Early baseball in California/Club 18

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Location	California
Year	1866
City	Oakland
State	CA
Nickname	Live Oak, Wide Awake
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Peter Morris et. al., eds., "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870," pp. 319-321, says that Oakland had a Live Oak BBC in 1866, and a Wide Awake BBC in 1867.

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Peter Morris et. al., eds., "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870," pp. 319-321