Early baseball in Greece/Game 1
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Location | Greece |
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Year | 1970 |
Note on date | "Around 1970" |
City | Hellenikon |
Country | Greece |
Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
Played by | Non-locals |
"The U.S. military built two fields on the U.S. Air Force base at Hellenikon, near Glyfadas . . . . there were no [local] Greeks who participated in the sport until around 1970."
Tom Mazarakis, The History of Baseball in Greece, page 7.