T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,666 #1 Posted Thursday at 10:23 AM I'm sure there are a few baseball fans here. But maybe some of you may not know that at one time there were two baseball teams in St. Louis. The Cardinals of course, and then the St. Louis Browns, who would eventually move to Baltimore to become the Orioles and would also be mostly forgotten. The following video shares the Browns story. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 9,093 #2 Posted 12 hours ago I like the vid. At dinner I got to quiz my grandson, the baseball guru, who was the O'd before they were the O's? I did not know before the vid. Oh yeah, got him! he has to google. ha ha ha I especially like how the bat-boy's made more money then the losing team. Money had changed the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,666 #3 Posted 3 hours ago It's also interesting that Eddie Gaedel wore the batboy's uniform when he had his only at bat. I also heard that if Eddie swung at any pitches, Bill Veeck had a sniper to take him out...that one is probably not true, but good (or gruesome) folklore. It's also interesting when you track down some current teams history, in all sports. Like the LA Rams, who moved to St. Louis and then back again to LA, were once the Cleveland Rams. Or the LA Lakers were once the Minnesota Lakers. The Oakland A's were in Kansas City before they were in Oakland and before that they were in Philadephia. The Atlanta Braves originated in Boston and then Milwaukee. The New Jersey Devils were first the Kansas City Scouts, and then the Colorado Rockies before their move to New Jersey. I could go on, but it's interesting....oh, and the original Washington Senators moved to Minnesota to become the Twins, and so Washington got a expansion team named the Senators, who then moved to Texas to become the Rangers..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
