... today, there was indeed a time when the Boston Red Sox did not exist. This flaw in the national culture was corrected in 1901" said Dan Honig. On January 28th, 1901, Byron Johnson decided to start a team in Boston to be part of his American Baseball League. This team, the Boston Americans, eventually became the Boston Red Sox. They played on a field ... ...

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... happen to baseball was the creating of another professional league, the American league, in 1901. This league was actually a minor league called the Western League. A man by the name of Byron Bancroft Johnson, "Ban", took this minor league, cleaned it up, enticed players from the National league to move over, and ended creating a rival league to the National league. Now having ... ...

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