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

We were gone for a minute but now we're back! We look forward to the end of 2020 and a fresh start in 2021 as "Swamp Fox" sits down with the host of The Roller Out the Barrell, The Barrell Roller himself, Mathew Barnard. These two discuss the one year anniversary of Barrell Rollers' podcast that focuses on the players of vintage base ball.

We've reached the end of season 2! Say what!?! In our season two finale we sit down with "Dirt Bag" Johnson and "Marbles" Fini to discuss a topic that is crucial to the vintage base ball community. On this episode we are going to talk about the concept of "gentlemanly behavior" in the vintage base ball community. What does it mean to be a "gentleman" in our community and what happens when that trait is not carried over to social media?

The final episode of our defense series. "Swamp Fox" is joined by"Dynamite," "Tools," "Bandit," and "Honey Badger" to discuss the pitching position in vintage base ball.

In this mini episode "Swamp Fox" shares some updates on the V.B.B.P. and the Columbus Capitals 2020 season.

In this episode "Swamp Fox" and "Dynamite" are joined by two very special guest. "Farmer" John Morrison and ""The Honey Badger" Jason Zedak share their experience on transitioning to a new club. "Farmer" and "The Honey Badger" came to the Columbus Capitals from other clubs. This process can sometimes be difficult, scary, and maybe even a messy but in this episode we tackle all of the topics that come with making the move to a new vintage base ball club.

"Swamp Fox", "Dynamite", and "Mouth" sit down with Jeremy "Humble Bee" Feador to chat about his experience in vintage base ball and his podcast Our Tribe History. As official historian for The Cleveland Indians "Grindstone" shares what that job entails and what his listeners can expect when they tune into his podcast.  Check out the link below for episode #1! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-tribe-history-ep-1-1920-world-series-team/id1506912987?i=1000470869104

"Swamp Fox" sits down with "Butta" Essen and "Fireman" McDaniel to discuss their experience with the planning and playing of some of the first vintage base ball games of 2020. If you are planning to play matches under Covid-19 guidelines this episode offers some great tips.

We get to chat with Chuck Ciccarello of the Connecticut Base Ball Club of Hartford. "Swamp Fox", "Tools", and "Dynamite" discuss Chuck's (and the CBBCH) approach to off-season training, practice, and pregame warm-ups. Want to be physically and mentally ready for a season of 19th century base ball? Then this is your episode.

On this episode the Frias brothers interview their mother! Dianna Frias is one of the founding members of the first women's vintage base ball clubs ever, the Lady Diamonds. Swamp Fox, Dynamite and Kid talk to their mom about her early years in vintage base ball and what it's like being the backbone of the Columbus Capitals.

We sit down with the committee of the Northern Alliance of Vintage Ballists to get their take on the current state of vintage base ball. With matches and larger events being canceled how are these gentlemen and their clubs adjusting to 2020?

Our focus on today's podcast is all about playing 3rd base in vintage base ball. "Swamp Fox" is joined by  "Tools", Capitals 3rd baseman "Dynamite" and special guest "Ox Bo" Ossy to discuss their approach to being a 3rd base tender.

What does it take to play catcher in vintage base ball? In this episode "Swamp Fox" is joined by "Dynamite", "Too Far" Sanders and "Brandywine" Stone for a discussion on playing catcher in 19th century base ball.