ANTIQUE VINTAGE 1860-1880's TOWN BALL ACORN KNOB FLAT PADDLE BASEBALL BAT-RARE
IT'S TIME FOR RETIREMENT. MY PERSONAL COLLECTION OF 100's OF CLEVELAND INDIANS PHOTOS, AUTOGRAPHS, VINTAGE MEMORABILIA, AND MORE... THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.... TOWN BALL IS CLOSELY RELATED TO BASE BALL BUT PRE DATES IT BY A FEW DECADES.
THIS DISTANT COUSIN TO BASEBALL FEATURED FOUR FOOT HIGH STEAKS INSTEAD OF BASES. AN OUT WAS RECORDED BY A FIELDER HITTING THE RUNNER WITH THE BALL BEFORE HE REACHED A STEAK THIS WAS KNOWN AS SOAKING THE RUNNER. THE RUNNER COULD AVOID BEING SOAKED BY FLEEING TO ANY PART OF THE FIELD.
THERE WAS NO FOUL TERRITORY IN TOWN BALL SO WHEN THE BALL WAS STRUCK THE STRIKER RAN NO MATTER WHERE THE BALL WENT. FIELDERS WERE POSITIONED AROUND THE CATCHER AND IN AREAS THAT WOULD NOW BE FOUL TERRITORY.
A TOWN BALL BAT WAS OFTEN SWUNG WITH ONE HAND SO THEY WERE SHORTER THAT A MODERN BASEBALL BAT. DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, BASE BALL BATS AT TIMES WERE REFERRED TO AS PADDLES. THESE BATS WERE HELPFUL WITH BALL PLACEMENT.
BY 1893 FLAT BATS WERE NO LONGER ALLOWED. BAT IS OVER 150 YEARS OLD. VERY TOUGH BAT TO FIND FROM THIS ERA. HAS A BEAUTIFUL PATINA, AN ACORN STYLE BAT KNOB.
32 INCHES LONG, AND WEIGHS APPROX. 25 OUNCES - BAT IS SOLID AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH "NO" CHIPS OR REPAIRS BUT HAS SOME MINOR CRACKS FROM AGE. The item "ANTIQUE VINTAGE 1860-1880's TOWN BALL ACORN KNOB FLAT PADDLE BASEBALL BAT-RARE" is in sale since Wednesday, February 01, 2017. This item is in the category "Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Vintage Sports Memorabilia\Bats". The seller is "prosporter2662" and is located in Canton, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, HN, JM.- Year: 1800's
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- ANTIQUE BASEBALL BAT: VINTAGE BASEBALL BAT
- BASEBALL: VINTAGE BASEBALL
- ANTIQUE BASEBALL: 1800's BASEBALL BAT
- TOWN BALL BASEBALL: TOWN BALL BASEBALL BAT
- VINTAGE TOWN BALL BASEBALL: VINTAGE TOWN BALL BASEBALL BAT
- TOWN BALL PADDLE BAT: VINTAGE TOWN BALL PADDLE BAT
