El Sporting Club of Merida
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Nick Name | El Sporting |
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Earliest Known Date | 1890 |
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Location | Merida, Yucatan, Mexico |
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Nine Class | Senior |
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Description | Beezley, "Judas at the Jockey Club..." p. 22: "In Yucatan, Cuban immigrants to Merida introduced the game, and local elites soon organized the powerful, and undefeated in 1892 and 1893, El Sporting Club." Klein, "Baseball on the Border," p. 32 says that "Cubans visiting the Yucatecan beaches introduced the game [baseball] to local families in 1890," citing Gil Joseph's research. See also Lara, "Historia del Beisbol en Yucatan," Part 1 1890-1906. |
Sources | Beezley, "Judas at the Jockey Club..." p. 22; Lara, "Historia del Beisbol en Yucatan," Part 1 1890-1906. |
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Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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First in Location | Yucatan, Mexico |
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