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Baseball Takes Root In New Mexico, 1867–1883, Mark E. Eberle
Baseball Takes Root In New Mexico, 1867–1883, Mark E. Eberle
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The first known baseball club in New Mexico was organized in Santa Fe in 1867 as the Santa Fe Base Ball Club. As the only club in the area, games were initially played between teams picked from the club’s members. In November 1868, the Bradley BBC at Fort Union in northeastern New Mexico challenged the Santa Fe BBC to a game. Given the distance between Santa Fe and Fort Union, they met for the game in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Originally scheduled for Thanksgiving Day, the game was postponed two days because of snow. This was the first known baseball …