2012  Tentative Schedule   [1860s rules]
Home matches at Abnet Field, South 14th Street & Spruce Drive

DATE                 LOCATION                  ADVERSARIES                        

Sun, March 11    Rochester     Several MN teams at the Bubble-practice

Sat, May 19      HOME           Minneapolis Quicksteps/St. Croix and
                                            Mankato; 11:30 & 2 p.m.

Sun, June 10     Afton          Mankato Baltics & Denmark, St. Croix

Sat., June 30    Mankato        Mankato Baltics, Olmsted Co Roosters

Sat, July 28      Rochester    Roosters Classic Festival

Wed, Aug 1      Holmen        Exhibition for Holmen's Sesquicentennial

Sat, Aug 4        HOME           Olmsted Co Roosters, Mankato Baltics                                          
Sat-Sun
Aug 10-11        Michigan        As part of Union Base Ball Club of MN

Sept 2-3           Columbus      Ohio Cup; as part of Union Vintage
                                                  Base Ball Team of MN
                                                                                                                                                        
Team photo courtesy of Karen Geronime.

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WHAT'S VINTAGE BASE BALL?

We follow Henry Chadwick's 38 Rules of 1860 adopted by the National Association of Base-Ball Players on March 14, 1860 in New York.  Here are a few ways that it differs from the modern era.

• No gloves - fielding gloves weren't introduced until 1875.
• The ball is hand stitched leather 9-1/2 to 10 inches in circumference.
• No bunting - it wasn't part of the game until 1886.