In Mazatlan in November 1847

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Date of Game November 1847
Location Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Description

Cesar Gonzalez Gomez, "March, Conquest, and Play Ball: The Game in the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848," Base Ball, Fall 2011, pp. 13-22, says that in November 1847 American troops occupied the port of Mazatlan and played baseball "in the marsh located at Montuosa hill..." The article cites three separate but non-primary sources.

Sources

Cesar Gonzalez Gomez, "March, Conquest, and Play Ball: The Game in the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848," Base Ball, Fall 2011, pp. 13-22

Comment

Were they playing NY rules baseball, or some predecessor game such as town ball? [ba]

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Mexico
Players Locality Non-local



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