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Minor League history: Illinois State League
Byyankeebiscuitfan January 8, 2017

The Illinois State League saw the light in 1947 and lasted two years before it changed its name in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League in 1947. Eventually, the league became the current Midwest League. In its two years of existence, the Illinois State League operated as a class D league. The league was created with completely new…

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1955, the season that was next year
Byyankeebiscuitfan December 19, 2014

After the New York Giants won the World Series in the previous year, the Dodgers started the season hopeful as ever. How many World Series had they played without winning one? 1916 and 1920 as the Robins, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953. In five of these World Series appearances, the hated Yankees were…

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