tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post107134306815780559..comments2022-03-25T01:42:31.175-07:00Comments on Baseball Eras Blog: War and Peace: The Bumpy Road to Creating a World SeriesBaseball Eras Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-3117666283610325032013-09-15T09:25:06.231-07:002013-09-15T09:25:06.231-07:00There has been talk of contraction since the early...There has been talk of contraction since the early 2000's. The team that was continuously mentioned at that time was the Twins. Within a year they were in the ALCS and until this year they were a playoff contender for the last decade. Contracting the Rays would take away a team that has played a major role in the playoffs and World Series for the last five years. <br /><br />I agree that Miami and Tampa are financially not successful but a very large part of that problem is the ownership in place in the cities. The success of the team depends on the focus of the ownership. The ownership of the Tigers has not changed since 1992 but the focus of the ownership for years was on the Red Wings and not the Tigers. when the ownership focused on bringing a World Series back to the Tigers, the team turned around. The Dodgers struggled to find an identity for the last twenty years after the O'Malley family sold the team and two ownership groups treated the team as their personal cash cow. The new ownership group is focused on bringing a winning environment.<br /><br />Your guess for the trivia question is a good guess, however, incorrect. You are correct that the AL is called the "junior circuit" and the NL is called the "senior circuit" based on the fact that the NL was in operation much longer, however, that is not the answer to the trivia question.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-31417756412165405142013-09-15T08:46:17.386-07:002013-09-15T08:46:17.386-07:00What a great article. You should be working and/or...What a great article. You should be working and/or writing for the Hall of Fame.<br /><br />This article brings back memories, I did a term paper in senior year of high school on the start up of the AL. Of course that was almost 50 years ago. I had forgotten many of the details. i remember Ban Johnson's name but forgot Comiskey was involved.<br /><br />Things have not changed in 112 years. Owners and players still have big ego's. It's all about money. Still some talk about eliminating teams. (I vote for Tampa and Miami).If you build it they won't necessarily come.)<br /><br />My guess for the trivia question. The NL was known as the "senior circuit" and the AL was known as the " junior circuit". If this is the correct answer I will be surprised. I always thought the NL was called the senior league because it was the older league.<br /><br />TJDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-58112814167248688312013-09-15T06:50:04.946-07:002013-09-15T06:50:04.946-07:00I think because the league structure has been set ...I think because the league structure has been set for so long most people believe that it was set that way from the beginning. I really was excited about this article because I always felt that the story of the birth of the American League and the early baseball wars were so intriguing. The idea of players just walking out on their contract and signing with another league, the fact that LaJoie was legally prohibited from playing baseball in the state of Pennsylvania and the bitterness that it created for generations has always been one of my favorite parts of the history of the game.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-26904652886571133702013-09-14T22:55:02.117-07:002013-09-14T22:55:02.117-07:00Interesting. I thought that the leagues were alrea...Interesting. I thought that the leagues were already set from the beginning. I guess I didn't really think about it.Hope at Disneyland https://www.blogger.com/profile/02370611078115502407noreply@blogger.com