chance to play once this year, but didn't have enough time to get there. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

 

So if anyone's really interested, and want 'the hook-up', I could contact the organizer, fwiw.