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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Jul 22 17:28:54 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by MATHA531 on Sun Jul 22 15:01:36 2007. The story of the Athletics moving is probably the most interesting of them all. In their last year in Philly, they outdrew the Phillies almost 3 to 1 (both shared Shibe park, but the A's owned it, the Phillies rented it). It was Mack's son, who took an already strained relationship with Philly fans and then ran it into the ground. When the Mack family finally had enough, the team was sold to someone who moved them to KC without so much as whimper from Philly. The A's then began their long tenure as a glorified farm team for the New York Yankees (a major reason why the Yankees dominated in the 50's and 60's and one most Yankee apologists don't want to admit to). |
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