Federal League

And I think a lot of people did not realize that once upon a time, Major League Baseball put together a commission to examine all these other leagues that operated there during a period when the National and American League were operating.

And they had all been officially recognized as a major league, the Federal League, leagues like that.

That commission didn't just ignore it.

They blatantly disregarded the Negro Leagues.

How many times do I quote this freaking book, which I guarantee you haven't read? called Lords of the Realms, which is all about the history of baseball business.

How many times have I talked about baseball business going back to freaking Ban Johnson and the Federal League and the Continental League and expansion and collusion? And the work stoppages of 72, 81, 85, 90, the strike of 94, the lockout of 95, the lockout of 2000, what was it, 2022.

How many times have I talked about that? The answer is a lot.

I talk about that a whole lot.

In fact, the ballpark wasn't originally the home of the Cubs.

It was built for the Chicago Chiefs and the Federal League, the newly

organized third big league in 1914.

I believe the biggest hand of all has just been accorded Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, who's on the National League All-Star squad for the 19th year in his brilliant career as a player with the St. Louis Cardinals.

At any rate, the Federal League folded shortly after 1914, and after that, because of a change of ownership, the Cubs moved from the west side of town into this north side plant in 1916.

Then, the name of the park was changed from Wales Park to Cubs Park.

It remained that way until 1926, when it was renamed Wrigley Field.

But according to James Elfritz of Keon Sports...

Jackson, Maslin Jackson, wins the Federal League.

They beat North Canton Hoover 14-7 on the final drive, so they win the Federal League Championship, and that is a big deal there.

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Blank has more shutouts to his credit as a pitcher than any pitcher in the history of baseball that pitch from the left-hand side.

He won a total of 324 games and 21 of them as a member of the Federal League.

Back in 1915.

There's

But in the 1900s, like the early 1900s People were trying to do this shit all the time

Federal league.

Yeah, exactly.

And we, we just kinda got to what we got, well, because of a, a very un-American like commie sort of deal that they made.

Well, because of the federal league, they, they got that antitrust exemption and they fucking controlled everything.

Yeah.

So and now we're stuck with what they have, and they know it, and so they bought into it.

Well, and I'm, and I'm wearing the hat, too.