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The Ranelagh Baseball Club celebrates Franco-American friendship and sport in the 16th arrondissement by offering an exhibition baseball match against the PUC (Paris University Club): Sunday, September 25, from 2 p.m., on the Stade Français rugby field at the heart of the Hippodrome d’Auteuil – Free admission – Match commented live – Entertainment, food & drinks. After 100 years of inactivity, the Ranelagh Baseball Club is reborn in the 16th arrondissement of Paris! First club in the world to carry out the official demonstration of Baseball on the occasion of the 1924 Paris Olympics, against an All Star US, the Ranelagh Baseball Club was reconstituted under the aegis of a group of French and American baseball players. experienced. In 1913, Jacques Séraphin founded the Ranelagh Baseball Club at 10 rue de Passy. The one who was nicknamed by the press of the time, the “Napoleon of Baseball”, mixes French and American players. Local fans of the time learned the game of baseball with “Parisian Americans” who were artists, students or business leaders. They practice together what will soon become the Paris Baseball League: 6 teams engaged in a regular championship in the Bois de Boulogne, Colombes or Bagatelle! 100 years later, Bertrand Maire, resident of the 16th arrondissement and former high-level French player, recreates the Ranelagh Baseball Club. For him, Franco-American friendship began on the benches of kindergarten with a young American student who gave him a glove and introduced him to baseball. Having since stopped, after 20 years of high level between Europe and the USA, it is encouraged by Ali Oubaali, Deputy Mayor in charge of Sports of Paris 16, that in the spring of 2021 in full confinement, he is joined by many former high-level French players and Americans settled in the 16th arrondissement. Soon to follow were Mexican, Dominican, Australian, Colombian, Korean and even Japanese players! Together, they are reinstalling baseball in its historic stronghold, at the heart of the Hippodrome d’Auteuil, on the elegant rugby pitch of the Stade Français. If Baseball still remains confidential in France with 13,000 licensees, the level of play is nevertheless solid, and in the spring of 2025 an official match of the US pro season, will oppose for the first time at the Stade de France, the Los Angeles Dodgers against another MLB (Major League Baseball) team. To discover or get to know baseball better: September 25, 2022 / From 2 p.m. / Exhibition match commented live / Entertainment, food & drinks Ranelagh Baseball Club against the PUC Hippodrome d’Auteuil – Access place de la Porte d’Auteuil – Paris 16 / Metro: Porte d’Auteuil / Ring road: Porte d’Auteuil
