I had enough people after I wrote this article,
http://blogs.piratesprospects.com/hi...ear-ago-today/
ask me why the Pirates say 1887 all over the place for their first year, that I wrote this article
http://blogs.piratesprospects.com/hi...-1882-or-1887/
As you can see by the dates, they are very recent. Teams have an odd way of recognizing their own beginnings. I read that the Cardinals didn't want to acknowledge their 10,000th win in franchise history because the first ten years worth of wins happened in the AA. A group of fans protested it, rightfully so. They wanted to wait until they reached 10,000 NL wins to celebrate it
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