The Vintage Base Ball Podcast

13/05/2022

After a really long hiatus the VBBP is back for its final season. You read that right…Season 4 will be our swan song season. In this episode we- well Swamp Fox- breaks down the Capital Base Ball Club of Columbus’ 2022 season as well as explains the future of the VBBP.

03/09/2021

Our favorite weekend of the year!

12/08/2021

Swamp Fox is joined by Barrel Roller Barnard as they sit down with Mike "Oxbow" Ossy from The Henry Ford Museum and Lah De Dah BBC to discuss the upcoming World Tournament of Historic Base Ball.

07/08/2021

It's our midseason reCap. "Tools" and "Barrel Roller" join "Swamp Fox" to look back on the Capitals first half of the summer.

23/07/2021

Friend of the V.B.B.P shares his new book. If you’ve been to the beautiful Malabar Farm in Ohio then consider adding this book to your collection.

"All Sides Weekend: Books" host Christopher Purdy talks with historian, playwright and storyteller Mark Sebastian Jordan about his latest book "The Ceely Ros...

08/07/2021

After a long hiatus the V.B.B.P. is back with a sneak peek at our new storytellers series.

06/07/2021

(Stretching)… well that was a good break.
New episodes dropping this month!

13/04/2021

Be sure register for this Saturday’s conference!
There is a great list of presenters and topics.
Swamp Fox will be presenting at 1:30pm.

Sign up for this year’s 2021 VBBA ZOOM Conference, Saturday, April 17!

You are invited to a LIVE Zoom meeting.

When: Apr 17, 2021 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkc-6uqz4jG9ZR0InP0CLBPmyPekcQhEwK

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
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Presenter & Their Times

Ask the presenters your questions through Zoom’s Chat

Schedule: (all times Eastern)

11:30 Bruce Allardice Civil War Veterans Base Ball Stories

12 noon Greg Gajus The Year After: The Story of the 1870 Red Stockings

12:30 Bob Sampson Serpents in the Garden: Competition, Controversy and Collapse in Early Illinois Base Ball

1:00 Matt Stone A Study of Vintage Ballist Demographics

1:30 Rudy Frias The Art of Podcasting Vintage Base Ball Interviews

2:00 Al Stare Lively Art of Umpiring a Vintage Base Ball Game

2:30 Greg Rhodes Four Games That Saved the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Undefeated Season

3:00 Tom Derry The Story of Hamtramck Stadium, Then & Now

3:30 Dr Leslie Heaphy Stories of Early Women Baseball Pioneers

4:00 Marcus Dickson The 1867 World's Tournament

4:30 Corky Gaskell Doc Adams, The Case for the HOF

For more details on the speakers and topics, click here-
https://www.vbba.org/2021-presenters-guide/

12/04/2021

We welcome the V.B.B.A. Rules and Customs Committee to the V.B.B.P. We reached out to the community wo submit questions and in game scenarios that have "stumped" everyone as to what the call would be. Corky "Goose" Gaskell, Bob Tholkes, Bill Dieckmann and Eric Miklich join "Swamp Fox" for a very inf...

12/04/2021

Tomorrow we welcome the Rules and Customs Committee to the VBBP! These gentlemen join Swamp Fox to answer the questions submitted by the vintage baseball community.  

10/03/2021

Almost one year removed from their last appearance on the podcast, we welcome Jennifer Bell and Aaron Seddon back to the VBBP! They sit down with Swamp Fox to discuss how the Muffins & Diamonds organization dealt with 2020 and what is on the horizon for their 2021 season. Episode drops Friday.

10/03/2021

We have a new episode coming this Friday!
Be on the lookout!

27/02/2021

Attention: We want to hear from you.

Has there ever been a play where no one knew what to call? Sends us a DM or an email of in game scenarios that have stumped both clubs and arbiter.

Thanks to Corky Gaskell we are holding a special episode next week with our guests from the VBBA Rules and Customs Committee. We can present your scenarios to the committee and hopefully get an answer. Send us the rule set your represent and all the details of the play.

** note from Swamp Fox **
“This can be completely anonymous. This is NOT an opportunity to air grievances with individuals, clubs or sections of the country.”

24/02/2021

What is it like to be a young player in vintage base ball and what can a club to do to appeal to a younger demographic? "Swamp Fox" sits down with "Dynamite", "Marbles" and "Farmer" to talk about their vintage base ball journey. They offer thoughts and tips on how to build youth in our community.

21/02/2021

"How can vintage base ball appeal to a younger demographic and what is it like being a young player in vintage base ball?" This weeks episode discusses that very topic. We welcome our guests “Dynamite”, “Marbles” and “Farmer” to the VBBP.