Pee Wee Reese on American Legion Baseball Radio Show
A scripted radio show from the 1940s that included trivia, stories and situational analysis about the game of baseball.
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In 1894, Ban Johnson was hired as president of the new league, and would remain so until his retirement nearly 35 years later. Johnson, a Cincinnati-based newspaper reporter, had been recommended by his friend Charles Comiskey, a former major league star with the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s, who was then managing the Cincinnati Reds. After the 1894 season, when Comiskey's contract with the Reds was up, he decided to take his chances at ownership. He bought the Sioux City team and transferred it to Saint Paul, Minnesota. These two men would be among the cornerstones of the American League.
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