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Old 03-23-2007, 11:44 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Curtis View Post
Odd it may be, but not unprecedented. I subscribed to "The Baseball Digest" for about a decade. Once a year they did a 'franchise records' issue, and they did things just the way Marcus is. They 'current franchises' were listed first, followed by the 'defunct franchises' (1901-2 Baltimore Orioles, 1969 Seattle Pilots, etc.). So, SOME people DO record history that way.
Well, it's not the way the stats are officially recorded, even if some people record them that way. Official franchise records include years played in other cities.
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