Can you name the relocations, replacements and expansions that made MLB what it is today? by Hejman

Can you name the relocations, replacements and expansions that made MLB what it is today?

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The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs is the world's oldest professional sports league. The early years of the NL were filled with team changes. As such, this quiz picks up from 1901.
In 1901 the American League came on the scene and just two years later the leagues began to play a year-end championship series.
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MLB Status	MLB Move
1902- The Milwaukee Brewers pack up and become this colorful Mississippi River team
1902- The Chicago Orphans find their mama bear and change their name to this
1903- The Cleveland teams steals star Lajoie from the A's and changes their name to this
1903- The Orioles move to New York and, playing at Hilltop park, take this name
1904- The Beaneaters of Boston lose their taste for legumes and become this club
1908- New Uniforms for the AL Boston club lead to the assumption of this name
1913- New owners and a new name for the AL club in New York, now known as this
1914- Lajoie is gone and the Cleveland team takes on this name
1933- Look out! The Brooklyn club isn't so superb at avoiding mass transportation and becomes this club
1936- The Braves new stadium is called the 'Hive' and the team takes on this name
1953- Time to flee the hive- a new home for the Braves is in this city
1954- Brown-out! The team flees St. Louis and becomes this AL franchise
1955- Amazin' A's- The Athletics are next to move- to this plains location
1958- Dodge no more- Brooklyn loses its NL team to this west coast location
1958- A Giant move! The team follows the Dodgers west and takes a new home in this city by the bay
1961- Expansion! The AL think this new west coast team is just heavenly
1961- A capital relocation. D.C.'s team heads north to become this club
1961- Expansion! Lose your team? This team is immediately recreated after its move
1962- Expansion! The NL goes to the Lone Star State with the addition of this club
1962- Expansion! Even Stengel couldn't help this club- they needed a miracle

MLB Status	MLB Move
1965- Dome sweet dome- That new Texas club changes stadiums and adopts this futuristic name
1965- The whole state? The Angels take on this new name
1966- A Brave new world- leaving Milwaukee the team takes up this new southern home
1968- Another by the bay. The A's head west to this city
1969- More Expansion- This kingly club comes to middle America
1969- More Expansion- This club flies in and makes a landing in the northwest
1969- More Expansion- Fatherly blessings bring this club to southern California
1969- More Expansion- O Canada! This club becomes the first north of the border
1970- Break out the Schlitz! A second year club moves east to become this franchise
1972- Impeached! The Senators move south to become this team
1977- Back to the northwest- This new team is born on Puget Sound
1977- Maple Leaf madness- This club becomes the second in Canada
1993- Sunshine State baseball- This new team heads to South Beach to join the NL East
1993- Time for a Coors! This new club heads to the mountains and joins the NL West
1998- Desert baseball in the southwest as this club expands into the NL
1998- To balance the schedule this team moves from the AL to the NL Central
1998- Gulf Coast baseball begins as this club expands into the AL East
1998- To make room in the East, this club moves to the AL Central
2005- Canada no more; the Expos move to America and become this franchise
2013- Schedule balance will finally arrive when this team moves from the NL to the AL West

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	tb1:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 04:05 GMT	1 point
	Last 1998 question, team moved to AL Central, not NL Central

	pmikej:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 04:12 GMT	1 point
	Agreed - fix that one and this is a really good quiz.

	Hejman:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 04:13 GMT	2 points
	Fixed, thanks!

	Bobbybaritone:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 04:22 GMT	0 points
	The Expos didn't become the 3rd incarnation of the Senators, they became the Nationals.

	chriskotx:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 05:04 GMT	7 points
	Astros and Rangers in same division - should be interesting. I admit I typed in Astros before I realized they were first the Colt 45s. With that in mind, shouldnt we have to type in Devil Rays as well?

	MisterF:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 05:09 GMT	6 points
	The Astros are moving to the AL West? Really? Well, this wouldn't be the first time I've found out sports news via Sporcle.

	slugga27:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 07:37 GMT	2 points
	@MisterF: Yeah, the Astros were sold a few weeks ago and one of the conditions of the sale was that the owner had to agree to move the team from the NL Central to the AL West.

	Hejman:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 12:05 GMT	3 points
	@chriskotx- The Rays name change was subtle enough that I decided not to make it a separate question and to accept the name both ways on the initial question about them.

	johnlk:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 18:15 GMT	3 points
	You've missed the California Angels->Anaheim Angels, Anaheim Angels->Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Devil Rays->Rays, Florida Marlins->Miami Marlins.

	Hejman:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 19:43 GMT	4 points
	@johnlk- Their absence is intentional. There are just too many changes to include them all. If I took it past 40 questions, the quiz would be too long and would require scrolling up and down to see the answers. As such, I made sure to include all of the physical relocations and expansions as well as the divisional moves but left out the geographic name changes that you've mentioned. Frankly, I've always thought 'Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim' was a ridiculous name and refuse to call them anything but just 'Angels' since their name change. :)

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	rats60:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 22:00 GMT	-4 points
	The Angels moved from Los Angeles to Anaheim and changed their name from the Los Angeles Angels to the California Angels. That was a relocation of the team and fits the quiz. Name changes without relocations don't.

