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4. Parks and Stadiums Since 1960

Author : James T. Bennett

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The 1960s began in baseball with a New Frontier of its own: expansion franchises were awarded in 1961 to Los Angeles (the Angels) and Washington, DC (a new Senators team to replace the Minnesota-departed one) and in 1962 to New York (the Mets) and Houston (the Colt .45s, later the Astros). So there were four new teams, but only one was placed in a major-league-less city.

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Metadata
Title
Parks and Stadiums Since 1960
Author
James T. Bennett
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
They Play, You Pay

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3331-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-3332-3

Copyright Year: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3332-3_4