Angels within four games of .500 all time

[T.G.]

great... this probably means ticket prices are going to go up.

[Inside Pitch]

Free agency in the mid 70's made all the difference for the later expansion teams...it was brutal for the Angels, maybe the Astros were competitive a little quicker in the 60's because they had a good farm system---Joe Morgan, Lee May, Jimmy Wynn, etc....

 

Yep, The Marlins and Rockies were both able to sign players and field minor league teams at least a year or two prior to them actually playing MLB games.   The initial expansion teams basically had a few months to get going.  Autry didnt even set out to own a team, he went there to try to negotiate a radio deal and ended up with a team.  LOL.   There wasn't even an amateur draft until 1965.

Edited July 2, 2014 by Inside Pitch

[maximus p]

Quite a few:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/

 

Braves

Red Sox

Cubs

White Sox

Reds

Indians

Tigers

Dodgers

Yankees

Pirates

Giants

Cardinals

So the Halos would be the only expansion team to join that list.

[ukyah]

So the Halos would be the only expansion team to join that list.

 

 

you know, that's actually pretty impressive. go angels!