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Preserving and celebrating our historic heritage is one of the goals of the Sylvania Community. One of the ways we honor that heritage is the recreation of vintage base ball matches by the Great Black Swamp Frogs Base Ball Club. The Frogs play Civil War Era base ball using rules codified in 1860. Players wear old time uniforms, the umpire and the scorer appear in period attire, and even some of the spectators don historic dress. The ball club is named for the Great Black Swamp that once covered much of the northwest Ohio area and Toledo's early nickname, "Frogtown". The game that the Frogs play is fundamentally the same as baseball today; differences in rules, strategies, and equipment are portrayed and duplicated as accurately as possible. In the mid-nineteenth century, base ball was two words and an amateur game played by respectable gentlemen. The Frogs, along with their families, recreate these social and recreational events. The Frogs are charter members of the Vintage Base Ball Association. |
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Matches: Saturday, September 3, 2011 Ohio Cup Festival 11:00 am vs. Deep River Grinders 2:00 vs. St. Louis Unions 4:00 vs. Pittsburgh Franklins at the Ohio Historical Society Columbus, Ohio |
Frogs Tie in Regulation, Lose in Extras
Brooklyn, MI - The Frogs overcame a large deficit to take a late lead in a match against the Walker Wheels of Brooklyn, Michigan, on August 28th. The Wheels rallied to tie the score at 15 in the top of the ninth, and the Frogs were unable to push across the winning talley in the bottom half of the frame. The captains agreed to play an extra inning, which resulted in the Wheels emerging victorius, 20 to 6. Reported by Rick Fuchs, September 2nd, 2011 |
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For more information about vintage base ball, visit the VBBA site | |
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Visit the Sylvania Historic Village. | |
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| If you would like to schedule a match with the Frogs ,
or if you are interested in becoming part of the Frogs' team, as a
player, scorekeeper, or umpire, contact Rick "Sparky" Fuchs
(419-843-1725) or Brad
"Doc" James (419-885-1893). |
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