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Originally Posted by fhomess
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.
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EDIT: Oops, apologies for duplicating earlier comments re: Trappers and Miracle... must read whole thread before commenting...
Of course there are several current independent leagues, and there are a few players each year being sold to MLB organizations from these teams.