Early baseball in Ohio/Club 9
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Ashtabula |
State | OH |
Country | US |
Nickname | Ashtabula |
Found by | Larry McCray |
"East of Cleveland, Ashtabula had a team on the field. They hosted the Painesville 'Athletics' in early September."
James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball On the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 7. The source may be the Painesville Telegraph.
Ashtabula is near Lake Erie, about 40 miles from Erie PA and about 50 miles from Cleveland.