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- 18:03, 26 June 2023 Dave talk contribs changed group membership for Bsallardice from editor, supereditor and administrator to editor, supereditor, administrator and bureaucrat
- 17:11, 11 January 2022 Dave talk contribs changed group membership for Bsallardice from editor and supereditor to editor, supereditor and administrator
- 08:22, 17 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Champion Club of Jersey City v Unca Club of Brooklyn on 24 September 1859#comment-553 - Uncas of New York, not Brooklyn? And game in Manhattan or Jersey City?)
- 07:02, 14 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Active Club of Newark v Invincible on 22 May 1858#comment-549 - Should this be NY, not NJ?)
- 06:55, 14 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Manhattan v Baltic in Newark on 6 September 1859#comment-548 - NY, not Newark, location.)
- 06:43, 14 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Champion (NY v Jefferson Club of New York on 16 August 1860#comment-547 - NJ or NY?)
- 07:08, 8 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Havana in 1864#comment-546 - Cuba was at this time, and until 1898, a colony of Spain.)
- 07:07, 8 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Almedares Club v Borinquen Club on 2 June 1896#comment-545 - Puerto Rico is of course today a Commonwealth, associated with the United States. The 1896 game would have been played when it was still a colony of Spain.)
- 06:56, 5 May 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Free Academy Club of New York v Monument Club of New York on 22 September 1857#comment-544 - Should this field be Hamilton Square (aka Metropolitan Grounds) in Manhattan, with the game played in Manhattan, not Newark?)
- 11:50, 30 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Mobile in 1861#comment-541 - Spring Hill was a Catholic school where many of New Orleans' wealthy families sent their sons. Seeing as how baseball was played in New Orleans in 1859, many of these students would, by 1860 at least, have b...)
- 07:03, 30 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Clipping:Tradional Easter Ballplaying . . . Where Fast Day Play was Born?#comment-540 - In old England the "town corporation" was usually what we would today term the city council.)
- 07:27, 24 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (The Early Sporting Press in New England 1.0#comment-539 - Since you ask for info about early baseball writers, William H. Bray (mentioned in the article) was born in England in 1831, and died in Oakland, CA April 29, 1902. By 1880 he had moved to C...)
- 06:07, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Continental Club of Newtonville v Upton Club of Boston on 30 June 1866#comment-538 - Harvard Law School grounds?)
- 06:05, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Niagara Club of East Cambridge v Forest Club of East Cambridge on 19 August 1858#comment-537 - Cambridge had 26,060 residents in 1860.)
- 06:01, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Unnamed club Club of Dayton#comment-536 - Dayton had 20,081 residents in 1860.)
- 05:43, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Mechanics Club of Worcester#comment-535 - Worcester had 24,960 residents in 1860.)
- 05:34, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Warren Club of Roxbury#comment-534 - Roxbury had 25,137 residents in 1860.)
- 05:16, 21 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Portland Base Ball Club#comment-533 - Portland had 26,341 residents in 1860.)
- 06:36, 18 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Eckford Club of Brooklyn#comment-532 - See also Eckford of Greenpoint.)
- 19:25, 16 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Hoosiers Club of South Bend#comment-531 - This is based on some 1932 newspaper articles in the South Bend Tribune, which says Henry Benjamin organized the "Hoosier Base Ball Club" in 1860, which club had a practice game that year in "Goose Pasture....)
- 06:58, 16 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Champion Base Ball Club of Leavenworth#comment-530 - See also "Fort Leavenworth" entries.)
- 05:48, 15 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1854.15#comment-528 - The term “old fashioned base ball” (OFBB) appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game was played locally before the New York game arrived. The term was used extensively in upstate New...)
- 05:45, 15 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1835c.13#comment-527 - The term “old fashioned base ball” (OFBB) appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game was played locally before the New York game arrived. The term was used extensively in upstate Ne...)
- 05:43, 15 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Wicket, OFBB (retro) in East Granville in 1835#comment-526 - The term “old fashioned base ball” (OFBB) appears to have been used in the decades after the 1850s to describe whatever game was played locally before the New York game arrived. The t...)
- 10:54, 14 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Clipper Club of Manchester v Hunky Dory Club of Nashua on 29 May 1869#comment-525 - The Highland Trotting Park was west of downtown Manchester, in what is today the Piscataquog District.)
- 09:08, 14 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Clipper Club of Manchester v Hunky Dory Club of Nashua on 29 May 1869#comment-524 - An 1875 game in Manchester was player at the Trotting Park. See New York Clipper, July 31, 1875.)
