Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3183748, member: 289"] For decades, the minor leagues were independent and survived through their attendance and by selling the contracts of their best player to the MLB - when they wanted to. They could make schedules and playoff formats any way they wanted and, if they had a guy on pace to hit 50 home runs, They could keep him until the end of the seasons and he would hit 50 home runs. The most successful run franchises would win the most and have the biggest fan base. It ended not because the minors failed but because the majors started buying up the clubs, figuring it was cheaper for them to control things. [/QUOTE]