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Originally Posted by The Wolf
Great minds think alike, and so do yours and mine.
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Heh, thanks. Then we both left out "1919 - After WW I, the Live Ball Changes Everything" in our thinking (I had four choices left in my fourth paragraph, not three). However, I think I had mentally dismissed anything before 1947 anyway, and I'll tell you why.
Professional baseball did not become Baseball before integration, IMO. There were simply too many great players playing in second-rate ballparks in one-horse towns, barred from Major League Baseball due to their color. As much as I admire the 1927 Yankees, for example, I cannot wonder how great they would have been if some of those Negro League players had been admitted to the league and were playing against them.
So, I repeat: 1961 - The Game Moves West. Sorry, you weird-city, over-expansion, talent-diluting, small-market team guys. (Just kidding. Flame out, please.
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