Early baseball in Massachusetts/Predecessor Game 60
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| Location | Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1858 |
| City | Cambridge |
| State | MA |
| Country | US |
| Name of game | Base |
"[On] almost any evening or pleasant Saturday, . . . a shirt-sleeved multitude from every class are playing as base or cricket . . . "Mens Sana," Harvard Magazine 4 (June 1858), page 201. Harvard is in Cambridge MA.
