Early baseball in Michigan/Club 37
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Location | Michigan |
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Year | 1866 |
Modern address | Romeo MI |
City | Romeo |
State | MI |
Country | US |
Nickname | Inland Club of Romeo; Union Club of Romeo |
Found by | Peter Morris |
The Inland Club of Romeo MI is the first club listed for Macomb County MI. The Unoin Club of Romeo is also listed.
Romeo MI (current pop. about 3,700) is about 30 miles N of Detroit.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.