I debated over whether to post this in events, sports, history and tradition, or North Philadelphia.

Thursday, May 15, 4-7 PM, lecture at 5:30 p.m.
The Wagner Free Institute of Science

THE BIRTHPLACE OF PHILADELPHIA BASEBALL:
AN ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION
Dr. Jerrold Casway, Howard Community College

From their flyer: "Don't miss the last of this year's 'Weeknights' series, as we are taken back to the middle of the 19th century to explore the ballfields of North Philadelphia, where the earliest professional baseball games were played."

Special attention will be given to the historic Athletic's ballfield that was located across the street from the Wagner Institute.

For more information, including an illustration of an early Athletics game with Wagner in the background, see
http://www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org/news.shtml

For a map of North Philadelphia ballfields of 1860, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lblanch...48501/sizes/l/

The Wagner itself has to be seen to be believed. I believe the event is free of charge.

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Very nice. Thanks.

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Mr. lb_philly will be out of town, so I'm thinking about biking up.

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I would have liked to go, but sadly my civic association meeting is that night and we are even having Darell Clarke.

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