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Manchester Baseball Club is one of the largest baseball clubs in the north of England, with two senior teams and four youth teams playing in the British Baseball Federation leagues. The club can trace its roots back as far as 1947, with the formation of the Stretford Saints. Although the Saints club folded in 1973, the name hung around, with the Trafford Saints youth team playing during the 1990s with reasonable success. Trafford merged with the senior Manchester team in 2000, creating the MBC as it is today. ==Brief History== *1847 Baseball is first played in GB by touring teams *1890 Baseball Association of GB formed *1934 Baseball started in North West. Sir John Moore of Littlewoods starts the NBA National Baseball Association *1936 Professional leagues formed, Derby, Manchester, Stoke, Preston & Aston Villa *1937 First Baseball camp at Aston Villa, Pro league games attracting crowds of 30k *1938 England beat USA in the first World Amateur Championships. School leagues formed. *1939 Local companies Kellogs, Ferranti, GUS field teams. North West fields strong teams from Rugby & Football, Dixie Dean of Everton feature professional players & its popular in HM forces. *1946 GB Amateur League formed, BBF established. *1947 STRETFORD Saints Baseball Club formed including American service men *1952 Team based at Turn Moss in July *1953 Exhibition games at Longford Park ,LCCC and Ashton Park on Coronation Day *1962 Over 30 members at Stretford the strongest in the North of England *1963 As a Member of the British Baseball Federation entered in the European Championship in the Netherlands *1964 National League Champions beating Nottingham 37-0 at Knutsford *1965 Stretford Saints continue to play at Turn Moss in North West Amateur League *1966 Stretford Saints National Champions *1990 Youth Teams started TRAFFORD SAINTS, at Turn Moss Stretford. BBC feature Trafford Baseball on National TV. *2000 Senior and Juniors merge, change name to Manchester Baseball Club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manchester Baseball Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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