- 18:58, 12 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Sacramento on 11 December 1859#comment-523 - The politician W. I. Ferguson (d. 1858) was known in Sacramento as "Ferg." There might be a connection between him and the field.)
- 13:51, 11 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Holt Base Ball Club of Newport#comment-522 - Said to have as their home grounds "Taylor's Bottom.")
- 10:07, 9 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Alamo Club of San Antonio#comment-521 - It would make sense for this club, and other early clubs, to have played in/near the Alamo, and/or what is now Travis Park (to the west of the Alamo), the two large open spaces in central San Antonio at the t...)
- 05:15, 9 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Capital City Club of Madison#comment-520 - Sackmann says that in 1865 this club played on grounds on the shores of Lake Mendota.)
- 05:07, 9 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Capital City Club of Madison#comment-519 - Sackmann article says this club was "active" in 1864, but no record of match games till 1865.)
- 06:38, 8 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (24th United States Infantry Base Ball Club of Vicksburg, Mississippi v Mississippi Valley BBC of Vicksburg on 7 February 1867#comment-518 - From the above the "parade grounds" may have been about where Harris St. intersects Cherry.)
- 05:32, 8 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (In Biloxi in July 1860#comment-517 - Biloxi and Pass Christian, on MS's Gulf Coast, were (and are) popular resort areas for New Orleans residents.)
- 07:54, 7 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (First Game at the North Pole#comment-516 - A photo of this game is in the Naval History blog, July 4, 2019.)
- 08:10, 5 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (University of Washington Club of Seattle#comment-515 - A "university" base ball club played the "town" on July 4, 1878 in Seattle. See Seattle Daily Intelligencer, July 2, 1878. Jack Levy of the Alkis BBC was Secretary of the July 4th Festivities.)
- 08:08, 5 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Dolly Varden Base Ball Club of Seattle#comment-514 - A Dolly Varden saloon existed in Seattle in 1872. See Puget Sound Dispatch, June 13, 1872.)
- 19:53, 4 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pioneer Base Ball Club of Portland#comment-513 - A website on Portland history says the first games were played on a vacant lot on Washington Street. Later, at Broadway and Stark. See pdxhistory.com.)
- 07:10, 4 April 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Knoxville#comment-512 - A Nov. 1867 game between the Holston and Knoxville clubs, won by the former 90-21, was played near "Serff's" on Cumberland St. Knoxville Press and Herald, Nov. 7, 1867. A "Scherf's" Hotel existed in Knoxville in 1869...)
- 06:07, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Victoria v Seattle Alkis in Victoria on 24 May 1877#comment-511 - An Olympia BBC was named the Alkis. The newspaper might be mistaken here.)
- 06:04, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Dolly Varden Base Ball Club of Seattle#comment-510 - Seattle had 1,107 residents in 1870.)
- 05:48, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Rainier Base Ball Club of Olympia#comment-509 - See also Olympia "Washington Standard," May 29, 1869.)
- 05:46, 30 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Red Rovers Club of Port Townsend#comment-508 - This is the report in the Port Townsend Weekly Argus, May 18, 1871)
- 05:33, 28 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Port Gamble Base Ball Club#comment-507 - A FORT Gamble club (same location as the town?) existed in 1877. See Snohomish.)
- 12:07, 26 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (New:Winona Base Ball Club of Phildelphia#comment-506 - A Winona BBC was in existence in 1859.)
- 12:02, 26 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (New:Virona of Philadelphia#comment-505 - Is this the same as the "Veruna" BBC? Duplicate entry?)
- 11:59, 26 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Veruna Club of Philadelphia#comment-504 - Is this the "Virona" BBC organized 6-1-1866?)
- 06:44, 19 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Syracuse Base Ball Club#comment-503 - The Syracuse Courier, Oct. 23, 1858 reports an Oct. 22 intramural game by the Syracuse BBC between the marrieds and singles. Other game reports are in same, 11-1 and 11-11-58. The club's grounds were "near" Fay...)
- 06:40, 19 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Syracuse Base Ball Club#comment-502 - The Syracuse Courier, Nov. 15, 1858 gives the box score of a game between the married and single men of the Syracuse BBC.)
- 06:33, 19 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Salt Point Base Ball Club of Syracuse#comment-501 - The Central City Courier of Syracuse, May 7, 1859, mentions the Salt Point BBC members practicing nearly every morning.)
- 06:10, 13 March 2020 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Walla Walla v Club of Walla Walla on 6 September 1867#comment-500 - The Walla Walla Statesman, Sept. 27, 1867 reports that Saturday last the Excelsiors beat the Walla Wallas.)