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Lindsay

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1. You just reminded me

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 08:35 AM

Feb 2020

that my father was friends with a Cleveland Indians player back in the 1940s, before I was born. He talked about how the players would take the streetcar to the stadium for games. No luxury cars for the players back then, except for maybe the star players.

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First MLB team to fly on an airplane to a game [View all] Ohiogal Feb 2020 OP

You just reminded me Lindsay Feb 2020 #1

Yes! Ohiogal Feb 2020 #2

This is hard to believe, but I think St. Louis was the westernmost city CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #3

You are absolutely correct Ohiogal Feb 2020 #4