Between the Cubs’ radio declaring Gavy Cravath was the pre-Babe home run king this week and MLB treating the Elysian Fields game as a “first,” I’m beginning to wonder if anyone has read a single book written in the last 50 years. What are we even doing here?
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Did you know the first recorded baseball game ever happened in … New Jersey? 😮
It featured the New York Knickerbockers – a century before the Knicks were founded
On June 19,1846, the New York Nine played the New York Knickerbockers at Elysian Field in Hoboken, New Jersey
The Nine won the game
