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- ↑ "150th anniversary of 1st college baseball game -- Williams vs. Amherst to air LIVE on ESPN360 from Pittsfield's Wahconah Park and on tape delay on ESPN U May 4, 6 and 13". Williams College. April 7, 2009. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ Michael Beschloss (September 26, 2014). "The Longest Game: Williams vs. Amherst". The New York Times . Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ Jim Overmeyer. "July 1, 1859: Baseball goes to college". Society for American Baseball Research . Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ↑ Jack Curry (April 6, 2009). "For 150 Years, Fordham Baseball's Tradition of Winning". The New York Times . p. D7. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ↑ Stephen Ross (2012). Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118537824 . Retrieved December 18, 2016.