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July 1860: The Grand Excursion of the South Brooklyn Excelsiors
July 24, 1860: The first enclosed ballpark
August 23, 1860: No gentlemen’s game, Excelsior vs. Atlantic
September 1860: The Grand Excursion, part 2: Excelsiors of South Brooklyn
February 4, 1861: Brooklyn Atlantics win a baseball game on ice
September 21, 1861: Harry Wright plays his first base ball game as a professional
July 4, 1862: The Civil War POW Game
September 18, 1862: The ‘Silver Ball’ Game
October 14, 1862: The Martyrdom of Jim Creighton
September 28, 1865: The first fixed baseball game
May 12, 1866: Atlanta’s first recorded game of base ball
July 16, 1866: Lipman Pike’s home run record
October 1866: A return on their investment
July 25, 1867: The most important game in baseball history?
October 3, 1867: “The First Colored Baseball Championship”
October 7, 1867: Candy Cummings debuts the curve
June 15, 1869: A cunning play saves Cincinnati’s streak
August 26, 1869: Cincinnati Red Stockings: Unbeaten, But Tied
September 3, 1869: Inter-racial baseball in Philadelphia
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