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New York All-Stars Beat Brooklyn All-Stars, 2 games to 1; First Admission Fees Are Charged
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Text | "The Great Base Ball Match of 1858, which was a best 2 out of 3 games series, embodies four landmark events that are pivotal to the game's history" 1. It was organized base ball's very first all-star game. 2. It was the first base ball game in the New York metropolitan area to be played ion an enclosed ground. 3. It marked the first time that spectators paid for the privilege of attending a base ball game. 4. The game played on September 10, 1858 is at present [2005] the earliest known instance of an umpire calling strike on a batter." Schaefer, Robert H., "The Great Base Ball Match of 1858: Base Ball's First All-Star Game," Nine, Volume 14, no 1, (2005), pp 47-66. Coverage of the game in Porter's Spirit of the Times, July 24, 1858, is reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 27-29. The SOT article itself is "The Great Base Ball Match," Spirit fo the Times, Volume 28, number 24 (Saturday, July 24, 1858), page 288, column 2. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. |
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