Ed Johnson
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Aug 18
The 1948-50 Emporia Nationals: Digging for Gold in Peanuts and Cotton
At the end of World War II, it was an easy argument to make that the Washington Nationals had the worst farm system in the major leagues. In 1947 Washington had the fewest number of minor league affiliates (6) and scouts (3) of any big-league organization. The on-field ramifications of having such a weak farm …
Mar 26
The Story of the 1936-38 Trenton Senators
It isn’t often that a sports franchise relocates to a city based on the potential drawing power of having a star player from that city on the roster, but that was a major factor in the creation of the Trenton Senators. By the mid-1930s Trenton, New Jersey had long been a baseball hotbed. Numerous successful …
