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The Week That Was: Nov. 7

It was a busy week on Ballpark Digest, what with municipal elections potentially deciding the fate of the Portland Beavers and Chicago Cubs, logo news, franchise moves, league moves, and more. Here are the top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. Lake County Captains unveil logo overhaul Griffith […]

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HoHoKam Park / Chicago Cubs

Considering the Chicago Cubs play the regular season in one of the most charming ballparks in baseball, a visit to HoHoKam Park in March will tend to be disappointing to anyone but the most hardcore Cubbie fan. In some ways HoHoKam is the polar opposite of Wrigley Field: the old ballpark at Clark and Addison […]

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National League

The National League launched the modern era of professional baseball as a response to the looser, arguably corrupt National Association, in 1876. Led by William Hulbert and Albert Spalding, the circuit began with the defection of four Western teams — St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati — from the National Association and launched with eight […]

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