Baseball fans just wish they knew the whole story. There is something in the wind and before it passes, we may have to weather the storm.
Seriously, good fans, are you fully aware that the Montreal Expos are no more?
Our Montreal Expos are now our Washington Nationals.
Things happen and unless you follow the game almost daily, you could find yourself disoriented. What is the old saying? “If you fall asleep, you lose.” This change from Montreal to Washington isn’t a big deal, except for the fact that many fans just didn’t notice.
The history of our game of baseball is one of constant change of players from one uniform to another and of teams from one city to another. If you want to get a capsule report to review some of the history and changes, just move your mouse over the refresh button.
Very quickly I’m going to try to bring in some history just to freshen up the scene.
The early history of the major league baseball or professional team in the late 1800s, about 1870, was known as the National Association and later became the National League and a complementary group of competitors called the American Association.
Later, calmer, cooler heads determined that we could all have a ball, a ball game, that is, if we just agreed to cooperate. The baseball world became the National League and the American League around 1901.
Now we have popcorn, crackers, cold colas, and the turnstiles click and the club owners hear the sweet sound of Ka-Ching.
From Associations to Leagues to two (2) well organized Major Leagues, the National and American Leagues of baseball.
Baseball teams and club owners are like bossy old men. The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.
Someone should call the moving trucks because it’s time to move on to greener pastures. Test the waters and see if we sink or swim at least get new uniforms.
I’ll summarize some of the changes to our team and city without fanfare or details:
Boston Braves – Milwaukee Braves – Atlanta Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers – Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Giants – San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Brewers-St. Louis Browns–Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Athletics – Kansas City Athletics – Oakland Athletics
Washington Senators – Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Angels–California Angels–Anaheim Angels
Washington Senators-Texas Rangers
Seattle Pilots-Milwaukee Brewers
Oh! Yes.
Montreal Expos – Washington Nationals
To top it off, if I only had one cap from each of the original teams plus the new teams, then I’d be cutting cotton. I hope baseball fans enjoy this quick review of what changes from city to city with our game of baseball and where it’s going.
Batter Up—Let’s play ball.