Starting a vintage base ball team

I've been knocking around the idea of starting a vintage base ball club in Lancaster for a while. I used to play for the Brandywine Base Ball Club in West Chester and it was a great time. The rules are quite different than modern baseball, mostly that there are no gloves.

We have a rich history of base ball in the area and I'm thinking the club name would be either the Lancaster Maroons, Red Roses, or Ironsides, all actual teams that played here in the 1800s. There is an event being planned at Landis Valley Village in the summer, tentatively called "One Day in the 1860s", and I was asked if I could get a team together to play against the Keystone Base Ball Club of Harrisburg in an exhibition game. And that could potentially be our home field for future games. This is straight from the Vintage Base Ball Association (VBBA) site:

Vintage Base Ball is a pastime, with its beginnings and progressions mimicking those that occurred in America over 160 years ago. Teams competing today wear period reproduction uniforms, use period authentic equipment and follow baseball rules from the 19th century in order to accurately present the history of baseball to the public. Matches can be seen almost 12 months out of each year at open-air museums, living history villages, Civil War re-enactments and city parks and is played in over 20 states including Canada.

VBBA homepage

All the info you need is on that site, and here's a hilarious Conan video where he goes to visit a vintage base ball team so you can kind of see what it's all about. I'm just starting to gauge interest, we would need nine men to field a team but hopefully more like 12-15 to start a team. All ages, plenty of oldtimers play so don't worry about that. Once I have enough interest I will reach out to the manufacturers to get prices for uniforms and equipment. Remember, no glove needed. If you have any history/baseball fans in your life, spread the word to them! Look forward to hearing from ya!

Cheers,

Mick