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Contraction
Under franchise history: should include mention of the Twins being one of the two teams targeted for "contraction" in 2002. The Twins were mentioned in the article on the Expos (the other team targeted).
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I set up archiving on this talk page due to some very outdated comments. jj137 (talk) 02:56, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
After considering San Francisco...
The blurb on their move west, which is very good and concise, mentions that San Francisco was considered. How much? Is there a cite? I remember reading on www.baseball-fever.com that Clark had been considering Los Angeles ayear or two before his death, then rejected it because of his loyalty to Washington, and his agreement with the Orioles' owners. But, I had never heard San Francisco, or read it. (It's probably not enough to go into detail, but I do think "Los Angeles or..." could be placed before " San Francisco." Someone would have to checked the aforementioned discussion site to see the article in question.)209.244.30.221 (talk) 15:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Originally called the Washington Nationals?
Check out this link on the generally reliable Baseball Reference dot com:
It states that between the years of 1905, and 1955 the Washington Senators were officially named the Washington Nationals. I've never heard of this, and I'm in no way personally endorsing this. I've been unable to verify that piece of information anywhere else, but sadly information on the old Washington team isn't exactly easy to find online. Does anyone have an opinion about this, or knowledge either way? Maybe a Twins fan has a book about the history of the team? If this is true, it'd be a great addition to the page. Hossrex (talk) 04:01, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
- That is, in fact, correct or at least mostly correct. Somehow that info has virtually disappeared from this article, but it's explained at some length in History of baseball team nicknames#Washington, D. C.. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
While I quite frequently find a problem with people using the phrase "literally" in situations/contexts in which it isn't warranted, I would say this is a situation where it hasn't "virtually" disappeared from this article, but it has in fact "literally" disappeared. I still don't have the requisite background to re-add the information (hey... I'm a Dodgers fan... I simply love baseball history, and read whatever I can... that doesn't mean I'm an expert when it comes to Minnesota Twins history), but if you have enough information to back up the link I've provided, it would probably be nice if you could do so (I haven't checked the page to see if this has happened. It probably has. I don't know). Either way... I'm simply trying to help as a baseball psudo-historian. Hossrex (talk) 10:26, 9 August 2008 (UTC)