The dead ball era is back: with the announcement of the Vintage Base Ball Association. (last link may be slow or down due to high traffic)
posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 07:58 PM - 6 comments
Jim Bouton ain't too shabby, either. Sounds like a lot of fun... On a related (?) note, uh, didn't some feller named Pluto write about Bouton's comeback attempt?
posted by mjkredliner at 01:12 AM on August 25, 2006
Awesome link crash. Thanks. Lots'o reading.
posted by justgary at 02:05 AM on August 25, 2006
That is really cool. I wonder how you sign up for something like that?
posted by kidrayter2005 at 01:59 PM on August 25, 2006
Awesome. "You spend your entire life gripping a baseball and then you realize it was the other way around the whole time" - why am I not surprised that Bouton is the guy doing this?
posted by vito90 at 02:15 PM on August 25, 2006
You know, Bouton could be a viable candidate for MLB commish...Listen to him speak, and you KNOW where he's coming from! By the way, Jim, Barry Bonds called...He wants his lid back.
posted by wolfdad at 03:15 PM on August 25, 2006
"I'm intrigued by the concept of people playing baseball for fun," said former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, a member of the VBBF board. "Someone said this will be an effort where the strike will be something that goes over the plate and doesn't involve a labor dispute." Fay Vincent is the best.
posted by BullpenPro at 11:11 PM on August 24, 2006