Editing Camden Riversharks (section)

== History of Camden baseball ==
[[File:Riversharks Game as PATCO Train Passes by on Bridge.jpg|thumb|Camden Riversharks game in 2009. A [[PATCO Speedline|PATCO]] train crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge|left|350px]]
The Riversharks were not the first baseball team to call Camden home. The '''Camden Merritt''', named for former state senator Albert Merritt,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Governor Breaks Ground for Ballpark |url=https://www.nj.gov/transportation/about/press/2000/061500.shtm |website=State of New Jersey |publisher=Office of the Governor |access-date=June 4, 2022 |date=June 15, 2000}}</ref> of the Interstate Association played there in 1883, and disbanded the same year.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Jersey Sports Teams of the Past |work=Titans101.com |url=http://www.titans101.com/njpast.htm |access-date=May 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427221508/http://www.titans101.com/njpast.htm# |archive-date=April 27, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Another team from the '''Tri-State League''' played in Camden in 1904, and they too disbanded, during the season. The inception of the Riversharks in 2001 was the first professional baseball team in Camden since the 1904 season.