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So after a split with Gettysburg on the road, the Aces traveled to Allentown to play the Ambassadors. Allentown's baseball history dates back to when the Allentowon Dukes played for one season. Here's a bit of information on their history!

Professional baseball in Allentown dates to 1884, when the Allentown Dukes completed one season in the original Eastern League. Four years later, the city fielded a Central League team, the Allentown Peanuts, which also folded after a season. The 1890s brought a series of ball clubs to the city. The Allentown Colts played in the Pennsylvania State League from 1892-93. The next year, the team became Kelly’s Killers, named for its player-manager, future Hall of Fame member Mike "King" Kelly. Late in the season, Kelly moved the Eastern League’s Binghamton Bingoes here as the Allentown Buffalos. Kelly, the era’s most flamboyant figure, died of pneumonia that fall at age 35, and the Buffalos were dissolved. In 1895, the Allentown Goobers returned Pennsylvania State League play to the city for one season. In 1898, yet another team was formed, re-using the name the Allentown Peanuts. The Peanuts played for three seasons in the Atlantic League, which succeeded the Pennsylvania State League in 1896. The league and the team were dissolved in 1900.

Mike "King" Kelly




Early 20th century
Over the next two decades, Allentown hosted only one professional team, a Tri-State League club which played from 1912-14. Then, in the 1920s, the name the Allentown Dukes was revived for a semi-professional team that played four seasons (1923–26) at Edgemont Field, a new field at Second and Susquehanna Streets. On September 7, 1923 the Allentown Dukes defeated the New York Yankees by a score of 8 to 7 at Edgemont Field. Babe Ruth struck out at bat in the ninth inning, with bases loaded. The semi-pro team led to the start of an Eastern League team under the same name in 1929. League champions the next year, the team was renamed the Allentown Buffaloes in 1931. At the end of the 1932 season, the league collapsed, and the Buffaloes folded.

The Babe!!




Well, the Aces dropped the first game, as for the third straight game, Eisuke Heida got pounded for six hits and six runs in and inning and a third!
The next two games we were worried, as we had to start two relievers, Victor Alvarado in Game 2 in which we won, 6-3, and Jorge Machado in Game 3, which we won 6-3. This was because Mark Davis was out with a migrane, and Juan Aguilar had back spasms! We were so fortunate to win two out of three!