Talk:Springfield Indians

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[edit] Oldest Franchise

The franchise that began as the Providence Reds in 1926 is also still in existence. It became the Binghamton Dusters, Binghamton Whalers, and Binghamton Rangers, and is currently the Hartford Wolf Pack. Furthermore, from what I can tell it never missed a season, unlike the Indians. ccwaters 13:16, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

The Indians never did either. The franchise was never suspended, it just moved to Buffalo and Syracuse respectively. RGTraynor 05:32, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
From what I understand, during WWII, Springfield players were loaned to the Buffalo Bison which was a wholly separate franchise that existed before and after that consolidation. The Buffalo Bison were not the Springfield Indians. Anyway, that's not really the point of this: I think that if you mention that the Indians<->Rivermen are the oldest running franchise you should also note that they share that title with the Reds<->Wolf Pack. ccwaters 12:40, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
I have reworded part of the history from 1942-1946 according to ccwaters's comments. Flibirigit 08:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationales

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Completed fair use rationales for above images. Flibirigit (talk) 20:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)