Posts Tagged: Kingston Society for Playing Catch and Vintage Base Ball
Sackets Harbor NY Vintage Base Ball Tournament 2011
Posted by on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in - leave a comment
This year's vintage base ball game was remarkable. The weather was so hot I thought that I was going to faint when I slowed into second on a couple of doubles. The team had a few new faces but was as keen as ever and took both games after never winning a single game in the USA in the four previous …
Friday Bullets For Vintage Base Ball Weekend
Posted by on Friday, July 15, 2011 in - 4 comments
It's Sacket's Harbor weekend and we are past the point of no return. I think I the team will actually have enough players and, except for playing from 10 am to 2 pm in the 90F heat with 100% humidity, it should be great. I will park on the bench. Shouting things. Waving my hands at outfielders who …
Easlakian Vintage Base Ball Madness Strikes!
Posted by on Saturday, May 7, 2011 in - 3 comments
A lovely day was had by all. Kingston St. Lawrence Vintage Base Ball Club loses 3-2 to a NY Selects team from Canton and Rochester NY in the final of the RMC tournament. RMC 1 lost to the Selects 7-6 in the first round while the KSL took RMC 2 by 17-3. I got a single.
Friday Bullets For The Big Ball Games
Posted by on Friday, May 6, 2011 in - 2 comments
What a run of attention getters. Taxes due. Election. Royal wedding. Osama killed. And what is most on your mind? The Royal Military College annual vintage base ball games, of course. This year, the Kingston St. Lawrence takes on RMC at the historic Cricket Fields in Kingston, site of actual …
Friday Bullets For The Day Of Mr Interesting
Posted by on Friday, January 21, 2011 in - leave a comment
A big day. An idea I have helped frame has turned into a 26 person meeting. Yesterday, too, I had to report on work to a multi-level meeting with about as many people. I sat next to someone who crossed borders to get there and who has a profession utterly different from mine. But we chatted about …
Election Night 2010: Empires Fell As I Ate Cereal
Posted by on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in - 13 comments
So, I stayed home and did not take up the invite to go to Watertown, NY like last year. To a certain degree I am kicking myself as I would have known folk in the Democratic celebration party, the GOP celebration party and in the media covering both. People I know and like will be losing their jobs …
The 2010 Sackets Harbor NY Vintage Base Ball Tournament
Posted by on Sunday, July 18, 2010 in - leave a comment
Another great time was had by all even if we had to play 18 innings of 1864 rules baseball in a row on a 85 F day under the beating sun. The Kingston St. Lawrence VBBC tied the Sackets Harbor Ontarios 12-12 in the first game and lost 7-1 to the Genesee Nine of Rochester. Highlight was the nine run …
Friday Bullets For A Week Off In July
Posted by on Friday, July 16, 2010 in - 1 comment
It's been a weird week off. Chopped up. I even had to go to work but that was my fault. Didn't check the schedule. Picked the wrong week. Assumed. But we carried on. A cold moved through but we carried on. Started in fine style at the Dinosaur BBQ, too. Vintage base ball coming up on Sunday. Spent …
We Played Base Ball... And We Won
Posted by on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 in - leave a comment
I didn't get the great shot like with other games. No photo of the instant before a ball is hit. No photo of hands outstretched. Thought I did get the actual money shot. Maybe it's because we actually won and I spent my time screaming at the team to cover the gaps, not drift off the line and rush …
Friday Bullets For The End Of April
Posted by on Friday, April 30, 2010 in - 7 comments
And a vintage base ball weekend. Just as I am getting to the point that I am not much use on the field anymore - as much from never actually having played baseball as being creaky - others are joining up who are actually good at the game. A cricketer even. Someone having the instinct to dive …
