Talk:Boston Red Stockings

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The Boston Base Ball Club succeeded the indebted Boston Base Ball Association, assuming its debts and issuing new stock, as decided December 11, 1872 at a meeting of "more than 150 supporters". Although indebted, the Association was not bankrupt; its stockholders remained, merely relinquishing majority control. "The players were asked to accept their accrued salary in installments during the 1873 season" (not to say they were present) and in fact the club was a financial success from its first southern trip. (Ryczek 1992: 96)

• Ryczek, William (1992). Blackguards and Red Stockings: A History of Baseball's National Association 1871-1875. 2nd printing 1999, Wallingford CT: Colebrook Press. ISBN 0-9673718-0-5.

This is good to know and it would be good to know similar organizational details about other clubs. Without original research (not here) to show significant consequences, it will not much affect this or any other article. (Example consequence: one player who had signed with the BBBA for 1873 might have signed with another club after the succession by BBBC.) --P64 19:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)