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Old 07-28-2024, 12:01 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange View Post
Scheduling articles:

New York Times, Jan. 11, 1955, p.29 = "Who Drafts Schedules for Baseball and How"
The Sporting News, Feb. 20, 1965, p.18 = "N.L. Gullivers Slash 1965 Average to 28,757 Miles"
The Sporting News, Mar. 14, 1970, p.18-19 = "Reds to Open National League Schedule on April 6"
The Sporting News, Feb. 13, 1971, p.32 = "Three-Club Format Brings New Variety to Senior Circuit Schedule"
New York Times, Jan. 17, 1975, p.25-26 = "Schedules Vex Their Makers"


Proposed interleague schedule for 1963:

The Sporting News, Sep. 15, 1962, p.2 = "Lowdown on Frick Pitch tor Inter-Loop Play"


Reactions to schedules:

Washington Post, Jul. 11, 1977, p.D2 = "AL Scheduling Singularly Disgraceful"
Washington Post, Apr. 10, 1979, p.D1,D5 = "AL's 'Balanced Schedule' Has Oriole Boss Boiling"


I can PM or e-mail any of these articles to those interested.
That's fantastic! Thanks so much. I can find the TSN articles but I'd be very much obliged if you could send me the NYT and WaPo articles.
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