Upset Gives Western Clubs First win vs. the East

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Date	Thursday, July 25, 1867
Location	Rockford, IL, United States
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Description	When the Forest City BBC of Rockford, IL, upset the touring National BBC of Washington, D.C., it marked the first win for a "western" club against a team from the east.
Sources	John Thorn, "The Most Important Game in Baseball History?-- Rockford vs. Washington", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 55-57
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Submitted by	Larry McCray
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