Early baseball in Michigan/Club 39
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Location | Michigan |
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Year | 1870 |
Modern address | Big Rapids MI |
City | Big Rapids |
State | MI |
Country | US |
Nickname | Big Rapids BBC; Hungry Nine of Big Rapids |
Found by | Peter Morris |
The Big Rapids BBC is the first club listed in Mecosta County MIin Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). Also listed are the Hungry Nine of Big Rapids and the Active Club of Big Rapids.
Big Rapids MI (current pop. about 10,800) is about 175 miles NW of Detroit and about 55 miles N of Grand Rapids.