Other firsts in baseball/Event 2
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| - | From Oscar Eddleton's [http://research.sabr.org/journals/under-the-lights "Under the Lights"], published in the 1980 Baseball Research Journal: | + | |Pagetext=From Oscar Eddleton's [http://research.sabr.org/journals/under-the-lights "Under the Lights"], published in the 1980 Baseball Research Journal: |
<blockquote>"[O]n Thursday, September 2, 1880, teams representing two of Boston's prominent department stores, Jordan Marsh and Company and R. H. White and Company, played a game of baseball at Nantasket Bay on the oceanside of Hull, Massachusetts. | <blockquote>"[O]n Thursday, September 2, 1880, teams representing two of Boston's prominent department stores, Jordan Marsh and Company and R. H. White and Company, played a game of baseball at Nantasket Bay on the oceanside of Hull, Massachusetts. | ||
This game would have held no historic value and would long since have been forgotten had it not been for one unique feature. It was the first baseball game ever played at night "under the lights." | This game would have held no historic value and would long since have been forgotten had it not been for one unique feature. It was the first baseball game ever played at night "under the lights." | ||
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A fuller description of the game follows in the linked article. | A fuller description of the game follows in the linked article. | ||
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| Year | 1880 |
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| City | Nantasket |
| State | MA |
| Country | US |
| Description | First Night Game Played Under the Lights |
From Oscar Eddleton's "Under the Lights", published in the 1980 Baseball Research Journal:
"[O]n Thursday, September 2, 1880, teams representing two of Boston's prominent department stores, Jordan Marsh and Company and R. H. White and Company, played a game of baseball at Nantasket Bay on the oceanside of Hull, Massachusetts. This game would have held no historic value and would long since have been forgotten had it not been for one unique feature. It was the first baseball game ever played at night "under the lights."
A fuller description of the game follows in the linked article.
Sources
- http://research.sabr.org/journals/under-the-lights, retrieved on 2010-03-08.
