The Glory Days: How MLB’s First Expansion Unfolded
May 28, 2012 by Thad Mumau · 1 Comment
Major league baseball’s first modern-day expansion did not just happen overnight. It was not simply the result of a shrewd job of blackmailing by William Shea and renowned baseball man Branch Rickey; they did not hold Commissioner Ford Frick and 16 team owners hostage by threatening to start a new league. The shadow of the […]
