RE: monopoly definition

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Not to mention that the name Baltimore Orioles was used for a minor league
franchise for much of the 1st half of the 20th century

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041


>
> I don't know whether the Braves needed or got league approval to
> move.  In the 1920s,
> though, no team in either league had moved for some time.  The
> National League was static
> from 1899 until the Braves move in 1953.  The American League had
> two moves within a year
> or two of its founding -- the Milwawkee Brewers became the St.
> Louis Browns, and the
> Baltimore Orioles became the New York Highlanders, and later the
> Yankees.  It didn't have
> another move until 1954, when the Browns became the Baltimore
> Orioles (At least the 4th
> team by that name -- there were a couple of Baltimore Orioles
> teams in the National League
> in the 19th Century.).
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