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Despite his Dutch family ties and a strong desire to play baseball in the Netherlands, Boyd was not pursued by any Hoofdklasse clubs, even after numerous attempts to contact them after his college career was over. [citation needed] Instead, he went on to play for the Hoboken Pioneers in Belgium where he had an extremely successful 2006 season ...
While the city of Hoboken boasts that the Elysian grounds were the "birthplace" of baseball in 1846, this is a myth. There were countless baseball clubs and games played during the 1830s, if not earlier—in Hoboken, New York City, Brooklyn, and elsewhere—and the first rules were drawn up by the Gotham Club of New York in 1837.
What was long considered the first "officially recorded" baseball game was played on June 19, 1846 at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. The "Knickerbockers" and the "New York Nine" (also known as the New York Baseball Club, probably identical with the Gothams), played with Cartwright's twenty rules.
1845 October 21 – A second baseball game is played between the New York and Brooklyn clubs at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, with New York prevailing 24–4, and the first known box score appears in the New York Morning News the following day.
It is however certain that Cartwright, a New York bookseller who later caught gold fever, umpired a game in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 19, 1846. The game ended, and the Knickerbockers' opponents (the New York nine) [g] won, 23–1. This was long believed to be the first recorded U.S. baseball game between organized clubs.
Duncan Fraser Curry (November 28, 1812 – April 1894) was an American baseball pioneer and insurance executive.. Curry was the first president of the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club, reported to be the first organized baseball club in 1845.
Baseball. Events. 19 June — first match certainly played under the Knickerbocker rules at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. ... Grand National – Pioneer;
The 2011 European Cup was an international baseball competition among the top teams of the professional ... Hoboken Pioneers: 2: 3.400: 2: 22: 42 North Stars: 0: 5 ...