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Joseph Start, nicknamed "Old Reliable", was one of the most durable regulars of baseball's earliest era, and one of the top first basemen of his time. He began his playing career in 1859, before the f
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Joe Start, detail of woodcut depicting the 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics, published in Harper's Weekly
Brooklyn Atlantics
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The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President A
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…for the amateur Enterprise Club of Brooklyn from 1859 to 1861, before the advent of salaried ballplaying. After the 1861 season, he joined the powerful Atlantic Club of Brooklyn, with whom he would remain through the 1870 season. The Atlantic were baseball's first great dynasty. The Atlantic of the 1860s were the 1950s New York…
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Grand base ball match for the championship, between the Excelsior and Atlantic clubs, of Brooklyn, at the Excelsior Grounds, South Brooklyn, on Thursday, July 19, 1860
Atlantic defeats Athletic 21-15 on October 30, 1865 in Philadelphia in front of 12,000 spectators.
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