snip:
>The firat real baseball game was played on June 19, 1846 at the Elysian
>(a-LEES-ien) Fields near (now in) Hoboken, NJ.  Forget that Abner Doubleday
>myth.  This is the real story.
>
>The New York Nickerbocker Base Ball Club, which devised the early rules,
>played a local cricket team and lost 23-1.


I also heard today that the first baseball fine was issued at that game,
when one player swore at another and was fined either 6 or 9 cents.  Of
course, he wasn't making anywhere near what our lovely humble ball players
make today.  But that's another topic...


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