After a really long hiatus the VBBP is back for its final season. You read that right…Season 4 will be our swan song season. In this episode we- well Swamp Fox- breaks down the Capital Base Ball Club of Columbus’ 2022 season as well as explains the future of the VBBP.

Swamp Fox is joined by Barrel Roller Barnard as they sit down with Mike "Oxbow" Ossy from The Henry Ford Museum and Lah De Dah BBC to discuss the upcoming World Tournament of Historic Base Ball. 

It's our midseason reCap. "Tools" and "Barrel Roller" join "Swamp Fox" to look back on the Capitals first half of the summer. 

After a long hiatus the V.B.B.P. is back with a sneak peek at our new storytellers series. 

We welcome the V.B.B.A. Rules and Customs Committee to the V.B.B.P. We reached out to the community wo submit questions and in game scenarios that have "stumped" everyone as to what the call would be. Corky "Goose" Gaskell, Bob Tholkes, Bill Dieckmann and Eric Miklich join "Swamp Fox" for a very informative episode. 

Here are the links referenced in this weeks episode:

Vintage Base Ball Association https://www.vbba.org/

19th Century "Winter" Meetings https://sabr.org/winter-meetings-books 19th Century Base Ball:  http://www.19cbaseball.com/

McFarland Books https://mcfarlandbooks.com/shop/sport-leisure/baseball/

We welcome back to the pod the Chair and Vice Co-Chair of The Ohio Village Muffins and Diamonds program Aaron Seddon and Jennifer Bell. They join "Swamp Fox" for a recap of their 2020 season as they look towards the 2021 season. 

If you would to get in contact with them you can email them at... 

theohiovillagemuffins@gmail.com

or

theohiovillagediamonds@gmail.com

What is it like to be a young player in vintage base ball and what can a club to do to appeal to a younger demographic? "Swamp Fox" sits down with "Dynamite", "Marbles" and "Farmer" to talk about their vintage base ball journey. They offer thoughts and tips on how to build youth in our community.

On this episode "Swamp Fox" sits down with "Brandywine" Stone to discuss the survey Mr. Stone is conducting on behalf of the vintage base ball community. If you have yet to complete the survey please feel free to listen to the episode and click the link below. "Brandywine" is doing something for the community that will be very helpful to all clubs across the nation. 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XWK6J78?fbclid=IwAR1tJFRGlC_9-9EnV3OjjaE7OjXLTk6UKC2YnTvJo1BI9yexjX-KEUyDkZI