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MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

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A World Series between Houston and Washington would give us a first-time winner for sure.

It seems a little weird to me in general across all the professional sports how a franchise's history moves around with the team as it moves from city to city, especially when a new team then opens up in the old team's home town, or vice versa. So while the Washington Senators are no more, the Washington Nationals carry the Montreal Expos' history with them? The Atlanta Braves carry the Milwaukee Braves history?

I wonder if there is an exception for the Browns in football? Baltimore Colts --> Indianapolis Colts, okay; but old Cleveland Browns --> Baltimore Ravens? or not?
 
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FreshFish said:
I wonder if there is an exception for the Browns in football? Baltimore Colts --> Indianapolis Colts, okay; but old Cleveland Browns --> Baltimore Ravens? or not?
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There is an exception for the Browns -- TNG gets the old history. The move was contingent on Cleveland receiving a new team and keeping its history. There was quite big folderol (sp?) about it at the time, and the deal forestalled a lawsuit.
 
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St. Clown said:
He's a Cubs fan.
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And a Twins fan (Twins are my #1). These teams are carryover when you could have one team from each league before the interleague play crap started.

F NYY, btw.
 
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blech to the Diamondbacks. Two teams I was rooting for already eliminated.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Sure Greinke is annoying, but what else do you dislike about the DBacks?
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Greinke is the one guy I LIKE. :) It's mostly their fans and Bob Brenly that annoy me, plus I don't actively like any of them besides Greinke, and I do like a bunch of the Rockies.
 
FreshFish said:
A World Series between Houston and Washington would give us a first-time winner for sure.

It seems a little weird to me in general across all the professional sports how a franchise's history moves around with the team as it moves from city to city, especially when a new team then opens up in the old team's home town, or vice versa. So while the Washington Senators are no more, the Washington Nationals carry the Montreal Expos' history with them? The Atlanta Braves carry the Milwaukee Braves history?

I wonder if there is an exception for the Browns in football? Baltimore Colts --> Indianapolis Colts, okay; but old Cleveland Browns --> Baltimore Ravens? or not?
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The NBA has a couple interesting cases. When the Hornets changed to the Pelicans and the Bobcats went to the Hornets, the Pelicans returned all pre-New Orleans history to Charlotte, effectively making them a 2003 expansion team.

And I believe the Thunder and future Seattle team (whenever that happens) will share pre-Thunder Sonics history.
 
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The Winnipeg Jets have a conflicting history also. They're the Thrashers, and Thrashers are franchise record holders, yet they embrace the Original Jets history, and share it with Phoenix (who for the longest time, held onto their WPG history with a death grip).
 
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aparch said:
The Winnipeg Jets have a conflicting history also. They're the Thrashers, and Thrashers are franchise record holders, yet they embrace the Original Jets history, and share it with Phoenix (who for the longest time, held onto their WPG history with a death grip).
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In what way do they share it? Who flies Bobby Hull's jersey? Both? That would be weird.

I believe the city and its fans should own the history. The franchise is just some rich as-shat.
 
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Kepler said:
In what way do they share it? Who flies Bobby Hull's jersey? Both? That would be weird.

I believe the city and its fans should own the history. The franchise is just some rich as-shat.
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The boys in the bars in small wheat towns scattered across southern Manitoba would tell stories of Bobby Hull sightings as he visited farms and auctions looking at Hereford bulls. And some stops at local watering holes, of course. He was a god to those folks, mostly because of his skills and Hollywood charisma, but showing up at the Mallard Inn for drinks and farm talk really sealed the deal.

Might have been all lies--never saw the guy myself.
 
Re: MLB 2017: Playoffs, World Series, and Off-season.

Kepler said:
In what way do they share it? Who flies Bobby Hull's jersey? Both? That would be weird.

I believe the city and its fans should own the history. The franchise is just some rich as-shat.
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The saddest one is the Nordiques fans losing their team and those players promptly winning a Stanley Cup a year later.
 
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Lindor with a slam to bring it back to 8-7. This Cleveland team just doesn't stop.
 
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