	Hejman:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 22:35 GMT	1 point
	@aws2594- Interleague play will be a regular feature.

	Dysart:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 23:41 GMT	2 points
	Really enjoyed that

	sconroy93:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 02:18 GMT	1 point
	You have 1933 between 1904, and 1908.

	ObamaWhitesox:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 02:27 GMT	3 points
	According to baseballreference.com, the Nap Lajoie came from the Athletics, not the Phillies. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lajoina01.shtml

	Hejman:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 03:14 GMT	7 points
	Thanks, ObamaWhitesox- He came from Philly and I defaulted to the Phillies rather than remembering that the A's were in Philly at that time. And really, why would I remember that? I mean, it's not like I was writing a quiz about the A's moving from Philly to Kansas City or anything...

	shakescene:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 04:29 GMT	1 point
	If the Astros move into the American League, then fans in the South Central states will get far fewer National League teams if the closest ones are in St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, Denver and Phoenix.

	pollockhead:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 15:12 GMT	1 point
	boston was the doves for four years, the rustlers for a year before becomming the red sox

	Hejman:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 19:25 GMT	1 point
	@pollockhead- I think you have your histories confused. The early AL team in Boston did not have an official nickname. They were sometimes called the "Pilgrims" sometimes called the "Beaneaters" and sometimes called the "Somersets" (their owner at the time was Charlie Somers). When they adopted the Red Sox name their actually changed uniforms and logos to match. It was the NL team in Boston that was referred to as the Doves and Rustlers, however those names were not official and were used only by newspapers covering the team.

	midnightdj:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 00:33 GMT	1 point
	Excellent quiz! Nominated! Like aws2594, I am dismayed by the prospect of 15 teams in each league necessitating constant interleague play. Baseball needs LESS interleague play, not more!! Wit the exception of a few natural rivalries (Yankees/Mets, Cubs/White Sox, Dodgers/Angels, Giants/A's etc.) interleague play is a disaster!

	devilsfan15:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 01:27 GMT	3 points
	If you include the Naps, shouldn't you also include the Brooklyn Robins?

	EasyTarget:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 04:08 GMT	0 points
	First year for the Kansas City A's was 1955, not 1956.

	Hejman:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 15:27 GMT	1 point
	Thanks, EasyTarget. I was actually going year by year through the standings to find the changes. I must have simply overlooked KC in '55.

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	99th_percentile:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 18:37 GMT	1 point
	I would add the name change from Florida Marlins to Miami Marlins too. Good quiz though.

	clete6:	Dec 16th, 2011 at 18:50 GMT	7 points
	I liked the "superb" clue for the Dodgers. I wonder if "Natinals" is an acceptable alternate answer for "Nationals"? The Phillies were known as the Blue Jays for several years. And finally, I agree that interleague play sucks.

	redsoxfan34:	Dec 18th, 2011 at 23:13 GMT	-1 points
	You've got your Braves history slightly off. The Beaneaters remained the Beaneaters until 1907, when they became the Doves. In 1911, they became the Rustlers before becoming the Braves in 1912. They were the Bees from 1936-40, and did not keep the name "Bees" until leaving for Milwaukee, but resumed being known as the Braves in 1941.

	TheLuggage:	Dec 19th, 2011 at 06:19 GMT	3 points
	While I agree interleague play sucks, it is going to stay. I think unbalanced divisions sucks worse. I was irate at the commissioner forcing in interleague play under the guise of it being a necessity if we are to have 15 team leagues (with the newest expansion), then after getting interleague moving HIS team to the national league because odd number teams didn't make sense. One six team division and one four team division makes less sense than interleague play all season.

	Hejman:	Dec 19th, 2011 at 13:16 GMT	2 points
	@redsoxfan34- This has already been addressed in the comments up above. The names "Doves" and "Rustlers" were changes made in the print media and the team officially took the name Braves in 1912. You can look here for more info: http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/history/timeline.jsp or here: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/ or here: http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bosbraves/BosBraves.html or here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves_%28baseball%29#Boston

	crazylegs:	Dec 19th, 2011 at 14:25 GMT	0 points
	Your clue for the 1966 move gives the answer to a previous question about that team from 1953.

	Hejman:	Dec 19th, 2011 at 19:10 GMT	2 points
	@crazylegs- A little bonus for those who are paying attention!

	inneedofgrace:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 16:33 GMT	3 points
	great quiz!

	kidcanada:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 01:05 GMT	-1 points
	Should accept "Natinals" for Nationals.

	Highwayman:	Dec 22nd, 2011 at 22:31 GMT	0 points
	Second to last clue should probably be "move to America" instead of "move to American" -- enjoyed the quiz!

	Garth_Rockett:	Jan 30th, 2012 at 19:58 GMT	1 point
	@TheLuggage - in brief defense of Selig, there was too much resistance to interleague play to have it year round. A team was always going to have to move to prevent scheduling headaches at that point. Moving a team from AL Central to NL Central made the most sense, travel-wise. The Royals were given the first option but declined, which opened the door for the Brewers to say yes. Given their NL history with the Braves, it was probably the best fit. But the Brewers were not first choice to move.

	yanksfan42:	May 14th, 2012 at 05:07 GMT	2 points
	This is a very good, informative quizz, I really liked it.