Tag: American League
MLB All Star Game Started As A Chicago World’s Fair Gimmick
The first All Star Game also was supposed to sell newspapers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IxcX3xjCW0
A Chicago Beginning: The Birth of a Baseball Spectacle
The Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star...
It Is Jackie Robinson Day
It was 78 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebE-H3VUpc
On April 15th, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, the 78th anniversary of Robinson...
The Attack On Pearl Harbor Ended MLB’s Los Angeles Browns
MLB owners were set to approve the move of Don Barnes' St. Louis Browns franchise to Los Angeles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=946rLYYpX-0
In an alternate universe, Major League Baseball’s...
The Sports Broadcast Act of 1961 Is A Law That Keeps...
The Kennedy legislation has provided a foundation for modern American sports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vjtxWxxD8
November 22nd is the 61st anniversary of the assassination of the 35th President of the...
Does California Have A Stuart Symington Type Senator To Threaten MLB...
Sacramento is the next stop for John Fisher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh8LIvPYuOE&t=1s
Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher plans to use a minor league baseball park in...
The Oakland Market Is A Major Manfred Problem
Could Oakland get an expansion team if John Fisher takes his Athletics business to Las Vegas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI_Fm5Zz3Gg
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has five years...
San Jose Mayor Wants An MLB Franchise
But San Jose is within San Francisco Giants territory and that is a problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnR2Mq5193g
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is now under fire from...
Will John Fisher’s Move From Oakland To Las Vegas End Up...
Could MLB's antitrust exemption be threatened by the proposed move?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NOhE0hy_M8
On October 1st, 1967, Charles Finley's Kansas City Athletics’ baseball franchise played its final home...
MLB All Star Game Remains A Gimmick
It is a glitzy party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FnHUh6-cg
The Major League Baseball All Star Game started off as a gimmick and remains a gimmick 90 years after the...
California Congressional Duo Wants To Speak To Rob Manfred Over The...
It is never good when Congress asks questions of MLB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=329JsxmgiPs
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred had to know this was coming. A California Senator...
