Early baseball in Latvia/Game 1
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| Location | Latvia |
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| Year | 1920 |
| City | Riga |
| Country | Latvia |
| Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
| Played by | Non-locals |
| Team 1 | Red Cross -- Western Russia |
| Team 2 | Red Cross -- Baltic States |
"Latvia had a brief flirtation with baseball in 1920, according to the October 10th edition of the New York Times that year. The paper recounted a game in Riga featuring members of the American Red Cross Commission of Western Russia and the Baltic States that garnered high-level political attention. 'During the third inning,' the paper wrote, 'the Prime Minister of Latvia drove onto the field. [The fielding team] whooped with joy, thinking that here was a worthy player to match [the other club's star.] Instead, the Minister-President took our first baseman away with him.'"
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 214.
