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I got one but it requires lithium batteries. It's too damned cold to go outside so I will wait till spring before I go into the past.That was a long time ago. I would have loved to go back and go to some of those games back then. The only problem is, I didn't get a time machine for Christmas
MLB could address that by having the season start in the 15 warm weather or domed ballparks.Players better hope Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow next month.
If the past couple weeks are an indication of how winter is going to be this year it could be a frosty March 29 Opening Day. Hard to get use to the idea that Opening Day is in March.
You could have OD in Cincy, then hit the road for 2 weeks. I don't think the attendance would be terrible if you had more home games in July or August.It's nice to have OD at home every year in Cincinnati. But the cold windy wet ones suck.
It's also why the teams played their way north in spring training. The old Southern League had years when it outdrew MLB in some places like Boston NL and St. Louis AL. The old PCL used to play 170 games because the weather was nice all the time.Starting the season in the most southern cities makes sense now as it did over 100 years ago.
The Reds were home for OD before it became a tradition for a reason that only baseball historians occasionally remind us. Cincinnati was once one of the most, if not the most southern teams playing professional baseball. In an age where teams split the gate northern teams were more than happy to get a bigger piece of pie playing in Cincinnati on Opening Day.
I think there would be a Western major league, the PCL was all but that in the 1940s.It would make sense that cities with milder climates would be best suited for baseball.....unless your Miami and Tampa apparently.
Before the railroads where most people gathered and lived was determined by the transportation mode of the era. The ocean, rivers, and canals determined where commerce could go and subsequently where cities were established. Without air travel there probably still wouldn't be a team west of St. Louis.
Can you imagine how long a west coast road trip would have taken in the late 1800's?
I don't know how it would have worked. Without NY media, it probably would have had some issues. As it was, a lot of PCL guys got stuck because there weren't enough roster spots on the eastern 16.I agree professional baseball would have eventually gone west, but east coast to west coast travel times would have made it impracticable for them to play one another.
Can you imagine how long a west coast road trip would have taken in the late 1800's?
Soon will fill his own roster spot and won't even realize it.Micah Johnson played a similiar game of musical chairs a couple months ago.
The Reds claimed him from the Braves.
The Giants claimed him from the Reds.
The Rays claimed him from the Giants.
Four different teams within a month. Round and round he goes, where he stops nobody knows?