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 Stogies Vintage Base Ball is dedicated to preserving the style of play that was in effect circa 1886. Founded in 2005 by two brave souls, Jason "Hatchet" Conyers and Keith "Steamer" Walker, who were the first to defect from the newly formed San Jose Dukes during Bay Area Vintage Base Ball’s early days. The Stogies were the product of the first expansion of the Bay Area Vintage Base Ball league because of these two ballists vision.
Initially it was a rough start with plenty of problems every fledgling team must face, with the Stogies losing several games to
forfeit and lopsided defeats. Fortunately for the Stogies, the core of this team stuck together through the trying times, believed in each other and the vision of the team, and always played their hearts out every game, win or lose. Soon enough the team started to gel with the wins coming right along with this transformation. Amazingly, the Stogies finished only their second season with a wining record, and that was just the beginning.
With the acquisition of some truly vintage Stogie ballists (as well as some amazingly dedicated fans) to go right along with the solid core of this team, the Stogies have smoked their way a top the BAVBB standings and made their mark in 2007, winning their first ever outright Bay Area Vintage Base Ball crown with a record of 10-2 and 142 Runs For while only giving up 67 Runs Against.
Welcome to the home of the Stogies, and thank you for all of your interest and support.
HUZZAH STOGIES!! Cakes, Gully, Hatchet, Moonshine, Timber, Popeye, Boomer, Chpper
Steamer, Danger, Scraps
Slick, Stonewall, Tsui (not pictured)
 Stogies Win California Championship Game !
Stogies beat the Amador County Crushers 8 - 5.
With the California Championship, the Stogies qualify for the Vintage Base Ball World Championship in Westfield, MA August 14, 15, 16, & 17. |
Vintage base ball (it was typically written as two words) is baseball and you will recognize it as baseball. However, it is played by rules and customs from an earlier period in the sport's history. Players or “ballists” dress in uniforms, use equipment, and take on the mannerisms and lingo from more than a century ago. But don't be misled; Vintage Base Ball is not a superficial reenactment of baseball,Vintage Base Ball clubs attempt to recreate specific historical eras in the history of the game. It is a real competitive undertaking, with wins, losses, and the occasional broken finger. During the Nineteenth Century, the game of Base Ball grew and evolved a rapid rate. Rules changed, often times from year to year. Today, Vintage Base Ball clubs will generally pick one or two historical periods to specialize in. Others clubs may play by a wide variety of rule sets depending on their opponents during the season. The Stogies are dedicated to preserving the style of play that was in effect circa 1886.
The Stogies normally play every other Sunday. We play seven inning games at parks and ball fields throughout the Bay Area. Our season starts in April and runs through September. Many of the vintage rules provide for a very entertaining afternoon. Games are exciting to watch and more exciting to play. We welcome you to joins us at our next game. And if you have a Vintage Nine, please don't hesitate to contact us for a match.
The Lingo of the Game
Ace or Tally - run; crossing home base
Apple, pill, horsehide, onion - the ball
Artist - proficient player
Baller, Ballist - player
Basetender - an infielder
Bench - manager or coach
Blind - no score
Blooper, banjo hit - weak fly ball
Boodler - ungentlemanly maneuver
Bound - bounce
Bowler, hurler, thrower, feeder - pitcher
Club, Nine - team
Cranks - fans
Daisy Cutter - sharp grounder
Dead or Hand Dead - put out or batter out
Dew Drop - slow pitch
Dish - home plate
Foul tic - foul ball
Four Baser - homerun
Ginger - enthusiastic play
Ground - field
Huzzah! - hooray
Leg it - run swiftly
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Match - game
Midfielder - centerfielder
Muckle - power hitter
Muff or Duff - error
Muffin - enthusiastic but unskilled player
Pitcher's Point - pitchers mound or rubber
Player Dead - out
Pluck - fine strike or play
Rover - shortstop
Scouts - outfielders
Show a little ginger - play harder or smarter
Sky Ball, Skyer - flyball
Sky scraper - A high Pop Fly
Stinger - hard hit ball
Stir your stumps - run fast/hustle
Striker - hitter
Striker to the line - batter up
Talleykeeper - scorekeeper
Three Hands Dead - 3 outs, side retired
Whitewash - team held scoreless for a match or at-bat
Willow – bat
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| | Daniel "Boomer" Larson | | | Catcher, Left Field | | |
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| | John "Cakes" Eliot | | | Left Field, Center Field, Right Field | | |
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| | Aaron "Chopper" Smith | | | First Base, Right Field | | |
