| Baseball fans only wish they knew the whole | | | | the club owners are just like ole bossy, The grass |
| story. There is something in the wind and before | | | | always looks greener on the other side of the |
| it blows over we might just have to weather the | | | | fence.Somebody should call the moving vans for |
| storm.Seriously, good fans, are you totally aware | | | | it's time to move on to greener pastures. Test |
| that the Montreal Expos no longer exist?Our | | | | the waters and see if we will sink or swim at |
| Montreal Expos are now our Washington | | | | least we get new uniforms.I will summarize some |
| Nationals.Things happen and unless you follow the | | | | of our team and city changes without fanfare or |
| game almost daily you could find yourself clueless. | | | | details:Boston Braves--Milwaukee Braves--Atlanta |
| What is the old saying? "If you snooze you loose." | | | | Braves |
| This shift from Montreal to Washington is not | | | | Brooklyn Dodgers--Los Angeles Dodgers |
| such a big deal except for the fact that many | | | | New York Giants--San Francisco Giants |
| fans just may not have noticed.The history of | | | | Milwaukee Brewers--St. Louis Browns--Baltimore |
| our game of baseball is a constant changing of | | | | Orioles |
| players from one uniform to another and teams | | | | Philadelphia Athletics--Kansas City |
| from one city to another. If you want to get a | | | | Athletics--Oakland Athletics |
| capsule report to review some of the history and | | | | Washington Senators--Minnesota Twins |
| changes just move the mouse over to the | | | | Los Angeles Angels--California Angels--Anaheim |
| refresh button.Very quickly I'm going to try to | | | | Angels |
| bring some history just to refresh the scene.Old | | | | Washington Senators--Texas Rangers |
| history major league baseball or professional team | | | | Seattle Pilots--Milwaukee Brewers |
| in the late 1800's roughly 1870 it was known as | | | | Oh! Yea. |
| the National Association then it evolved into the | | | | Montreal Expos--Washington NationalsTo cap it all |
| National League and a companion group of | | | | off if I only had me a cap from each of the |
| competitors called the American Association.Then | | | | original teams plus the new teams then I would |
| calm and cooler heads determined we could all | | | | be chopping in high cotton. Hope you baseball fans |
| have a ball, ballgame that is, if we simply agreed | | | | enjoy this quick review of the changes from city |
| to cooperate. The baseball world became the | | | | to city with our game of baseball and where it |
| National League and the American League around | | | | goes.Batter Up---Let's Play Ball.Major Wiley B. |
| 1901.Now we got popcorn, cracker jacks, cold | | | | Channell USMC (retired) talking at you and for you |
| colas and the turnstiles are clicking clacking and | | | | at it's all about baseball.The teams, the cities and |
| the club owners were hearing that sweet sound | | | | the baseball parks are for our enjoyment. Teach |
| of Ka-Ching.From Associations to Leagues to two | | | | a youngster the game and he will always have |
| (2) well organized Major Leagues the National and | | | | fun. |
| American Leagues of baseball.Baseball teams and | | | | |