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{{Ballgame | {{Ballgame | ||
|Name= | |Name=in Nashville in 1862 | ||
| | |Coordinates=36.1626638, -86.7816016 | ||
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia | |||
|Type of Date=Year | |Type of Date=Year | ||
|Date Note= | |Date=1862/01/01 | ||
| | |Date Note=Approximate | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=TN | |||
|City=Nashville | |City=Nashville | ||
| | |Field=Sulphur Spring Bottom | ||
|NY Rules=Unknown | |NY Rules=Unknown | ||
|Description=<p>"Sulphur Spring Bottom Athletic Park, built after the Civil War, hosted the first baseball game in Nashville. | |Description=<p>"Sulphur Spring Bottom Athletic Park, built after the Civil War, hosted the first baseball game in Nashville. The low-lying area flooded whenever the Cumberland River overflowed."</p> | ||
</p><p>Nashville's population was about 19,000 in 1860. | <p>Nashville's population was about 19,000 in 1860. It was the 54th largest city in the US.</p> | ||
</p><p><br /> | <p><br /> Open Issues: Can we verify and expand this fragment? In the 1960s, this was evidently the oldest ballpark in the US. Is there an indication that play was governed by Association rules?</p> | ||
Open Issues: Can we verify and expand this fragment? | <p>Another source notes: "Some sources contend that the occupying Union army brought baseball to Nashville in 1862." See <a class="external free" title="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=58" href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=58" rel="nofollow">http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=58</a>, accessed May 8, 2012.</p> | ||
</p><p>Another source notes: "Some sources contend that the occupying Union army brought baseball to Nashville in 1862." | |Sources=<p>Diana Diekman, <em>Live Fast, Love Hard: the Faron Young Story</em> (University of Illinois Press, 2007), page 89. Accessed February 2010 in snippet view via Google Books search.</p> | ||
</p> | |Has Source On Hand=No | ||
|Sources=<p>Diana Diekman, < | |||
</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |class=championship= | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 7 April 2024
Date of Game | 1862 Approximate |
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Location | Nashville, TN, United States |
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Field | Sulphur Spring Bottom |
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NY Rules | Unknown |
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Description | "Sulphur Spring Bottom Athletic Park, built after the Civil War, hosted the first baseball game in Nashville. The low-lying area flooded whenever the Cumberland River overflowed." Nashville's population was about 19,000 in 1860. It was the 54th largest city in the US.
Another source notes: "Some sources contend that the occupying Union army brought baseball to Nashville in 1862." See http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=58, accessed May 8, 2012. |
Sources | Diana Diekman, Live Fast, Love Hard: the Faron Young Story (University of Illinois Press, 2007), page 89. Accessed February 2010 in snippet view via Google Books search. |
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Has Source On Hand | No |
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Entry Origin | Sabrpedia |
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