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First Major League Baseball game played at Ebbets Field 100 years ago today (1913)

April 9, 20131910sadmin


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(Wednesday, April 9, 1913) — The first game was played today at Ebbets Field, the newly built home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0.

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