Vintage Base Ball Association
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The Vintage Base Ball Association is a vintage base ball
league founded in 1996 in Columbus, Ohio
, on the 150th anniversary of the first recorded baseball game between organized teams. The league uses the National Association of Base Ball Players
as a model. Rules, equipment, uniforms, behavior, and facilities are all intended to conform with those of the earliest version of the sport.
Vintage base ball
Vintage Base Ball is baseball presented as being played by rules and customs from an earlier period in the sport's history. Games are typically played using rules and uniforms from the 1850s, 1860s and 1880s. Vintage baseball is not only a competitive game, but also a reenactment of baseball life...
league founded in 1996 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, on the 150th anniversary of the first recorded baseball game between organized teams. The league uses the National Association of Base Ball Players
National Association of Base Ball Players
The National Association of Base Ball Players was the first organization governing American baseball. The first, 1857 convention of sixteen New York City clubs...
as a model. Rules, equipment, uniforms, behavior, and facilities are all intended to conform with those of the earliest version of the sport.
Purpose
According to the league's mission statement, its purpose is to:- Preserve, perpetuate, and promote the game of base ball as it was played during its formative years.
- Present the game of base ball using rules, equipment, uniforms, field specifications, customs, practices, language, and behavioral norms of the period.
- Support the growth of vintage base ball clubs.
- Encourage research and disseminate information in order to recreate the game as authentically as possible.
- Educate the public regarding the character, history, and growth of the game.
- Promote the sportsmanship, gentlemanly behavior, courtesy, and respect for others that characterized the early game.