Early baseball in Massachusetts/Game 2

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Location Massachusetts
Year 1858
Month 5
Date 29
City Westfield
State MA
Country US
Was NY rules baseball Likely
Played by Unknown
Team 1 Atwater Club side 1
Team 2 Atwater Club side 2



Daniel Genovese, The Old Ball Ground (Infinity Publishing, 2004), page 28-29, describes the Atwaters as advocates of the New York game. However, the game descriptions do not reveal specify characteristics of the Association rules,

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