August 24, 2006

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)

read story | posted by mr_crash_davis to Baseball at 7:58 PM CDT (6 comments total)

"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 CDT on August 24

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 1:12 AM CDT on August 25

Awesome link crash. Thanks. Lots'o reading.

posted by justgary at 2:05 AM CDT on August 25

That is really cool. I wonder how you sign up for something like that?

posted by kidrayter2005 at 1:59 PM CDT on August 25

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 2:15 PM CDT on August 25

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 3:15 PM CDT on August 25

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