Early baseball in Ohio/Club 8

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Location	Ohio
Year	1866
City	Mansfield
State	OH
Country	US
Nickname	Mansfield Base Ball Club
Found by	Larry McCray

"[T]he Mansfield Base Ball Club [was] formed [in 1866]. The following year, the Mansfield Base Ball Club became the Independents of Mansfield."

James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball on the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 6.