Early baseball in Michigan/Club 40
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| - | |Pagetext= | + | |Pagetext=The Union School BBC is the first club listed in Monroe County in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). |
| - | The Union School BBC is the first club listed in Monroe County in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). | + | |
| - | The City of Monroe is the largest town (pop. about 20,700) in the county, and we surmise that the Union School club was from that city. Monroe is about 35 miles SW of Detroit in the SE corner of the state. | + | The City of Monroe is the largest town (pop. about 20,700) in the county, and we surmise that the Union School club was from that city. Monroe (1860 pop. about 3,900) is about 35 miles SW of Detroit in the SE corner of the state. |
| - | |Sources= | + | |Sources=Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367. |
| - | Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367. | + | |
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Latest revision as of 23:10, 11 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Michigan -> Early baseball in Michigan/Club 40 |
| Location | Michigan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Monrnoe MI |
| City | Monroe |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Union School BBC |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Union School BBC is the first club listed in Monroe County in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003).
The City of Monroe is the largest town (pop. about 20,700) in the county, and we surmise that the Union School club was from that city. Monroe (1860 pop. about 3,900) is about 35 miles SW of Detroit in the SE corner of the state.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
