Firefighter Paul Tegtmeier

Historical marker location:

79 East Market Street, Hyde Park, New York

( Marker can be reached from Market Street (County Route 41) just west of Pine Woods Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Engine Company 4. September 11, 2001.

The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.