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After 25 Seasons come and gone, Things are going to change for 1926

First the St. Louis Cardinals had a Worse Winning Percentage after 25 Years they were forced to relocate to Kansas City, MO but will keep it's Cardinals name, The Team will now play in Muehlebach Field

Second: St. Louis will regain a Triple-A Team as the St. Louis Steamers and will play in Sportsman's Park IV although St. Louis could probably rejoin the Majors as a relocated team before we reach 1950.

Third: The MLB is now expanding to 20 Teams with the addition of the Los Angeles Angels and the San Francisco Seals to the American League as Major League Baseball expands to the Pacific Coast for the First Time as for the National League they've expanded to Indianapolis, IN (Indians) and a new team in the South to be known as the New Orleans Pelicans

Top Choices in the Expansion Draft
Indianapolis - Al Hermann (3B)
Los Angeles - Lenny Metz (2B)
New Orleans - Bill H. Kelly (1B)
San Francisco - Johnny Mann (2B)

Fourth: The League has Realigned
AL East: Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, NY Yankees, Washington
AL West: Chicago WS, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco
NL East: Brooklyn, Cincinati, NY Giants, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
NL West: Chicago Cubs, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans

As For the Minor Leagues: The Los Angeles Angels got a New Triple-A Team in Woodland Hills, CA while the San Francisco Seals puts up a Triple-A Affiliate in Oakland, CA (Oaks) while the Louisville Colonels and the Toledo Mud Hens move to the International League putting up 2 New Teams in the new Western League (was the American Association) with the Portland Beavers (Pittsburgh - AAA) while Charleston Senators relocate to Sacramento, CA but kept the Senators name and the Indianapolis Indians moved to Seattle, WA but kept the Same as Charleston Does and the Cincinnati Reds has affiliate the Mission Reds for the PCL after the Louisville Colonels will affiliate the Cleveland Spiders.

As For Double-A Baseball: It Makes it debut to Major League Baseball as the Eastern League and the Texas League opens up shop for 1926

Eastern League
Binghamton Triplets (Pittsburgh)
Elmira Colonels (NY Giants)
Harrisburg Senators (Washington)
Hazleton Mountaineers (LA Angels)
Reading Red Sox (Boston)
Scranton Miners (Philadelphia)
Syracuse Stars (NY Yankees)
Wilkes-Barre Barons (Buffalo)
Williamsport Grays (Kanas City)
York White Roses (Brooklyn)

Texas League
Beaumont Exporters (Baltimore)
Dallas Steers (Detroit)
Ft. Worth Panthers (San Francisco)
Houston Buffaloes (Cleveland)
Oklahoma City Indians (Indianapolis)
San Antonio Bears (Cincinnati)
Shreveport Sports (Chicago WS)
Tulsa Oilers (New Orleans)
Waco Cubs (Chicago Cubs)
Wichita Falls Spudders (Milwaukee)

And Finally: The Mixed National League secured a Triple-A Deal to put the Southern Association in the game after the Birmingham Black Barons rebranded into the Birmingham Barons.

The Alignment
Atlanta Crackers (Detroit Stars)
Birmingham Junior Barons (Birmingham Barons)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Chicago American Giants)
Knoxville Smokies (Homestead Grays)
Little Rock Travelers (Indianapolis ABC's)
Memphis Chickasaws (St. Louis Stars)
Mobile Bears (Memphis Red Sox)
Nashville Volunteers (Kansas City Monarchs)

Also: The MNL will now play 140 Games while the Newly Revamped Southern Association will have 120 Games to deal with.