Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo

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Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo

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    • 2025 Schedule
    • 2025 Festival
  • Vintage Base Ball
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    • On the Field
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    • ROTB Podcast
    • THE LAH-DE-DAH TIMES
    • The Rules of 1861
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June 28 & 29, Ramona Park, Games Start at 9AM!

Now entering our 3rd year, 23 vintage base ball clubs from around the country will travel to Portage this June to participate in the 2025 Portage Vintage Base Ball Festival! And, for the first time, we have turned this event into TWO FULL DAYS of base ball! 


Turning the open grass of Ramona Park into four fields, base ball clubs from Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio and will put 1860's base ball on display for the entertainment & education of the community at this FREE event.

 
Attending clubs are listed below. Click on the team picture to be taken to their website or Facebook page for more information about that club. 

Your support is needed!

Please consider making a donation to support the success of this event! Click here or follow the "Donate" button below to be taken to our secure PayPal campaign. 


You can also support the event by purchasing a festival t-shirt (details below). Your support - via donation or shirt purchase -  will help ensure both a successful weekend of base ball for our visiting clubs and an entertaining and educational day for our community members who join us at the fields!

Support our festival!

Your support and contributions will enable us to bring this living history exhibit of Civil War-era base ball to the Greater Kalamazoo community!

Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

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PARTICIPATING CLUBS

Akron Black Stockings (OH)

Capital Base Ball Club of Lansing (MI)

Akron Black Stockings (OH)

Bluegrass Barons (KY)

Capital Base Ball Club of Lansing (MI)

Akron Black Stockings (OH)

Capital Base Ball Club of Lansing (MI)

Capital Base Ball Club of Lansing (MI)

Capital Base Ball Club of Lansing (MI)

Cascada Base Ball Club (MI)

Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club (IL)

Capital Base Ball Club of Lansing (MI)

Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club (IL)

Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club (IL)

Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club (IL)

Clodbuster Base Ball Club (OH)

Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club (IL)

Chicago Salmon Base Ball Club (IL)

Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo (MI)

Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo (MI)

Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo (MI)

Cornshuckers Base Ball Club of Canton (MI)

Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo (MI)

Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo (MI)

Deep River Grinders (IN)

Continental Base Ball Club of Kalamazoo (MI)

Douglas Dutchers Base Ball Club (MI)

Douglas Dutchers Base Ball Club (MI)

Early Riser Base Ball Club of Detroit (MI)

Douglas Dutchers Base Ball Club (MI)

Early Riser Base Ball Club of Detroit (MI)

Early Riser Base Ball Club of Detroit (MI)

Early Riser Base Ball Club of Detroit (MI)

Elkhart County Rail Roaders (IN)

Early Riser Base Ball Club of Detroit (MI)

Early Riser Base Ball Club of Detroit (MI)

Hog & Hominy Picked 9 (TN)

Monitor Base Ball Club of Chelsea (MI)

Lemont Quarrymen (IL)

Lemont Quarrymen (IL)

Monitor Base Ball Club of Chelsea (MI)

Lemont Quarrymen (IL)

Monitor Base Ball Club of Chelsea (MI)

Monitor Base Ball Club of Chelsea (MI)

Portland Blue Sox Vintage Base Ball Team (MI)

Portland Blue Sox Vintage Base Ball Team (MI)

Portland Blue Sox Vintage Base Ball Team (MI)

Regular Base Ball Club of Mt. Clemens (MI)

Star Base Ball Club of Rockford

Stars Base Ball Club of Wyandotte

Valparaiso Lookouts Base Ball Club

Stars Base Ball Club of Wyandotte

Union Base Ball Club of Dexter

Valparaiso Lookouts Base Ball Club

Stars Base Ball Club of Wyandotte

Valparaiso Lookouts Base Ball Club

Valparaiso Lookouts Base Ball Club

Wahoo Base Ball Club of Royal Oak

Walker Tavern Wheels Base Ball Club

Walker Tavern Wheels Base Ball Club

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

ADDITIONAL FESTIVAL INFO

Ground Rules for Festival

In an effort to demonstrate the variety of ways vintage base ball is played in the Midwest, our four fields will be utilizing different rule sets from the Civil War era with minimal variations. Follow the links below to be taken to the full rules & interpretations for that particular year.


McCord Field - 1864 Rules: This field will feature the game EXACTLY the way the rules were written for 1864. No changes, adjustments, or restrictions.


Burlingham Field - 1867 Rules: Our 2nd field will feature games played by 1867 rules, which means fly balls in fair territory must be caught in the air to be an out. The only adjustment to these rules will be on the base paths - runners are allowed no secondary leads and will be allowed to steal a base only after the ball has made contact with an object (the ground, the catcher, etc).


Trowbridge & Doc Adams Field - 1860 Rules: Our 3rd & 4th fields will go back to the early 1860's and will be very similar to what is played on McCord Field. Adjustments on this field will also involve base running as no stealing will be allowed unless a pitched ball hits the ground more than once after being pitched.


Learn More

The game of base ball saw numerous changes and adjustments in the rules as the game was growing and developing throughout the 1860's. The Vintage Base Ball Association has done significant work to understand and interpret the game as laid down in those rules. 


To learn more about this research and to see the variety of rules & guides about the game in the 19th century, follow the link below to the "Rules and Customs" page on the VBBA website.

Rules and Customs

FIELD LAYOUT

Aerial view of Ramona Park showing the layout of the three fields.

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