#federalleague

[baseballsisco]

I came across this news blurb from the February 12, 1915 New York Times. I makes you wonder how different the Baseball landscape would be today if there were Federal League franchises in the Bronx and Newark. Would the Yankees have still moved to the Bronx in 1923? Or would the American League have the Yankees or another team move to the Bronx as a preemptive move to try and block the Federal League from moving further into the NYC area. It really is interesting to think about how today's MLB would look with three leagues instead of two and with teams potentially still playing in Buffalo and Indianapolis. The other Federal League teams played in current MLB cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and St. Louis with another team in Brooklyn. Any thoughts? #FederalLeague #MLB #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco

[pleazar]

1915 Chicago Whales Federal League ✖ Ebbets Field Flannels Fitted Cap. 8-Panel Ol' Boy short bill Wool Cap Made in 🇺🇸 by @ebbetsvintage Federal League was founded in 1913 as the Third Major Leagues, the 3rd Chicago Baseball Club has no formal nickname and known simply as the Feds short for federals to distinguish them apart from the National Leagues Chicago Cubs and American Leagues Chicago White Sox. The original occupants of Wrigley Field (current home of the Cubs and the only remaining existing Federal League Ballpark) finished 2nd in 1914 and as the Whales won the Championship in 1915, sadly the league folded after the 1915 season. #ThrowbackThursday #EbettsFieldFlannels #EFF #FederalLeague #ChicagoWhales #TBT #FittedCaps #CapCollections #CapCollection #capcollector #capcollectors #teamfitted® #UCCGPH #Caps4All #woolcap #Nostalgia #ThirdMajorLeagues #Baseball https://www.instagram.com/p/By7cc9qF5rw/?igshid=qkrj2hw8w41j

[baseballsisco]

Happy Centennial to the Cubs playing in Wrigley Field. But the Cubs aren't the first hometeam to play at Wrigley Field. Who was the first? The Chicago Whales of the Federal League played at the then named Weeghman Park from 1914-1915. When the Federal League folded after the 1915 season, the Cubs took over the home field. The park was renamed Cubs Park from 1920 - 1926. It would be renamed Wrigley Field in 1927 after William Wrigley Jr, who was the owner of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. company makers of Wrigley chewing gum. The rest is history. #WrigleyField #ChicagoCubs #WeegmanPark #ChicagoWhales #FederalLeague #CubsPark #WilliamWrigleyJr #ChicagoBaseball #BaseballHistory #HistoriadelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco Thanks to @chicagocubsnation for the picture. Good luck to your Cubbies this season :)