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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
I wonder when it changed. That would be useful to know in tracking how the minors have evolved over the years.
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For when the switchover completed, I'm going to suggest you start looking with the systematic abandonment of the D, C and B class leagues in the early 60s. I believe it happened near coincidentally with that 'event' (or sequence of events) and the birth of the amateur draft. It had to be well underway during the age of the 'bonus baby', though.