Hank Greenberg asks for American League dates at the Los Angeles Coliseum for expansion Angels

On November 2, 1960, Hank Greenberg asks for American League dates at the Los Angeles Coliseum, home of the National League Dodgers. Greenberg and Bill Veeck are expected to run the new Los Angeles Angels club in the AL.

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In a move designed to get a jump on the National League in the expansion race, the American League grants franchises to Washington and Los Angeles, and okays the Senators’ move to Minnesota. The decision to place a new team in Washington is partly political because the owners fear the nation’s lawmakers, upset about losing the American League’s oldest club, will threaten baseball’s anti-trust exemption.

October 26, 1960

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Cleveland GM Gabe Paul has requested economic surveys of the Seattle, WA market in anticipation of a possible Indians move to the Northwest.

September 9, 1964

Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. is awarded a new team that will be named the Seattle Pilots.

December 1, 1967

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