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Originally Posted by the 'stache

Oh, and one more point to make here. The original Baltimore Orioles, who went on to become the New York Yankees, were, of course, not the Baltimore Orioles of today. Where did they come from?

Well, today's Baltimore Orioles started out as the Milwaukee Brewers (1894-1901) of the old minor Western League. The team then moved to St. Louis, where they were the Browns from 1902-1953. In 1954, the franchise then moved to Baltimore, and became the Orioles of today.

So, Urban Shocker's first team, the Yankees, started out as the Baltimore Orioles. And his second team, the St. Louis Browns, eventually became the Baltimore Orioles, but of course, not the same Baltimore Orioles that eventually became the New York Yankees.

Got that?

And today's Milwaukee Brewers had nothing to do with either team. They started out as the Seattle Pilots in 1969. They played one season in Seattle where they went 64-98. They then moved to Milwaukee in 1970.

Well, Bill...I WAS going to say that 'we' consider any team north of the Mason-Dixon line to be Yankees anyway, but, then, upon reading your history lesson, I decided y'all might already know about inbreeding...lol