Ohio Cup, Day Two recap -- Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'...

Up and at 'em bright and early on Sunday morning for the coin flip against the Welkin Base Ball Club from Port Huron, Michigan. Our Captain, Danger, wins more coin flips than he loses.

Welkin BBC was short a few players on day two and picked up the Columbus Capitals best player "Kid" Frias -- as monstrous a hitter as he looks. Legend has it that Kid played in the Yankees organization with Derek Jeter; I didn’t get the opportunity to talk much to him about that, mostly because I was busy chasing his drives over my head and into the next county.

Noodles drives in Stony from third, and though we spotted Welkin a couple of runs, we quickly took control of the game.

Our catcher Stony. They were referred to as "behinds" in 1860 (for behind the batter) and as you can see he had only a couple of hay bales as a backstop.

Checking in with the scorekeeper to ring the bell and 'tally my ace.'

We were victorious over Welkin, 7-2, and would next take on the Union Base Ball Club from Rochester, Minnesota. Mayhem scoops the throw from Cyclone to nip the Union runner at first during Game 5.

Mayhem gets directions back to first on a foul ball. In 1860, fouls were considered "live" for runners and you could be thrown out if you did not get back to your base before the ball was returned to the hurler...a dicey base-running issue on deep drives down the left field line.

After defeating the Union BBC they give us their traditional 'spinning hat' cheer.

Taking a shade break before our final game. With a record of 4-1 in the tournament so far, we would finish the tournament with a match against a long-time rival and tough club, the Frosty Sons of Thunder from Somerset, Pennsylvania, who had also lost just one game in the tournament.

Defense would be the name of the game in the final, as Mayhem just gets to the bag before the Thunder runner, as our hurler, King, and the Thunder squad look on.

Cyclone made a couple of acrobatic catches in right field to preserve the victory.

A hard-fought 2-0 victory over the Frosty Sons of Thunder! According to their Captain, it was the first time in their history any team had held them scoreless.

Five victories and only one defeat for the Empires (also known as the Perfectos), representing well the city of St. Louis in the Ohio Cup!

Only one thing left to say...

Outlaw