Granddaughter of former Phils manager Dallas Green killed in Arizona shootings

Granddaughter of former Phils manager Dallas Green killed in Arizona shootings
The granddaughter of former Phillies manager and current team executive advisor Dallas Green was the youngest victim of the attack on a United States Congresswoman which killed six and wounded 18 during a town hall meeting in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday.

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Former home stadiums?

There have been a few moves by teams during the 100 plus years that the MLB has been around . . . here’s a few of them, I want original stadiums, not the ones they had moved from previously, I want the ones they started out in:

Cinncinnati Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates

Brooklyn Dodgers (Now Los Angeles)

Cleveland Indians

Philadelphia Athletics (Now Oakland)

Philadelphia Phillies

Boston Braves (Now Atlanta)

Milwaukee Brewers

Chicago Cubs (that’s right, folks, Wrigley Field was not the original home for the Cubs)

New York Giants

New York Mets (Shea was not the original home for the Mets, contrary to popular belief)

Colorado Rockies

and finally

Seattle Mariners
Let’s add one more to the fray, shall we, and let’s see if you can guess what sits where the old park used to be:

Minnesota Twins.
Actually, with the Reds, Pirates, Phillies, and A’s, they didn’t change stadiums, just stadium names.
Yes, the Cubs did start in the Union Base-Ball Grounds, but the name would later be changed, that’s the name I’m looking for.
Correct . . . the Mariners DID NOT start in the Kingdome, they started first in an open air stadium, and yes, this is a trick question, because the Milwaukee Brewers started their existance in this park, under the name the Seattle Pilots.
Let’s add another trick question here, the New York Yankees didn’t start their existance with this name, they originally the New York Highlanders, what was the name of the stadium they played in during that time?
Mistake made . . . I said Mariners, meant the toronto Blue Jays, Exhibition Field . . . anyone know why the Jays moved from there, and into Skydome?
NO . . . the Yankees were NOT originally the Baltimore Orioles . . . the Baltimore Orioles were originally the St. Louis Browns, and they played their home games in the same stadium that the Cardinals played in, which is another team that has moved homes since their original stadium . . . anyone know the name to the original field that the Cardinals called home?
It is true that when the Brewers first moved to Milwaukee, they played in the same stadium that the Braves abandoned when they left for Atlanta, but I’m talking before they arrived in Milwaukee . . . back then, they were called the Seattle Pilots, bud.
Okay, before people start baying for my blood, I admit that the Yankees were once in Baltimore, however, it was BEFORE the formation of the Amarican League, I am going from the start of the certain leagues, for the National League, it would be 1876, for the American league, it would be 1903.

Happ outduels Halladay, beats former team (AP)

First, Brett Myers. Then, J.A. Happ. Maybe Houston should move Nelson Figueroa up a day in the rotation. Happ pitched effectively into the seventh inning against his former team and the Astros beat Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Wednesday night. Happ (4-2) allowed two runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings, becoming the second former Phillies pitcher to beat them in this series.

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Former Phillies coach, scout Maje McDonnell dies (AP)

The Philadelphia Phillies say former coach Robert "Maje" McDonnell has died. McDonnell died at his home in Philadelphia on Thursday. He was 89. McDonnell spent nearly six decades working for the Phillies, starting as a batting practice pitcher in 1947. He served as a coach, scout, instructor at tryout camps and Phillies Phantasy Camps and as a tour guide at Veterans Stadium during 57 years…

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