Vintage Base Ball - A present day display of games played the way they were in 1864.
Welcome to the New York Gotham Base Ball Club Web site. We are part of a large group of Vintage Base Ball Clubs that strive to present base ball's history to others by playing base ball as it was done in the past. Our goal is to recreate the game as it was played in 1864 as accurately as possible to share our knowledge of this great game of base ball from an historic standpoint. The Gothams are playing our 7th season of Vintage Base Ball in New York City. Our home games are played on either the Great Lawn in New York City's Central Park or in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village Queens. The team was founded by Drew Frady, a ten + year veteran of the hobby and former treasurer of the Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association, past advisor for the Old Beth Page Historic Base Ball Program, and current president of the VBBA. The fact that New York City, where the game was essentially invented, lacked such a Vintage organization became one of Mr. Frady's concerns. Through his (and others) hard work and research, Vintage Base Ball is now played in New York City.
2008 Gotham Cup Sponsored by Gotham Baseball Magazine and Dive Bar to be Played on 5/17 & 5/18:
the 3rd Annual Gotham Cup Tournament sponsored by Gotham Baseball Magazine: http://gothambaseballmagazine.com/ will be held on Sat & Sun May 17th & 18th, 2008. We have a tightly packed schedule and look forward to seeing all of you in 2 weeks. This year, the Gotham Cup is also sponsored by the Dive Bar (www.divebarnyc.com), Budweiser and Dewar's! After the first round games on Saturday, we're all going to the Dive Bar for "Ye Olde Base Ball Bash", which will include live music, drink and food specials all night, and a live broadcast of Gotham Sports Radio! Note that there will be food and drink all day at the Dive Bar, so please stop in with or without your families and friends to enjoy good food, drink and atmosphere. The games will again be played in Central park's North Meadow on Field's 4 & 5. See Map: http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/DocServer?docID=150
The Schedule of events are as follows:
Sat 5/17:
All day - Food, Drink and Festivities at the Dive Bar: http://www.divebarnyc.com/
10 AM - Field 4 - Gothams vs. Talbot (1860 Rules) - Umpire Eric Miklich
10 AM - Field 5 - Flemington vs. Waterbury (1873) - Umpire Sam Bernstein
11:45 AM - Field 5 - Glen Head vs. Elizabeth (1891) - Umpire Dean Emma
11:45 AM - Field 4 - Flemington vs. Talbot (1864) - Umpire Ed Elmore
1:30 PM - Field 5 - Providence vs. Mutuals (1884) - Umpire Jim Wigren
1:30 PM - Field 4 - Atlantics vs. Waterbury (1864) - Umpire Sam Bernstein
3:15 PM - Field 5 - Glen Head vs. Providence (1886) - Umpire Paul Salamone
3:15 PM - Field 4 - Gothams vs. Elkton (1864) - Umpire Sam Bernstein
5 PM - Field 5 - Elizabeth vs. Mutuals (1886) - Umpire Harry Bailey
5 PM - Field 4 - Atlantics vs. Elkton (1864) - Umpire Ken Schlapp (note Waterbury & Elkton may switch time slots for game vs Atlantics)
The goal is to play 9 innings, but no inning will start later than 15 minutes prior to the start of the following game
Standings for playoffs/Championship round will be determined as follows:
Best Record
Head to Head
Least runs allowed
Coin flip
Sun 5/18:
All day - Food, Drink and Festivities at the Dive Bar: http://www.divebarnyc.com/
10 AM - Field 5 -Underhand 4th Place vs. Underhand 1st Place (1st Place rules) - Umpire TBD
10 AM - Field 4 - Underhand 3rd Place vs. Underhand 2nd Place (2nd Place Rules) - Umpire Sam Bernstein
Noon - Field 4 - Underhand 6th Place vs. Overhand 3rd Place (coin flip or mutual choice for rules) - Umpire TBD
Noon - Field 5 - Overhand Championship Game (coin flip for rules) - Umpire Dean Emma or Ken Schlapp
2 PM - Field 5 - Underhand 5th Place vs. Overhand 4th Place (coin flip or mutual choice for rules) - Umpire TBD
2 PM - Field 4 - Underhand Championship Game (coin flip for rules) - Umpire Sam Bernstein
4 PM - Other games can be schedules if teams are interested
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