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Posted By: barrysloate

I've often said that 1867 was a key year in the history of organized baseball. Besides the tours that Chris pointed out, the game began to explode across America after the Civil War, and the number of new teams that applied for admission to the NAABP in 1867 was enormous. Also, there seems to be a fair amount of memorabilia that dates to 1867, particularly among graphic baseball sheet music, which offered some of the best illustrations of teams, and of the game. It was also the beginning of the end of the heydey for amateur baseball, which would only last for three more years with the formation of the National Association in 1871.