I had enough people after I wrote this article,
http://blogs.piratesprospects.com/hi...ear-ago-today/
ask me why the Pirates say 1887 all over the place for their first year, that I wrote this article
http://blogs.piratesprospects.com/hi...-1882-or-1887/
As you can see by the dates, they are very recent. Teams have an odd way of recognizing their own beginnings. I read that the Cardinals didn't want to acknowledge their 10,000th win in franchise history because the first ten years worth of wins happened in the AA. A group of fans protested it, rightfully so. They wanted to wait until they reached 10,000 NL wins to celebrate it
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Please check out my books on baseball history. They include the bio of star second baseman Dots Miller. A book featuring 20 Moonlight Graham players who got into just one game. Another with 13 players who were with the Pittsburgh Pirates during the regular season, but never played a game. There's also one about 27 baseball families, as well as a day-by-day look at the worst team in Pittsburgh Pirates history. All five can be found here:
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