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Ironically, this is how the St. Louis Cardinals became the..
Posted on: May 12, 2020 at 21:35:47 CT
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... premiere baseball franchise in St. Louis.
I just watched a documentary on it with Jon Hamm as the narrator.
For the first 25 years of the 1900s, the St. Louis Browns were STL's team. They had the fancy stadium (Sportsman's Park) and the following and backing of the city. They were good too, although they just always kept falling a bit short in the AL.
The Cardinals were terrible, having gone through a number of owners and name changes. They also played at a horrible field.
But they hired a guy named Branch Rickey away from the Browns.
Rickey convinced the Browns to let the Cardinals become a tenant in Sportsman's Park. The Cardinals would pay the Browns rent and it would just be extra revenue for the Browns.
But they were responsible for stadium ownership, expenses, salary, infrastructure, renovations, etc.
The Browns spent all their money on the stadium and couldn't afford to build a team.
The Cardinals used all their savings by inventing the farm system.
When the Cardinals won the World Series against Babe Ruth's NY Yankees in 1926, the entire city flipped from Brown to Red and never looked back.
The Browns ended up in only 1 World Series. 1944. Of course, they faced the Cardinals and lost.
That tenant-ownership deal the Cardinals made with the Browns in the 1920s ended up being a deal that made the entire Cardinals franchise and destroyed the Browns franchise.
The Rams may have just walked into the same trap.
And the Chargers meanwhile get to focus on building a franchise, while Kroenke has to worry about financing a team and stadium that is becoming practically affordable for anyone.
LA is a town that already doesn't care about pro football.
And if the Chargers steal the thunder early while the Rams struggle... this could have a similar ending as the Browns/Cardinals saga.
I just watched a documentary on it with Jon Hamm as the narrator.
For the first 25 years of the 1900s, the St. Louis Browns were STL's team. They had the fancy stadium (Sportsman's Park) and the following and backing of the city. They were good too, although they just always kept falling a bit short in the AL.
The Cardinals were terrible, having gone through a number of owners and name changes. They also played at a horrible field.
But they hired a guy named Branch Rickey away from the Browns.
Rickey convinced the Browns to let the Cardinals become a tenant in Sportsman's Park. The Cardinals would pay the Browns rent and it would just be extra revenue for the Browns.
But they were responsible for stadium ownership, expenses, salary, infrastructure, renovations, etc.
The Browns spent all their money on the stadium and couldn't afford to build a team.
The Cardinals used all their savings by inventing the farm system.
When the Cardinals won the World Series against Babe Ruth's NY Yankees in 1926, the entire city flipped from Brown to Red and never looked back.
The Browns ended up in only 1 World Series. 1944. Of course, they faced the Cardinals and lost.
That tenant-ownership deal the Cardinals made with the Browns in the 1920s ended up being a deal that made the entire Cardinals franchise and destroyed the Browns franchise.
The Rams may have just walked into the same trap.
And the Chargers meanwhile get to focus on building a franchise, while Kroenke has to worry about financing a team and stadium that is becoming practically affordable for anyone.
LA is a town that already doesn't care about pro football.
And if the Chargers steal the thunder early while the Rams struggle... this could have a similar ending as the Browns/Cardinals saga.
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Ironically, this is how the St. Louis Cardinals became the.. - North co-co champs MU - 5/12 21:35:47