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Old 11-12-2016, 06:43 PM   #148
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Originally Posted by joefromchicago View Post
Binghamton is listed (The New York Clipper, 4/20/1878) as playing both Syracuse and Allegheny at home on May 20. Although that's not impossible, I regard it as highly unlikely. Consequently, I moved the Syracuse-Binghamton game to July 6.
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I do not know about that particular date, but that sort of thing happened occasionally in the minors. Even in the majors during that time, teams would play home and home double headers when the two clubs were not too far apart.
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