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|Headline=And It&#39;s <i>Pittsburgh</i> We Call the Pirates?
|Headline=And It&#39;s <i>Pittsburgh</i> We Call the Pirates?
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|Salience=2
|Location=Greater New York City,
|Country=US
|Country=US
|State=NY
|State=NY
|City=NYC
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|Game=Base Ball,  
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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
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|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult

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And It's Pittsburgh We Call the Pirates?

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Location Greater New York City
City/State/Country: NYC, NY, US
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Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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In a game account from August 1859, the writer observes, "with a spicing of New York first rate players, Chicago may expect to stand in the front rank of Base Ball cities." 

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"Atlantic Club vs. Excelsior Club - Progress of Base Ball in the Great West.," New York Morning Express (August 20, 1859), page 4, column 1. Posted to 19CBB 3/16/2007 by George Thompson.

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