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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)
  • 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
  • February 4, 1861: Brooklyn Atlantics win a baseball game on ice
  • 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
  • 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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