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|Headline=1920 Boston Paper Aware of "25 Or So" American Base Ball Clubs by 1858 [We Now List Over 260]
|Headline=1920 Boston Paper Aware of "25 Or So" American Base Ball Clubs by 1858 [We Now List Ten Times More                        Over 260]
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1920 Boston Paper Aware of "25 Or So" American Base Ball Clubs by 1858 [We Now List Ten Times More Over 260]

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A Boston paper on baseball history suggested that by 1858 there were 25 or so base ball clubs.

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Boston Post, July 24, 1920

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As of July 2022, Protoball lists over 260 base ball clubs from that era.

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LM: Was the article referring to Boston-area clubs?

No--nationally. However, the 25 numbers seems to come from the number of clubs that attended the 1858 convention. [ba]

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Submitted by Bruce Allardice
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