Vintage Base Ball Association | Clubs / Quicksteps Base Ball Club

Location: Columbia Heights, MN
Primary Rules Used: 1860

The Quicksteps, Minnesota’s first vintage base ball team (or “nine” in 1860 parlance), took the field in 1994. Clad in 1860-style uniforms and using authentic reproductions of equipment from that era, the Quicksteps have played over 100 matches in 13 seasons in five states, taking on “picked nines” organized for various occasions , “real” baseball teams, Civil War re-enactor groups, and vintage teams from Colorado, Iowa, and Ohio. The Quicksteps aim to entertain and to familiarize spectators with base ball as it was played in the milestone year of 1860, when a uniform code of rules and practices was first in use and when the first interclub match in Minnesota was played.

Quicksteps Vintage Base Ball Club Match Schedule 2007

14TH SEASON SCHEDULE, to date

Sunday, May 13: Vintage base ball demonstration before the Twins-Tigers game at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, with St. Croix of Stillwater Vintage BBC. Approx. 6:15 p.m.
Saturday May 19: vs picked nine of the Anoka County Historical Society, Anoka County Fairgrounds, Anoka, MN. Time TBA
Sunday June 10: Sartell, MN Centennial, Champions field, north Side Park, 12th Street North, 1:00 p.m.,opponent TBA
Sunday, June 17: vs St. Croix of Stillwater, Murphys Landing Historic Village, Shakopee, MN, 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 4: vs. Prinsburg Perfectos Vintage Base Ball Club, Prinsburg Baseball Field, 6th Street, Prinsburg, MN, 1 p.m.
Saturday, July 21: Lumberjack Days Vintage Base Ball Tournament, Old Athletic Grounds, Sixth St. S. & Orleans, Stillwater, MN, 11 a.m.
Monday, August 6: vs. picked nine, AugustFest, Fridley Historical Society Grounds, 611 Mississippi St., Fridley, MN, 7 p.m.
Saturday, August 11: vs. picked nine of the Richfield Historical Society, Richfield Historical Society Grounds,70th Ave. and Lyndale Ave., Richfield, MN. Time TBA
Sunday, September: 16 vs picked nine, Brooklyn Park Historic Farm, 4345 101 Ave. N., Brooklyn Park, MN, 1:30 p.m.

Contact

Bob Tholkes
3966 Reservoir Boulevard
Columbia Heights , Mn 55421-4069
763-781-6161
rjtholkes@msn.com
http://www.halseyhall.org