VBBA links

• 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 •

1996

June 1996 • “The old ball game” • OhioOnline: The Digital Magazine,  Cleveland, Ohio

August 30, 1996 • “Rounders: Forerunner to ‘America's pastime’ gains favor in Civil War reenactment” • Pentagram, Fort Myer, Virginia

1997

July 27, 1997 • “Base ball, 1860s style:” • The Blade, Toledo, Ohio

1998

May 3, 1998 • “Vintage ladies having a ball” • Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio

June 28, 1998 • “The old ballgame; players resurrect 1880s rules and manners” • The Denver Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado

July 2, 1998 • “Gentlemen, play ball; costumes re-create early days of American pastime” • The Denver Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado

July 16, 1998 • “A whole old ball game" • Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota

August 25, 1998 • Finding Akron Ladylocks, vintage baseball information” • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

September 6, 1998 • “Vintage base ball festival recalls game's roots” • The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio

October 1998 • “The old ball game” • Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, D. C.

1999

April 18, 1999 • “Vintage baseball comes home” • The Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio

May 11, 1999 • “Hurlers pitching history; Lake County Historical Society will take spectators back Sunday to the days of ctree-climbing outfielders, robbers on horseback” • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

May 16, 1999 • “Vintage style” • The Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska

May 18, 1999 • “Team finally wins” • Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota

June 4, 1999 • “Pastime of the past” • The Times, Munster, Indiana

June 7, 1999 • “Center stage” • The Blade, Toledo, Ohio

June 24, 1999 • “Old-fashioned baseball may be a hit in Whitley” • News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana

July 1, 1999 • “The really old ball game: vintage baseball hits a home run in Akron” • Cleveland Scene Online, Cleveland, Ohio

July 2, 1999 • “Boggers revive baseball history” • South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana

July 7, 1999 • “Organization to know: Deep River Grinders” • The Times, Munster, Indiana

August 30, 1999 • “Baseball of 1860s is leisurely pleasure” • Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota

September 1999 • “Striker to the Line!” • Referee magazine (back issue information)

September 2, 1999 • “Historic baseball: a grand old game” • The News-Review, Mattituck, New York

September 3, 1999 • “End-of-summer holiday offers long weekend of fun, festivals,” • The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio

September 10, 1999 • “AFIT returns to 1860s to play base ball” • Air Force News

2000

April 21, 2000 • “Sweepers open May 6" • The Repository, Canton, Ohio

April 2000 • "Ball 6 Take Your Base” • Buffalo Head Society

April 2000? • “Vintage Baseball in Modern Times” • Vintage Memorabilia Magazine

May/June 2000 • “Let’s Play (Vintage) Ball” • Illinois Parks and Recreation Magazine

May 5, 2000  • “Baseball 1860-style coming to Delhi Twp.: Fans can see game as gentlemen played it” • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio.

May 5-11, 2000  • “Historic game lives on today; ‘Base ball’ finds ‘cranks’” • The Denver Business Journal, Denver, Colorado.

June 5, 2000 • “Huzzah, sir! Fine knock and no hands dead” • Grand Island Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska

June 7, 2000 • “Old-time base ball is growing in popularity” • FoxSportsBiz

June 7, 2000 • “Baseball the Way It Used to Be Games a Round-Tripper Into Past 1875 Rules of the Game” • Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska

June 9, 2000 • “Sir, yerrr out!” • The Times, Munster, Indiana

June 12, 2000 • “Gentlemen tally reasons they love vintage baseball; good manners make diamond fair territory” • The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

June 22, 2000 • “Atlantics Grab 51 Win Over Resolutes in ‘Nostalgia Ball’” • The Westfield Leader and The Times of Scotch Plains, Scotch Plains and Westfield, New Jersey (part two)

July 4, 2000 • “Turn back the clock: Old Bethpage is home to vintage baseball" • Long Island Sports Online, ?, New York

August 13, 2000 • “Vintage Baseball Brings History Home” • The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut

August 23, 2000 • “Ohio Cup celebrates baseball's heritage” • ThisWeekOnline, Columbus, Ohio

2001

January 22, 2001 • “Raid reenactors shiver in real chill” • St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida

April 03, 2001  • “Parade draws 100,000” • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio

April 26, 2001 • “Saving baseball Local vintage baseball teams resurrect kinder, gentler side of sport” • Cincinnati.Com

