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Where was the 1846 game between the Knickerbockers and the New York Nine played?
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The 1846 game between the Knickerbockers and the New York Nine, often cited as the first official game of baseball, was played at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.1
While the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was organized in New York City, the match took place across the river in Hoboken, a location frequently used by early New York clubs for their games.