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Originally Posted by Shadow Knows
Associations aren't meant to mimic pre-Landis baseball...
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Actually, they are, sort of. The intent of associations is to better mimic the earlier days of MLB when both the AL and NL were often more independent in their rules (such as when the two leagues had different active roster limits). It also allows each league in the association to have its own statistical environment independent of the other, which would allow more fidelity in recreating MLB history since each league's own historical statistical particulars could be followed..
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Originally Posted by Shadow Knows
...the relationship between AL and NL remained an association for eight decades after he became commissioner. "Subleagues" aren't a pre-Seligula convention, the Bewigged Satan is their father.
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While is is fashionable to blame Selig for all manner of things (and fail to give him credit where credit is due), in regards to the way the majors operated, it actually started back well before Selig's tenure as commissioner.
A big change came in 1983 when the majors revised the voting rules on certain matters were handled. What previously had often been solely the province of one league now became subject to a vote by both leagues. For example, before 1983 the relocation or sale of a club, or expansion of the league, required approval by a 3/4 majority vote within that league, and the other league had no say. (Hence why the AL was able to expand unilaterally in 1977; the NL had no say in the matter.) After the change, it required a 3/4 majority vote within the league and a majority vote by the other league in order to approve.