[cardswin53]

Thanks for posting. Similar to the merger of the AFL and NFL, National League merged with American Association 's 4 remaining teams. The merged league initially included both names in it's new name and adopted many of the Associations' differences such as Sunday baseball, beer sales and 25 cent admission. Over time, this merger has been treated as a take over by NL probably because only American Association team that survived the decade was St. Louis. I never have understood why the Cardinals officially list its beginning in 1892 when the merger occurred and not it's True beginning with the American Association 11 years earlier