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Was the First Professional Night Baseball Game Played in Des Moines?

By DMPL Team
Much debate has been held over where the first night professional baseball game was played. In the late 1920s, minor league baseball attendance was slowly declining and night baseball was viewed as a way to rejuvenate interest in the…

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