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MLB team Braves moves to Milwaukee...
MLB team Braves moves to Milwaukee...
Item # 714695
March 19, 1953
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 19, 1953
* Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
* MLB baseball (current Atlanta Braves)
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Braves to Milwaukee As Other N. L. Clubs Grant Full Approval" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues in the sport's section.
Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
wikipedia notes: In the first move of a Major League team in half a century, on March 18, 1953, the National League approved owner Lou Perini's move of the Boston Braves to Milwaukee 8–0 because of his "fine standing" with the other owners and also because there was an open city for his minor league team then in Milwaukee. The minor league Brewers moved to Toledo, Ohio, and changed their name to the Mudhens. The full AP quote about fine standing: "Warren Giles, National League president, repeated again and again that 'Perini's fine standing with the other club owners was the most important reason for their approval.'"
Category: The 20th Century
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