Washington Potomacs
Our Faithful Sitehost correctly notes, in his squib on the Washington Times piece about Washington not having a "tradition" of baseball, that the original Senators were founded in 1901. They moved to...
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Actually the National League did have a team in DC during the 1880-1882 seasons, the Washington Ruby Legs. Also, in 1884 there was a second major league team in Washington besides the Nationals of the...
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In terms of franchise histories, modern baseball history starts in 1901, when the agreement establishing the major and minor leagues was formed. You'll usually find references to pre-1901 and...
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Responding to shoeless, the Ruby Legs played in Worcester (Massachusetts, I assume). After the 1882 season the franchise was moved to Philadelphia, where it remains to this day. (It isn't clear to me...
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The Ruby Legs was indeed the Washington team, a new entry in the National League in 1880 that lasted three seasons before disbanding.The National League team in Worcester during that same time frame...
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Now, I'm totally off the subject. I heard it told once that the Brown Stockings in Worcester Mass. were not a very good team and were the inspiration for the Muddville Nine the team from "Casey at Bat".
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Earnest Lawrence Thayer's famous poem first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888. He was inspired by watching a game in nearby Stockton, CA. The Stockton Ports of the Advanced Class...
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"The Ruby Legs was indeed the Washington team, a new entry in the National League in 1880 that lasted three seasons before disbanding."Hmm... I think it is time to call for citations. The Baseball...
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The data I referenced is from Peter Filichia's "Professional Baseball Franchises" (1993 edition) for the team info I mentioned above. Besides this Worcester/Washington discrepancy, I've found...
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