Early baseball in Michigan/Club 16
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Modern address | Hastings MI |
| City | Hastings |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Hastings BBC |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Hastings BBC is the first club mentioned in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever in Barry County.
Hastings MI (current pop. about 7,400) is about 125 miles W of Detroit and about 40 miles W of Lansing.
Other early clubs listed for Barry County include the Lone Star Club of Hastings,; National Club of Middleville; Hickory Corners BBC; and Fleet Club of Spaulding's Corners.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 366.
