Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 1

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1855
City	Rochester
State	NY
Country	US
Nickname	Live Oak
Found by	Larry McCray

From Protoball Entry #1855c.14 – New York Game Comes to Rochester NY

According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (August 6, 1869), the town’s first team, the Live Oak Club, had formed in 1855.

“The first baseball club in Rochester was organized about 1855. . . . The first club was the Olympics.” “Baseball Half a Century Ago,” Rochester Union and Advertiser, March 21, 1903. Other base ball pioneers have cited 1857 and 1858 for Rochester’s first games. Information supplied by Priscilla Astifan, 2006-2007.