Jason Love will discuss his book, "A Visit to New Jersey's Minor League Ballparks," and the past, present, and future of baseball in New Jersey.
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Baseball did not originate in a cow pasture in Cooperstown, New York. On June 19, 1846 the first organized baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey. The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers by a score of 23 - 1. New Jersey has a rich history when it comes to baseball.
Currently five professional teams call the Garden State home: Trenton Thunder, New Jersey Jackals, Lakewood BlueClaws, Sussex County Miners and the Somerset Patriots. Minor league teams have also played in Atlantic City, Camden and Newark. The Brooklyn Dodgers even called New Jersey home for a few games during the 1956 and 1957 seasons before moving on to Los Angeles. Several great MLB players such as Joe Medwick, Monte Irvin, Rick Cerone, Sean Doolittle, and Mike Trout have called New Jersey home at one time.
Jason Love was born in Camden, New Jersey. He has a history degree from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He works for Rutgers University-Camden and is the author of "A Visit to New Jersey's Minor League Ballparks." During his days of playing Little League baseball, he had a lifetime .207 batting average.
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