136 - The 1969 Seattle Pilots & the Early Expansion Era w/ Andy McCue

Author Andy McCue joins Craig and Rex this week to talk about his 2022 book, "Stumbling around the Bases: The American League’s Mismanagement in the Expansion Eras," and his recent article from the Fall 2022 SABR Baseball Research Journal, "The Doomed Pilots of 1969: The Results of Advice Ignored." McCue takes us on a whirlwind journey through the expansion era's first decade, focusing on the unforgettable 1969  Seattle Pilot debacle. Don't miss this one!

Andy McCue's SABR Page
https://sabr.org/authors/andy-mccue/
"Stumbling Around the Bases" at Bookshop.org (affiliate)
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"The Doomed Pilots..." at SABR
https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-doomed-pilots-of-1969-the-results-of-advice-ignored/

Errata:  The Seattle SuperSonics began play in Seattle in 1967. SABR stands for the Society FOR American Baseball Research (sabr.org).

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing Andy McCue
• 1:06 Early Franchise Movement - 1901-57
• 3:18 The 1961-62 Expansions & Finley's A's
• 8:52 The Four-Team Expansion in 1969
• 15:32 The Sick's Stadium Conundrum
• 21:15 The Pilots Go to Court & The Milwaukee Move
• 29:00 Aftermath: The 1977 AL Expansion
• 38:55 Oakland, Tampa and Future Expansion
• 44:23 On the Society for American Baseball Research