Early baseball in North Carolina/Game 1
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Location | North Carolina |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Asheville |
State | NC |
Country | US |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
First in North Carolina | Yes |
"Newspaper accounts indicate that the first baseball game in Asheville was played in 1866 on Smith's 118-acre tract, also known as the Barn Field . . . . Baseball soon became known as a 'club' sport, and 'sandlot attraction' played among talented amateurs."
Bill Ballew, Baseball in Asheville (Arcadia, Date?), page 7. Accessed in snippet view via Google Books search February 2010.