Take me out to the ball game: On 31 January 1943, 25,000 spectators packed into Wellington’s Athletic Park to watch an exhibition game of baseball between two US Marine teams.
Read a report from the Evening Post (1 February 1943) on the game.
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Reference: Weekly Review No. 77, 1943
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'US Marines playing baseball in Wellington', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/us-marines-baseball-wellington, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 6-Sep-2013
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