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.
Asheville NC (1870 pop. 1400) is about 110 miles W of Charlotte NC.
