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|Headline=New York All-Stars Beat Brooklyn All-Stars, 2 games to 1; First Admission Fees Are Charged | |Headline=New York All-Stars Beat Brooklyn All-Stars, 2 games to 1; First Admission Fees Are Charged | ||
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|Location=NYC, Brooklyn, NY, | |Location=NYC, Brooklyn, NY, | ||
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|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"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"</p> | |Text=<p>"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"</p> | ||
<p>1. It was organized base ball's very first all-star game.</p> | <p>1. It was organized base ball's very first all-star game.</p> | ||
<p>2. It was the first base ball game in the New York metropolitan area to be played | <p>2. It was the first base ball game in the New York metropolitan area to be played on an enclosed ground.</p> | ||
<p>3. It marked the first time that spectators paid for the privilege of attending a base ball game.</p> | <p>3. It marked the first time that spectators paid for the privilege of attending a base ball game.</p> | ||
<p>4. The game played on September 10, 1858 is at present [2005] the earliest known instance of an umpire calling strike on a batter."</p> | <p>4. The game played on September 10, 1858 is at present [2005] the earliest known instance of an umpire calling strike on a batter."</p> | ||
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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 on 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."
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| Sources | 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 Spirit 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. See also Robert Schaefer, "The Changes Wrought by the Great Base Ball Match of 1858," Base Ball Journal, Volume 5, number 1 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 122-126. |
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