The Giants move to SF, whether an unfortunate event or not, does not change the fact that they have been a year to year continuously operating NL franchise since 1883. When they moved to SF they did not drop all their NY players and start anew. Matty did play for that franchise. Koufax is considered to have played for only one team - right?
I think the above cases are pretty clear. There are some that are more complicated, such as the Bal AL "move" to NY in 1903, or the 1899 "replacement" of most of the 1898 STL NL players with those of the 1898 Cle NL franchise.
Last edited by bmarlowe1; 10-29-2010 at 02:03 PM.
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