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Minor League Baseball

Minor League history: Eastern Canada League
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 17, 2016

The Eastern Canada League was a class B league that was founded in 1922. The four team league was almost completely located in the province of Quebec, except for the team from Ottawa. It took a while before professional baseball gained foothold in Quebec. For a short while it looked like it did during the…

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Minor League history: Connecticut (State) League
Byyankeebiscuitfan January 20, 2016

The Connecticut League started as the Connecticut State League in 1884. In 1902 classifications were given to minor leagues for the first time. The Connecticut League, as it was renamed in 1901, got a class D classification but it was upgraded to class B in 1905. At the start the league was an independent league…

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