Welcome to the website of the Chicago Salmon Vintage Base Ball Club!
Started by Ellie "Boss Lady" Carlson in 1996, the Chicago Salmon play a vintage style of base ball dating back dating back to 1858, and are affiliated with the Vintage Base Ball Association. We have a roster consisting of players from around the Chicagoland area, and play matches against other area teams at the Historic Methodist Campground in Des Plaines, IL, as well as Lincoln Park, and other area fields. We also “barnstorm” on the road to places such as Central Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. If you are interested in playing for the Chicago Salmon Vintage Base Ball Club, please see our Join Us page, and fill out this form.
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VBBA Advice Committee: Can My Vintage Base Ball Team Be Saved?
Todd Dutch Eschman, Belleville Stags, Rob Pipes Panknin, Chicago Salmon
VBBA 2022 Conference Videos are now available online.
www.vbba.org/videos/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcxbEz1KUtQ
The 2023 Salmon schedule is here! Visit our website, chicagosalmon.org, for a downloadable version.
Will you be playing any at the field in Chicago?
We can try and make one of these this summer.
Danie VanVliet
Sketch steps up to the plate at our 2022 opening day match against the Deep River Grinders in Hobart, IN.
Our 2023 opening day will be Sunday, April 30th against the Deep River Grinders. Stay tuned on social media, and check out our website, chicagosalmon.org, for more 2023 schedule details!
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Barber makes a catch at our match against the Douglas Dutchers on August 6, 2022 in Chicago, IL.
Photo by Brennan "Sketch" Probst (@brennanprobstart).
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Barber remembered the first rule of fielding: always exhale 1st!😄
Zeus makes a play at first at our 2022 opening match on May 1, 2022 against the Deep River Grinders at Grinder Field in Hobart, IN.
(Photo by @brennanprobstart).
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