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Forget Hoboken: Baseball may have been born in Canada › Sunny South News

The first game of baseball was played on Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 19, 1846. The New Yorks (or New York Nine) crushed the New York Knickerbockers 23-1 in four innings. Alexander Cartwright, the “Father of Modern Baseball,” served as the umpire. This game has been written about and discussed on many occasions. It’s been captured in several prints and illustrations. Visitors to Hoboken can look at a bronze plaque, The Birthplac…
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sunnysouthnews.com broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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