Early baseball in Estonia/Game 1
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| Location | Estonia |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Country | Estonia |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Lithuanian club |
| Team 2 | Estonian club |
"Reports of baseball in Estonia date back to 1923 when an Estonia club lost in a 11-7 matchup against a Lithuanian club . . . . American baseball apparently didn't reemerge until clinics were conducted as early as 1987 in the capital of Talinn."
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 201.
