The only reason the Field of Dreams game was the first MLB game in Iowa is because MLB has - in my view, wrongly - neglected to recognize the National Association as the first major leaguehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ROK/1871.shtml …
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Final thought: it was not Iowa's fault that Rockford City dropped out of what was then the premier professional baseball league. It had to close up shop when its nearest franchise, Chicago, was shuttered for the year by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
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Definetly good historical comparison of grevience
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