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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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It didn't happen all at once, but was more of a gradual process. As mentioned above, Branch Rickey had his own minors as early as 1931, but guys like Bill Veeck were operating independant minor league teams and selling those players to major league clubs at least as late as the late 40's.