MLB's "National League" is the world's oldest...

[Alidar Jarok]

I wonder what it took to be expelled.

 

[Chaos Descending]

The Mutuals and the Athletics were expelled for refusing to embark on a western states road trip late in the 1876 season.

 

[Starbreaker]

The Cincinnati team was banned from the National League because it violated two league rules: the team's ballpark, the Bank Street Grounds, marketed beer, and the Reds refused to close their ballpark on Sundays

 

[DeafPoet]

The Cincinnati team was banned from the National League because it violated two league rules: the team's ballpark, the Bank Street Grounds, marketed beer, and the Reds refused to close their ballpark on Sundays

Well, I think it's safe to say that nobody in history has ever been vindicated quite as thoroughly as those guys have

 

[mimic]

19th century professional baseball had some fun team names. I'm a fan of the Baltimore Lord Baltimores, personally.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

They had a bit of a stocking fetish, however