May 5, 2013 - Brian's First Vintage Baseball Game!

Brian has joined a vintage baseball team!  What does that mean?  It means they play by the same rules as baseball in the 1860's. 

Here are the differences:

• You can catch a ball on the bounce and it counts as a regular out as if you caught it from the air.
• The bats are a different shape.
• Brian is going to have to fill the rest of this out for me.  :)

The first game was in Westminster, MD at the Carroll County Farm Museum!  Yes, it's about an hour and a half away. But we passed by 2 Chipotles so it is ok.

That day, they were having civil war reenactments on their fields!!  SO COOL!

We didn't get to take pictures of it because 1) I had to go to the bathroom so I wandered all over looking for that and 2) we needed to get Brian to the game so he could get his uniform and get settled.

After we did all this, the cannon firing was all over as was the fake shooting.

However, they still had a civil war camp set up!  So Michael and I wandered over there while Brian was warming up.

Michael was NOT impressed with any of it.  He was pretty bored until he saw this guy with the fire:

Of course, fire.

He stayed for about 5 minutes and watched the blacksmith make hooks and such.

Then he obliged me with a photo by the tents, and I somehow did not notice I centered him to have a flag growing out of his head:

Then, he found a dandelion.   This picture could have been much cooler had I channeled my inner pinterest:

Back to the game we go!  They start it with a bat toss:

 And then the team gets introduced. Brian's nickname is "TEX".  :)

LOVE their costumes!  It's like a pirate shirt with a labeled bib.

Here's Michael cheering for his dad:

They had an announcer and everything!  He explained the rules and differences of the game to the crowd, which was quite numerous as they came from the civil war reenactment!  However, by the end of the game, it was just us family who were left.  :)

Brian at bat!

He runs to 1st!

Brian stole a lot of bases while he was playing!  So funny!

Here's a back view of one of his swings:

And Michael holding one of their baseballs.  It's a little softer than a normal baseball, but not by much:

Luckily, there was a playground nearby!!!

Michael had a great time running around! 

He was particularly proud of himself about this.  Asked me for a picture of it:

The game was over quite quickly!  It was such a beautiful day that we were quite happy eating our snacks and running back and forth between the game and the playground!!

Here's a picture of the team:

Father and son:

Afterwards, there was batting practice for Michael on the really nice field:

Brian pitching to Michael:

Brian after his game!  Loved their uniforms:

When I saw this dino on the playground, it reminded me of a similar shaped creature in Spain:

My how time has flown...

Afterwards, we stopped at chipotle for dinner and headed home!!