Between 1913 to 1915 the Federal League was operated as a third major league for professional baseball.
It went out of business rather quickly but before doing so they went to court with the baseball establishment and as a result the owners of the Chicago and St. Louis franchises were allowed to buy into and merge the Whales with the Cubs and the Terriers with the Browns. Is there any way to extend the life of the Federal League ten years or more? Is a larger merger with the American and National League possible with franchises in cities not already dominated by MLB teams? I'm thinking the Baltimore Terrapins, Buffalo Blues, Newark Peppers, and Kansas City Packers. Alternatively is there any chance the Feds might have merged with another league like the Pacific Coast League to form a viable competitor for MLB?
Thoughts, comments, questions? I'd love to hear them all especially folks with more baseball knowledge than myself.
It went out of business rather quickly but before doing so they went to court with the baseball establishment and as a result the owners of the Chicago and St. Louis franchises were allowed to buy into and merge the Whales with the Cubs and the Terriers with the Browns. Is there any way to extend the life of the Federal League ten years or more? Is a larger merger with the American and National League possible with franchises in cities not already dominated by MLB teams? I'm thinking the Baltimore Terrapins, Buffalo Blues, Newark Peppers, and Kansas City Packers. Alternatively is there any chance the Feds might have merged with another league like the Pacific Coast League to form a viable competitor for MLB?
Thoughts, comments, questions? I'd love to hear them all especially folks with more baseball knowledge than myself.