The Continental League

A Figment of the Imagination?

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  • Rich people who want a new baseball team in New York
      (and in Houston & Minneapolis & Toronto & Denver as well)
      join forces in a new league fronted by Branch Rickey
  • Mister Shea (of Shea Stadium note) is New York backer
  • Advocates for Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth & Buffalo come later
  • League never gets off the ground

    • It was hard to take these people seriously. They wanted Major League Baseball to accept
    their 8-team Continental League as a third league that would vie for a spot in the World
    Series via some tricky playoff system-- unreal!

  • But in a few short years there was a new team in
    New York--the Mets-- and a new team in Houston

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