Early baseball in Michigan/Club 44
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Hart MI |
| City | Hart |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Hart BBC; National Union Club of Pentwater |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Hart BBC is listed first in Oceana County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). The National Union Club of Pentwater is also listed.
Hart MI (current pop. about 1,500) is about 220 miles NW of Detroit and about 75 miles NW of Grand Rapids, near Michigan's western border.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
