Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 20
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| Location | Connecticut |
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| Year | 1866 |
| City | Meriden |
| State | CT |
| Nickname | National |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Peter Morris et al, editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section on the West Meriden team which merged with the Nationals of Meriden in January 1867.
Meriden CT (current pop. about 60,000.) is about 20 miles S of Hartford.
Sources
Peter Morris et al, editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870"
