@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 9 months agoBaseball Players Practicing - Thomas Eakins (1875) watercolour on paperuploads8.wikiart.orgimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11
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minus-square@niktemadurlink3•9 months agoThe date boggles my mind, if accurate it is one year before the National League - and baseball as we know it today - was created. The list of charter teams is almost familiar but with quite a bit of an uncanny valley effect: Chicago White Stockings (now the Cubs). Philadelphia Athletics (expelled from league, Phillies came later). Boston Red Stockings (now Atlanta Braves). Hartford Dark Blues (folded after just a couple of seasons). New York Mutuals (expelled, the Metropolitans/Giants came later). St Louis Brown Stockings (folded, the Cardinals came later). Cincinnati Reds (folded, the current Reds came later). Louisville Grays (folded).
The date boggles my mind, if accurate it is one year before the National League - and baseball as we know it today - was created.
The list of charter teams is almost familiar but with quite a bit of an uncanny valley effect: