Vintage Base Ball is base ball (yes, it was two words originally) played by the rules and customs of an earlier period. Ballists don period uniforms and recreate the game as it was meant to be played.

Most vintage base ball clubs in the VBBA play the game of base ball as it was played in the late 1850s and early 1860s. Many clubs use the rules recorded in the first Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player, published in 1860, which recounted the third meeting of the National Association of BaseBall Players. Increasingly though, there are vintage base ball games played from other eras like the 1880s and 1920s.


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2005 Mackville Mudcats Roster

Ryan "Tex" Aubert
Mike "Mole" Chappell
John Dowling
Bill "Wild Bill" Erb
Kari "Small Behind" Fiala
Rick "Doughboy" Fiala
Stan "Toots" Harris
Curt "Roadrunner" Harshbarger
Chris "Jaybird" Jay
Todd "Roundup" Randolph
Mark "Tar" Roedder
Tim "Tiny" Schable
Bill "Suds" Suding
Trent "TNT" Thompson
Norm "Bone Crusher" Willoughby
Tally Keeper: Sandy Fiala