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Old 07-29-2013, 07:32 PM
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I did notice that and was wondering if I heard it right. They really butchered the old time players. As I mentioned in the other thread, Selig twice called the Players' League the Pacific League and he had no idea NA stood for National Association, as evident by the long pause, then skipping it twice.
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