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{{Ballgame
|Name=Almedares v Borinquen in Puerto Rico in June 1896
|Name=Almedares Club v Borinquen Club on 2 June 1896
|Date=6/1/1896
|Coordinates=18.220833, -66.590149
|Type of Date=Month
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
|Type of Date=Day
|Date=1896/06/02
|Country=Puerto Rico
|Country=Puerto Rico
|Coordinates=18.220833, -66.590149
|Home Team=Almedares
|Away Team=Borinquen
|NY Rules=Unknown
|NY Rules=Unknown
|Description=<p>"It is generally acknowledged that the Cubans introduced baseball to Puerto Rico shortly before the end of th Spanish-American War in 1898. A newspaper box score appearing in June 14, 1896, documented the first reported game as Borinquen, the Carib Indian name for the island, played Almendares, a team of Cuban expatriots. The newspaper deemed the game 'dangerous for human beings and a silly form of entertainment."
|Home Team=Almedares Club
</p><p>Thomas E. Van Hyning and Franklin Otto, Puerto Rico: A Major League Steppingstone.  
|Home Score=11
</p><p>"Puerto Rico's baseball origins stretch back nearly as far as those of any of its Caribbean rivals. The first known game on Borinquen (as the island is called by its natives) have been placed as early as 1897, the same year in which the long-time colony achieved independence from Spain."
|Away Team=Borinquen  Club
</p><p>Peter C. Bjarkman, Diamonds Around the Globe (Greenwood Press, 2005), page?
|Away Score=22
</p>
|Description=<p>"It is generally acknowledged that the Cubans introduced baseball to Puerto Rico shortly before the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. A newspaper box score appearing in June 14, 1896, documented the first reported game as Borinquen, the Carib Indian name for the island, played Almendares, a team of Cuban expatriates. The newspaper deemed the game 'dangerous for human beings and a silly form of entertainment."</p>
<p>Thomas E. Van Hyning and Franklin Otto, Puerto Rico: A Major League Steppingstone.</p>
<p>"Puerto Rico's baseball origins stretch back nearly as far as those of any of its Caribbean rivals. The first known game on Borinquen (as the island is called by its natives) have been placed as early as 1897, the same year in which the long-time colony achieved independence from Spain."</p>
<p>Peter C. Bjarkman, Diamonds Around the Globe (Greenwood Press, 2005), page?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.puertadetierra.info/noticias/beisbol.htm">http://www.puertadetierra.info/noticias/beisbol.htm</a>&nbsp;says the game was June 2, 1896, won 22-11 by the Puerto Rican team.</p>
|Sources=<p><a href="http://www.puertadetierra.info/noticias/beisbol.htm">http://www.puertadetierra.info/noticias/beisbol.htm</a></p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
}}
}}

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Date of Game Tuesday, June 2, 1896
Location Puerto Rico
Home Team  Add Club Page Almedares Club
Away Team  Add Club Page Borinquen Club
Score 11 - 22
NY Rules Unknown
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"It is generally acknowledged that the Cubans introduced baseball to Puerto Rico shortly before the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. A newspaper box score appearing in June 14, 1896, documented the first reported game as Borinquen, the Carib Indian name for the island, played Almendares, a team of Cuban expatriates. The newspaper deemed the game 'dangerous for human beings and a silly form of entertainment."

Thomas E. Van Hyning and Franklin Otto, Puerto Rico: A Major League Steppingstone.

"Puerto Rico's baseball origins stretch back nearly as far as those of any of its Caribbean rivals. The first known game on Borinquen (as the island is called by its natives) have been placed as early as 1897, the same year in which the long-time colony achieved independence from Spain."

Peter C. Bjarkman, Diamonds Around the Globe (Greenwood Press, 2005), page?

http://www.puertadetierra.info/noticias/beisbol.htm says the game was June 2, 1896, won 22-11 by the Puerto Rican team.

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