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Originally Posted by 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
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Interesting point - other teams, like my Cubs, trace back to their beginnings even though the name is not the same (1876 White Stockings - Cubs didn't come in until 1903). Have you asked them the question? Wikipedia traces the Cardinals back to 1881 - wonder why the Cardinals don't?