In Buffalo‚ the Atlantics are defeated by the Niagaras and pitcher Atwater‚ 19 – 15. The Niagaras jump to a 9 – 0 lead‚ then fall behind before rallying to win.

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On June 10, 1868 In Buffalo‚ the Atlantics are defeated by the Niagaras and pitcher Atwater‚ 19 – 15. The Niagaras jump to a 9 – 0 lead‚ then fall behind before rallying to win.

In a battle of the top two Cincinnati teams‚ the Red Stockings cut down the Buckeyes‚ 28 – 10. Asa Brainard‚ from the Excelsior Club‚ makes his first appearance with the Reds as a number of players have changed teams this year. Those who do so while having a valid contract with their original team are called “revolvers.”

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In a battle of the top two Cincinnati teams‚ the Red Stockings cut down the Buckeyes‚ 28 – 10. Asa Brainard‚ from the Excelsior Club‚ makes his first appearance with the Reds as a number of players have changed teams this year. Those who do so while having a valid contract with their original team are called “revolvers.”

1867 – The Atlantics beat the Mutuals‚ 18 – 15‚ in the first match of the season series between the two clubs. George Zettlein pitches the win.

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1867 – The Atlantics beat the Mutuals‚ 18 – 15‚ in the first match of the season series between the two clubs. George Zettlein pitches the win.

1867 – A Grand match for the benefit of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund is played between picked nines from New York and Brooklyn at the Union Grounds. New York wins the well-played game‚ 13 – 7.

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1867 – A Grand match for the benefit of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund is played between picked nines from New York and Brooklyn at the Union Grounds. New York wins the well-played game‚ 13 – 7.

The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43 – 16

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The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43 – 16. The visitors whipped Camden‚ 64 – 10, on the 8th‚ beat the Keystone Club‚ 65 – 10, on the 9th‚ and won, 58 – 11, over the 30-year-old Olympic Club yesterday.

1862 – A crowd of 40,000 watches two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Civil War historians are debating the actual size of the crowd.

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1862 – A crowd of 40,000 watches two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Civil War historians are debating the actual size of the crowd.

In a game against the Unions of Morrisania, Jim Creighton of the Excelsiors hits a sixth-inning home run after doubling in each of his first four times to the plate. When he crosses home, the 21 year-old superstar complains of having broken his belt, that turns out to be a suspected fatal ruptured inguinal hernia caused by the torque created by his all upper-body hard swing with the bat.

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In a game against the Unions of Morrisania, Jim Creighton of the Excelsiors hits a sixth-inning home run after doubling in each of his first four times to the plate. When he crosses home, the 21 year-old superstar complains of having broken his belt, that turns out to be a suspected fatal ruptured inguinal hernia caused by the torque created by his all upper-body hard swing with the bat.

Wearing ice skates, the champion Atlantics defeat the Charter Oak Club, 36 – 27 on a game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in South Brooklyn.

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1861 – Wearing ice skates, the champion Atlantics defeat the Charter Oak Club, 36 – 27 on a game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in South Brooklyn.

In the first college baseball game ever played, Amherst defeats Williams College, 73 – 32 (66 – 32 by some reports) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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In the first college baseball game ever played, Amherst defeats Williams College, 73 – 32 (66 – 32 by some reports) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.