Milwaukee was moved because Bud gauranteed Arizona a spot in the NL West when they and the Tampa were created. That would have made an uneven number of teams in each league. So, Bud volunteered Milwaukee to switch, since all the other owners who could have bitched and whined about rivalries.
posted by gryphon99 at 02:39 AM on January 14, 2005
Bud gets out of the ownership business
Milwaukee was moved because Bud gauranteed Arizona a spot in the NL West when they and the Tampa were created. That would have made an uneven number of teams in each league. So, Bud volunteered Milwaukee to switch, since all the other owners who could have bitched and whined about rivalries.