Re: [bomp] 1954 Dodgers Yearbook

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>> and the Pacific Coast League should have become the third major league 
>> during
>> the early '50s.

    The arrival of the Dodgers & Giants to the West Coast caused major 
shifts in the PCL.  For the 1958 season the Hollywood Stars moved to Salt 
Lake City and became the Bees, the Los Angeles Angels were purchased by the 
Dodgers and moved to Tacoma as their AAA team.  I forget off of the top of 
my head where the San Francisco Seals went (Phoenix? Honolulu?) but it 
forced the move of the Oakland Oaks/Acorns to become the Vancouver Mounties 
before the 1959 season.
    Fred Haney, the manager of the '57-60 Milwaukee Braves, was Hollywood's 
manager in the late 40's early 50's and was the 1st GM of the expansion Los 
Angeles Angels 1961-64(?).  Bill Mazeroski played for Hollywood in 1957 I 
think.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <blairb@mac.com>
To: <bomp@xnet2.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [bomp] 1954 Dodgers Yearbook


>
>> What should have happened is O'Malley should have got his Brooklyn 
>> ballpark,
>    Could that have worked?  I mean, a third major league - The Federal 
> League (http://www.toyou.com/fl/) - was tried once before (1914-1915.)
>    Here's a link to some stuff on the Pacific Coast League: 
> http://www.coastleague.com/
>    Another link - http://webpages.charter.net/joekuras/continental.htm - 
> explains that the PCL was upgraded from AAA to "Open" status in the 
> mid-50s. But the Dodgers and Giants moving out west killed that off. 
> However, when NL baseball left NYC, William Shea (as in Shea Stadium) 
> announced plans for the "Continental League".  Instead of a new league, 
> though, eventually we got expansion teams.
>
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