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To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Base Ball – 8"

Base Ball -- two words.
The new Union Ball Grounds in Brooklyn opened in May 1862, the first enclosed ball field in America.
In September 1862 Union Grounds saw the championship game between Eckford of Brooklyn vs. the Atlantics, also called the Bedford Boys.

The Eckfords won the final game 8 to 3 and continued to play ball until the 1872 season, their last.

The losing Atlantics had a more interesting history, becoming the Brooklyn Grays, then Bridegrooms and Superlas, before in 1911 renamed Brookly Dodgers.
In 1957 the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, CA, where they remain to this day... ahem, I mean to say, 160 years in the future! ;-)

6 posted on 09/19/2022 9:34:55 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: BroJoeK

Brookly Dodgers = Brooklyn Dodgers!


7 posted on 09/19/2022 9:36:46 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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