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July 4, 1833: In the beginning, Olympics vs. Camden
Circa 1840: The legendary Doubleday Game
October 1845: The first recorded baseball games in New York
June 3, 1851: Match play, Knickerbockers vs. Washington Club (NY)
May 31, 1858: Winthrop tops Olympic in first match game played under ‘Massachusetts’ rules
Summer 1858: The Brooklyn-New York baseball rivalry begins
September 9, 1858: The New York rules in New England
June 30, 1859: Caught on the fly: Knickerbockers vs. Excelsiors
July 1, 1859: Baseball goes to college
October 11, 1859: Upton Excelsiors become the Massachusetts champions
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
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”
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