June 25, 2001 • “Vintage ‘base ball’ season under way; sporting good time, with bit of nostalgia” • The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio

June 27, 2001 • “An Evening of 1860's Base Ball” • The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington

Fall 2001 [February 2002] • “The 1869 Red Stockings are Back" by Crystal Ferrara • Midwest Open Air Museums Magazine

2002

June 3, 2002 • “Vintage base ball participants play the game for fun; ‘To me, this is what baseball is all about,’ manager says” • Grand Island Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska

July 2002 • “‘Run, Sweet Pea! Run!’ The Akron Lady Locks offer more than a lesson in history” • NorthernOhioLive magazine, Cleveland?, Ohio

July 2, 2002 • “No gloves or curves: It’s base ball” • Philadelphia Enquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 2, 2002 • “Ouray Historical Society to host ‘vintage’ baseball” • The Daily Times, Farmington, New Mexico

July 5, 2002 • “Celebrating 4th Scores Big With Old-Fashioned Baseball Game” • The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake, Utah

July 5, 2002 • “Base ball: Like it oughta be” • The Hannibal Courier-Post, Hannibal, Missouri

July 18, 2002 • “‘Olde tyme’ ball game all the rage” • The Sun Herald, Cleveland, Ohio

July 27, 2002 • “1880s style baseball game on Sunday” • The Block Island Times, Block Island, Rhode Island

August 2002 • “‘Batter up’ nineteenth-century base ball” • Early American Life magazine, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

August 5, 2002 • “Civil War Reenactment” • Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio

September 2, 2002 (web version August 14, 2002) • “Ye Olde Base Ball; No absurd salaries, no labor strife, no steroids—heck, there aren't even gloves.” • Fortune magazine, New York, New York

September 7, 2002 • “Vintage Base Ball team formed” • The Hannibal Courier-Post, Hannibal, Missouri

November 26, 2002 • “Historical Society director awarded for dedication to ‘base ball’” • Stillwater Evening Gazette, Stillwater, Minnesota

2003

March 26, 2003 • “Grinders meet Salmon at museum” • Post-Tribune, Merrillville, Indiana

March 27, 2003 • “Step up to the place; Eclipse Baseball Club seeks to recreate the true and pure baseball experience in Northville” • Northville Record, Northville, Michigan

May 11, 2003 • “A good old (very old) time on the diamond” • Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas

May 17, 2003 • “Togetherness no sublpot for three generations of Adams family” • Springfield News Sun, Springfield, Ohio

June 12, 2003 • “Old-time baseball game takes the field June 15” • Northville Record, Northville, Michigan

June 13, 2003 • “Catch a ball game and enjoy a Father's Day picnic with dad” • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan

June 19, 2003 • William F. Ast, “Striking out in the great quest for some principles” • The Herald-Palladium, St. Joseph-Benton Harbor, Michigan

June 30, 2003 • “Vintage base ball” • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan

July 1, 2003 • “Vintage 'Base Ball' Teams Square Off July 19 on Mackinac Island; Bill Freehan of ’68 World Champion Detroit Tigers to Co-Captain Mackinac Team” • Michigan Newswire

July 3, 2003 • “Touching All Bases” • The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut

July 9, 2003 • “The Old, Old Ball Game: The St. Louis Perfectos play vintage baseball in Lafayette Park” • Riverfront Times, St. Louis, Missouri

July 10, 2003 • “Travel back to the 1860s” • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia

July 10, 2003 • “1800s-style base ball comes to La Crosse” • La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin

July 11, 2003 • “Got Game? Got Old Game?” • New York Times, New York, New York

July 12-18, 2003 • “Vintage Baseball Game Saturday” • Mackinaw Island Town Crier, Mackinaw Island, Michigan

July 13, 2003 • “Good manners are the rule at vintage ‘base ball’ tournament ” • The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan

July 19, 2003 • “Vintage game returns to Ozarks; ‘Base ball,’ a forerunner of the modern sport, to be played at Nathan Boone Homestead” • News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri

July 19-25, 2003 • “U-M Legend Ken Hayward To Play With Island Never Sweats” • Mackinaw Island Town Crier, Mackinaw Island, Michigan

July 22, 2003 • “The old ballgame; ‘Cranks’ -- no ‘muffins’ -- turn out for vintage version of national pastime” • PortlandTribune, Portland, Oregon

August/September 2003 • “Early Innings: Modern enthusiasts take part in our nation pastime—1880s style” • American Heritage