Early baseball in California/Club 4

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Location	California
Year	1871
City	San Diego
State	CA
Nickname	Extempore
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Bill Swank, Baseball in San Diego (Arcadia, 2005), p. 11-13, mentions that the Extempore and an unnamed team were formed in May 1871. Other teams formed there during the next two years were the Young Eagle, Young America, Desperates, Lone Star, Coronado and Loma.

Sources

Bill Swank, Baseball in San Diego (Arcadia, 2005).