Neat baseball event

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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This weekend, thanks to the “wonder” of interleague play, the Baltimore Orioles will play the St. Louis Cardinals for the first time ever, in St. Louis. Back in the day, 1954 to be exact, the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Orioles, establishing a franchise that has been one of the most storied and successful in all of MLB in the last 50 years, at least until King Peter bought the team and ran it into the ground.

On Saturday the two teams will commemorate the 1944 World Series by wearing “throwback” uniforms. In 1944, in the famous “Streetcar Series”, at the height of WWII, St. Louis achieved a destinction that has otherwise been reserved primarily for New York: a Series where both teams were from the same city.( Yankees vs Mets/Giants/Dodgers, many times , although the '89 San Francisco/Oakland Series is close and the Cubs lost the 1906 Series to the White Sox in the only other same-city championship )

What this means is that the Baltimore Orioles will take the field wearing the road jersies of a long vanished St. Louis team. I was wondering, has this ever happened before? Has any baseball team ever played a game wearing the uniforms of, not just an older version of itself, but of a previous team from which it evolved? In any event, I think it’s pretty neat.

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Yep. Quite often, in fact. I know the Rangers and probably the Twins have worn Senators gear before. I’ve personally seen the Atlanta Braves play in uniforms that read “Boston”, while playing in Boston. The Marlins, I think, played in uniforms of some minor league or college team from the 50s or so, last year.

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Huh. Why were the Marlins wearing college unis, what’s the connection? In any event, this weekend is still neat.

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Also, they do it all the time in Hockey. They’ve dug up the old Whalers, Jets and Nordiques jerseys on occasion for special games.

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I think they were playing in college uniforms because it was throwback day, and 1993 isn’t that much of a throwback :slight_smile:

It was a minor league/college team from Miami.

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If I were in the Orioles management, I’d wouldn’t want to do anything to ressurect the ghosts of the Browns. I’d want to distance myself from them as much as possible.

They should, however, retire uniform number 1/8 for Eddie Gaedel. :slight_smile:

Zev Steinhardt