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The VBBA is proud to announce the addition of online VBBA Conference videos from 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2020. They are a great source of expert presentations on vintage base ball history and practical vintage base ball club ideas.
The videos for the VBBA 2020 Conference are now posted on the VBBA Website. Go to the Home page and click on the Video tab. www.vbba.org/videos/ ; There are also videos from 2014, 2016, 2019 conferences.
Also the videos for the VBBA 2020 Conference are now posted on the new VBBA YouTube page, as well as videos from 2014, and 2016 conferences. www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQik5jOLhIGthnIZxV-gw
The videos for the VBBA 2020 Conference are now posted in their entirety on the Go Live Sports Cast page, as well as the 2019 conference. golivesportscast.com/2020/03/vintage-baseball-association-conference-2020-april-18th/
The 2020 VBBA Conference topics and presenters included:
Summer of Beer and Whiskey, Ed Achorn
The Story of Hamtramck Stadium, Then & Now, Tom Derry
Women in Baseball: The Early Years, On the Field and Beyond, Leslie Heaphy
The Case For Doc Adams Election to Baseball’s Hall of Fame, December 2020, Corky Gaskell
Putting the “Fun” in Funding a Vintage Base Ball Program: How to Be Successful at Grant Writing, Matt Stone
It’s a Mystery! Decoding the History in a Game-action Photo of 19th Century Base Ball, Marcus Dickson
Base Ball Revolutionaries, Greg Gajus
The Art of Podcasting Vintage Base Ball Interviews, Rudy Frias
Historical Society-Base Ball Club Relations, Dustyn Dubuque
Base ball and the Civil War, Bruce Allardice
The 19th Century Pitcher, Charlie Sprague, Eric Miklich
For the Love of the Game,
Gary Schiappacasse
www.vbba.org
Videos Here you’ll find videos relevant to vintage base ball. Check back for updates. VBBA 2020 Conference Videos If you are having problems finding the right video either return to our website and choose the next video or visit the VBBA YouTube Channel and watch the 2020 Conference Playlist Summe...A great experience playing vintage base ball at Detroit’s Navin Field, 2015.
With Gary Schiappacasse, Robert Panknin, Tim Schiappacasse and David Cordes at Vintage Base Ball at Navin Field.
Chicago Salmon May and June Schedules Updated As of May 23
Due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions, the Chicago Salmon's remaining May schedule has been cancelled.
The Deep River Grinders have offered to reschedule our game at their home field later during the season. The Creston Regulators cancelled their season back in April.
Looking forward to June we are currently discussing moving our home games to Indiana. Indiana will be open up to playing base ball beginning June 14th. The Elkhart Railroaders are proposing that we move our "home" game with them, June 7th, to Nappanee the last weekend in June or into July. We are looking for another date, later this summer, to play the Deep River Grinders at a different site, as we can't play at the currently flooded Historic Methodist Campground of Des Plaines in June. The Douglas Dutchers have cancelled their season.
The Valparaiso Colonels have volunteered their home site for our Illinois games. They are also open to playing the Chicago Salmon an additional game in Valparaiso. Buddha has offered his church's campground to the Chicago Salmon for a game with a local group.
Don't forget to consider buying a memorial Chicago Salmon Historic Methodist Campground base ball bat. Razor has posted photos of all of the bats on the Chicago Salmon Facebook page. They include the type of wood, maple or ash, size and weight. The cost is $100. There also small bats for memoralbilia for $20. The bats represent 25 years of Chicago Salmon base ball. This is a fundraiser for the HMC and the Salmon.
We hope to make up this game with the Deep River Grinders later in the season.
Here is the YouTube link to Ellie Boss Lady Carlson's classic: "Cup Check Please" from the Chicago Salmon 2016 VBBA Conference, held at the Historic Methodist Campground of DesPlaines. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwvZ2AZLCIU&t=12s
Ellie is the "Boss Lady" for The Chicago Salmon now in their 20th year. (2016) She is a performer, historian, writer & cook. She specializes in late 19th & early 20th Century Domestic Arts portraying 7 different women as first-person interpretation & giving lectures on Ladies Underwear, Aprons, Photographs, Valentines, Foodways & now Athletic Equipment
