Who did people root for prior to expansion?

[todeen]

I was born post Expansion. But I lived in Billings, Montana. We were square in the middle of Twins, Rockies, Mariners, and the local MiLB affiliate of the Reds. I cheered for all four teams. But they were so far away that I was never going to make it to a game.

So the MiLB team was the big deal! Billings came out in droves. The boosters were drunk by the 5th inning running their 50/50, and they were raucous. I have to imagine this was similar to pre-expansion PCL Seals and Oakland Oaks. I'm very bitter about the MiLB re-arrangement - probably not as sad as fans of teams that left during expansion...but that was plain stupid to take MiLB out of Montana. What ties them to a MLB team now? Nothing.

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[tachyonbb]

Grew up in the 50's with the Omaha Cardinals. At one time in the 30's the Cardinals owned the rights to the entire Nebraska State League, Being able to listen to the Cardinals on the radio every night in the summer made them the team for many Nebraskans.