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|Description=<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span><span>UBAN Baseball apparently was born in June of 1866, when an American ship anchored in Matanzas Bay to load sugar. One day the U.S. sailors invited the Cubans to play a game they called baseball. Cubans joke that the Americans were motivated at least in part by a desire to sell baseball equipment; nonetheless, they helped build a baseball diamond at Palmar del Junco, where the first baseball games in Cuban history were played. (per 1989 baseball encyclopedia)</span></p> | |Description=<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span><span>UBAN Baseball apparently was born in June of 1866, when an American ship anchored in Matanzas Bay to load sugar. One day the U.S. sailors invited the Cubans to play a game they called baseball. Cubans joke that the Americans were motivated at least in part by a desire to sell baseball equipment; nonetheless, they helped build a baseball diamond at Palmar del Junco, where the first baseball games in Cuban history were played. (per 1989 baseball encyclopedia).</span></p> | ||
|Sources= | <p><span>A game was for sure played in 1867. See the Washington (DC) Evening Star, Sept.10, 1867</span></p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Washington (DC) Evening Star, Sept.10, 1867</p> | |||
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|Comment=<p>This may be apocryphal.</p> | |Comment=<p>This 1866 date may be apocryphal.</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:20, 17 July 2024
| Date of Game | June 1866 |
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| Location | Matanzas, Cuba |
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| Field | Add Field Page |
| Home Team | Add Club Page |
| Away Team | Add Club Page |
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| Innings | 9 |
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| Game Officials | |
| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | CUBAN Baseball apparently was born in June of 1866, when an American ship anchored in Matanzas Bay to load sugar. One day the U.S. sailors invited the Cubans to play a game they called baseball. Cubans joke that the Americans were motivated at least in part by a desire to sell baseball equipment; nonetheless, they helped build a baseball diamond at Palmar del Junco, where the first baseball games in Cuban history were played. (per 1989 baseball encyclopedia). A game was for sure played in 1867. See the Washington (DC) Evening Star, Sept.10, 1867 |
| Sources | Washington (DC) Evening Star, Sept.10, 1867 |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | This 1866 date may be apocryphal. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
| First in Location | Matanzas, Cuba |
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