Grinding Works

Historical marker location:

Pine Plains, New York

( Marker is on Sn Fri Road (County Route 83) 1.1 miles east of Carpenter Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1939

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.