Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 10
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| Location | Connecticut |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Note on date | No Later Than July 1859 |
| City | Fair Haven |
| State | CT |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Pine Grove, Mechanics |
| Found by | Larry McCray |
Pine Grove (Fair Haven) played and beat the Quinnipiack club of New Haven on about July 28, 1859. This game appears in the Protoball Games Tabulation (CT table) compiled by Craig Waff. The NY Mercury June 19, 1859, reports that Fair Haven has 2 recently organized clubs, the Pine Grove BBC and the Mechanics BBC. [BA]
Fair Haven is about 2 miles E of New Haven CT.
Sources
New York Mercury, June 19, 1859.