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| | Don "Danger" Shrank | | | Second Base, Right Field | | |
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| | Paul "Gully" Nevin | | | Left Field, Center Field, Right Field | | |
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| | Jason "Hatchet" Conyers | | | Pitcher, First Base, Third Base | | |
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| | Ravi "Jumbo" Malick | | | Pitcher, Left Field | | |
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| | Kevin "Moonshine" Hazard | | | Pitcher, Short Stop | | |
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| | Ryan "Popeye" Haislip | | | Pitcher, Third Base | | |
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| | Essy "Rock" Hoapili | | | Manager | | |
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| | Manny "Scraps" Gonzalez | | | Pitcher, Short Stop | | |
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| | Jim "Slick" Colvin | | | Pitcher, Second Base, Short Stop | | |
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| | Keith "Steamer" Walker | | | Second Base, Center Field | | |
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| | Matt "Stonewall" Dallaghan | | | Catcher | | |
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| | Terry "Timber" Davison | | | Center Field | | |
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| | Kanani "Tsui" Hoapili | | | Pitcher, Catcher, Second Base, Short Stop | | |
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 The Stogies normally play every other Sunday. We play seven inning games at parks and ball fields throughout the Bay Area. Our season starts in March and runs through August. Many of the vintage rules provide for a very entertaining afternoon. Games are exciting to watch and more exciting to play. We welcome you to joins us at our next game. And if you have a Vintage Nine, please don't hesitate to contact us for a match.
The Santa Clara Stogies earned their first ever trip to the Vintage World Series in Westfield, Mass. where they squared off against three very worthy opponents. The tournament kicked off with the local Westfield Wheelmen against the Mass. Mutuals on Thursday night. The game was extremely tight all the way through with some great ginger on display in the field and some amazing hurling. In the end, the Wheelmen snuck by 7-6 and jumped into the winners bracket in the tournament. The Mutuals were dropped to the losers bracket, and both teams would now await the outcome of the Stogies vs. the Canadian All-Stars.
The Stogies gave it their all against the All-Stars from Canada, but in the end the kids were just too much to handle, belting 5 home runs in total to sprint to a 19-2 victory and into the winners bracket against the local Wheelmen, while the Stogies were now in a sudden death situation facing a worthy opponent in the Mutuals.
The Stogies got their offense going early and often against the Mutuals and Kevin "Moonshine" Hazard held the Mutuals to one hit in four innings to earn the win. Johnny "Cakes" Elliot (1 for 2) played with a torn hamstring, and catcher Matt "Stonewall" Dullaghan, who played with a broken right finger, knocked a solo shot in the top of the third inning to help propel the Stogies.
In the winners bracket nightcap, the Canadian bats remained hot as the All-Stars defeated the host Wheelmen 15-9. This set up a must-see game with the Stogies going up against the host Wheelmen for the rights to battle for the World Series crown. The Stogies started out stone cold in the field and allowed Westfield to jump to a 9-0 lead. The Stogies never gave up however, despite some questionable calls in the field, the Stogies dropped the hammer in the last two innings scoring 7 runs and coming ever so close to a rematch with Canada, but it wasn't meant to be. The Stogies fell 9-7 despite some great use of the wood by Paul "Gully" Nevin who blasted a two run home-run to ignite the Stogie machine in the latter part of the game. "If this were a 9 inning game, I think we felt confident that we could've turned this ship around and beat them. We overcame a lot during the game and over the course of the entire tournament and unfortunately we just ran out of outs," catcher Kanani "Tsui" Hoapili said after the game.
With the Stogies staring at a long off season to think about how close they were to winning it all, they finished the trip playing extremely well as a team, some momentum to carry over into the off-season conditioning programs many of the current Stogies are all ready on. You can bet the Stogies will be back to this event next year to represent California, and hopefully they'll be carrying home the World Series crown.
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| Jason "Hatchet" Conyers
3752 Polton Place Way
San Jose, CA 95121
408-768-2115
hatchet@stogiesvintagebaseball.com
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