Fairfax, Va June 10th, 2011– The Chesapeake and Potomac Vintage Base Ball Club (VBBC) is forming a new team to be based out of the Northern Virginia area beginning with the 2012 Mid Atlantic Vintage Base Ball League’s regular season. Interested…
Gaithersburg, MD June 8th, 2011– 3 vintage base ball teams—Potomac Nine, Chesapeake Nine, and the Elkton Eclipse—participate in a special event on Sunday, June 12th. The Loudoun Preservation Society will host a unique, family-friendly event on Sunday, June 12, from…
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Gaithersburg, MD June 8th, 2011 – On Saturday, June 11th, the Chesapeake and Potomac Vintage Base Ball Club will be participating in an exhibition of 19th Century base ball at the Rippon Lodge Historic Site in Woodbridge, Virginia. The scheduled…
Potomac Nine receive press coverage of vintage base ball exhibition with Williamsburg Pastimes.
Williamsburg, Va. — Williamsburg, known by some as “America’s Historic Triangle,” was on the receiving end of historical interpretation this weekend. Base ball, from the year of 1864, was in its true form as a living tradition. The Williamsburg Pastime…
VISIONS OF THE PAST Baseball Artifacts of the 19th Century By Richard “Pastime” D’Ambrisi One of the highest awards for the 1860s base ball club was the silver ball trophy. It was usually fabricated by a local jeweler at the…