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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 07:54 PM
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Can anyone explain why the Brewers were moved to the National League?
Which upset the balance of the leagues, AL-14 teams. NL-16 teams. AL West has 4 teams. NL Central has 6 teams. :wtf:
For some reason the move was never satisfactorily explained to me.
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 07:56 PM
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1. Arizona came to the NL and TB to the AL
They decided to put the Brewers to the NL. Don't know excatly why. I thnik they should have 2 expansion teams; an AL WEst team in Vegas and an AL east team in CHarlotte.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 07:56 PM
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2. 15 teams per league always leaves one team not playing.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 07:59 PM
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4. Thats where interleague comes in.
The odd teams play each other just to round off the schedule.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:06 PM
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5. Not all the time though. There are only certain times of the year when
there is interleague play.

Plus, the Milwaukee Braves were in the National League...why not the Brewers. Plus, if you think about it, the Brewers were amongst the better teams to make this switch.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:13 PM
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6. Yes, the national leauge...
Where we play REAL baseball. None of this wussy-ass designated hitter shit.

You play on the field, you should play at the plate.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:20 PM
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7. I agree totally.
Signed,

Life-long Cardinals fan
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 10:07 PM
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14. I am a lifelong Twins fan and I HATE the DH!
Wish they would abolish it completely.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 11:40 PM
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17. Still haven't forgiven the Cards for '82
Man, that would be a Hell of an NLCS, Cards-Brewers. I can only imagine What Milwaukee would be like if they won the pennant.

But, I say, if they're gonna win a World Series, it should be next year's, just so whoever's calling the game can say "The city of Milwaukee has been waiting half a century for this moment."
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 01:11 AM
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23. whats with the DH hate? n/t
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:20 PM
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8. ONLY use interleague play in that situation.
To balance the schedule. Thats it!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:22 PM
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9. Hmm...I think the players and managers might agree with that...
Not the worst idea I've ever heard...
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:24 PM
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10. inter-leauge play is good for cities with two teams...
it's like an instant rivalry.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 08:27 PM
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11. All three of them.
And thats only if you consider Anaheim in Los Angeles.
Which it is not!
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 10:05 PM
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13. here in chicago they're the best attended games of the season.
Edited on Fri Jun-16-06 10:06 PM by QuestionAll
it's very good for business- they've created all sorts of intracity/regional/state rivalries to exploit on the interleague game series days.

and ultimately- baseball, like all other sports, is all about the business.

by making mke nl, both they and msp have an interleague rival.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 07:58 PM
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3. Look at who owned 'em
'Nuff said.
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scoey1953 Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 09:07 PM
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12. Maybe because they didn't have enough BEER in that league...
Edited on Fri Jun-16-06 09:12 PM by scoey1953
Heard about a pitcher once, traded from one triple A team to another for a box of
baseballs, Three Rawlings gloves and 12 Cases of Beer.
Its true, because Vin Scully said so.

Had they thrown in a few packages of Farmer
John's Dodger dogs, it would have been a
real sweet deal!
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 10:10 PM
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15. Because the DH sucks and the good people of Milwaukee......
...possess the brains to realize it.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 10:12 PM
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16. Because, with 15 teams, interleague play would leave an odd man out.
So the Brewers volunteered to join the National League, which was what the Braves originally were anyway. Think of it as going back home...
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-16-06 11:46 PM
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18. Imagine, had it not been for Pereni selling them off to William Bartholmey
The Braves would have stayed in Milwaukee and kicked some major ass.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:28 AM
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21. But if it were 15-15 there wouldn't be an odd man out, right?
But I can agree with the comment about going back home. When it happened, I remember seeing people on the news broadcasts remarking that Milwaukee always thought of themselves as an NL city, anyway. Don't know how true that is, but it makes sense with the Braves and all ...
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 10:00 AM
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24. My father was livid...and I mean LIVID when the Brewers came to
town as an American League team. He vowed to never again go to another game... that didn't last very long. :) He's glad they're a National league team. :)
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:14 AM
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19. The difference between the leagues is now fictional -
just like, say, the difference between Mastercard and Visa.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:15 AM
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20. Except Mastercard designates someone
to swipe the card for you. :eyes:
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:53 AM
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22. Since the NL uses DH in AL parks
I consider it already infected by that disease.
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