Vintage base ball MAIN

(From left) Brad "hot stepper" Hawker, Stuart "Fenway" Gaskell and Jake "snake" Schwandt of the Mankato Baltics vintage base ball team wait out a rainstorm under a tree at Erlandson Park during their annual base ball festival Saturday. The Baltics belong to the Vintage Base Ball Association, a group which promotes playing the game with the rules of 1860. Photo by Casey Ek