Things have been crazy the last few months. Posting has been very sparse. Now that work is quieting down a bit and I’ve finished a couple of other projects I can now devote more time to posting here.
I’ve finished reading Pity of War and I am now doing some follow up research on [...]
This February 1st will be the 110th birthday of Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last surviving American serviceman from World War I. At the age of 16 he decided to join the military. He had some trouble doing so since he was not 21. After failing his first few attempts he was able [...]
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Today was the 10th annual Mayor’s Cup Championship at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. The Knickerbockers took on Live Oak. Not too long ago Live Oak was able to defeat the Knickerbockers but today would be different.
It was a very windy day, and much colder than I expected. I wore my [...]
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
World War I is officially over. Germany has recently paid the last of the reparations it owed the Allies.
Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles was teh first article of the the Reparations section of that document.
The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all [...]
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
There was a double-header of base ball today. All four of the local vintage teams played. The games used the 1865 rules.
One interesting thing that happened was one of the balls got hit over the back fence. By the rules of the day this is an automatic double, not a ‘home run.’ [...]
Saturday’s 1865 rules base ball game was rather high-scoring. I was a little surprised by this since last year the higher scoring games I saw were one days that the wind was very strong, but Saturday only had the slightest of breezes.
This game also only went eight innings. It was hot out and [...]
Today there was a 19th Century rules base ball game at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. The Knickerbockers took on the Rochesters. Despite having the lead for most of the game, the Rochesters failed to stop the Knickerbockers from getting the score tied in the 9th. Two extra innings later the Knickerbockers [...]
Today was the first day of 1865 rules baseball at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. It was a double-header with all four local teams playing. Last years team, the Excelsiors have been replaced by Flower City. All of the teams are named for teams from the area of Rochester, NY in [...]
Sunday, December 13, 2009
On 12 December 2009 Robert G. Heft, the creator of the current 50-star flag for the United States, died. He was a high school student when he designed it as part of a school project. He received a B- for his efforts, but when President Eisenhower chose his design to become the new flag for [...]
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October 4, 2009 was the Mayor’s Cup championship game for the Genesee Country Village & Museum Vintage Base Ball league. The Knickerbockers faced off against the Excelsors.
Below are the results of the game:
TEAM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TOTAL
Knickerbockers
2
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
Excelsiors
0
0
2
5
1
2
0
1
1
12
The Excelsiors won the Championship. A rather low-scoring game compared to the one the day before.
There was one player on the [...]
