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The Chesapeake and Potomac Base Ball Club represents the Baltimore and Washington areas as a vintage baseball club playing by the rules and customs of the 1860s. It was established in spring 2006 with an initial meeting of Jeff "Bucket" Turner, Scott "Rhubarb" Rogers, and Ben "Moon" Pauwels at Centennial High School in Columbia, Maryland. Further organizational meetings and an intensive recruitment drive allowed the Club to field nine players for the inaugural Chesapeake Cup at Historic Elk Landing in Elkton, Maryland in July 2006. All told, sixteen Club members played in games in 2006, and three non-playing members also participated in bringing nineteenth century base ball back to life for spectators at Club matches. During the 2006 season, the Club researched local nineteenth century base ball and chose permanent uniforms, worn starting in 2007, to honor leading Baltimore and Washington amateur clubs. In the 2007 season, the C&P posted its first victory , played well in vintage base ball tournaments in New York City and Washington D.C. and hosted midsummer matches against the Mudville Nine and the Hartford Dark Blues in addition to the other Maryland clubs. The C&P are continuing to build their membership and they hope to have two club nines a Chesapeake nine and a Potomac nine for 2008. ContactJeff Turner |