When that failed, he enlisted Branch Rickey's aid in the formation of a third major league, the Continental, with New York as the key franchise.

When Selig was only three, Marie began taking him and his older brother, Jerry, to Borchert Field, where the minor league Milwaukee Brewers played.

When his quest to keep the team in Milwaukee finally failed after the 1965 season, he changed the group's name to Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc., after the minor league baseball team he grew up watching, and devoted himself to returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee.

When the full league programme resumed in 1946 – 47 Charlton could finish only 19th in the First Division, just above the relegation spots.

When the Western renamed itself the American League for 1900, it was still a minor league, but next year it broke with the National Agreement and declared itself major, openly competing with the National League for players, and for fans in three contested cities.

When the NFL declined to approve the Raiders ' move from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1980, the team joined the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission in a lawsuit against the league alleging a violation of antitrust laws.

When Los Angeles offered O ' Malley what the City of New York wouldn't — complete and absolute ownership of the facility — he left for southern California in a preemptive bid to install the Dodgers there before a new or existing major league franchise could beat him to it.

When that league folded a few years later, Williams found himself out of a job until Redskins coach Joe Gibbs asked him to join the team to be the backup for quarterback Jay Schroeder.

When the American Association revived as a minor league in 1902, the Mud Hens joined as a charter member.

When Pumpsie Green became the first black player on the Boston Red Sox in 1959 — the last major league team to integrate its team — Williams openly welcomed Green.

When the league was first organized in 1999, it was originally supposed to stand for " Xtreme Football League "; however, there was already a league in formation at the same time with that name, and so promoters wanted to make sure that everyone knew that the " X " did not actually stand for anything ( though McMahon would comment that " if the NFL stood for the ' No Fun League ', the XFL will stand for the ' extra fun league '").

When Philip created the league of the Greeks on the pretext of unifying Greece against Persia, the Spartans chose not to join — they had no interest in joining a pan-Greek expedition if it was not under Spartan leadership.

When founded in 1984, the league was a pioneer in gender equality, offering competition in a then-unprecedented 10 women's sports.

When the Muslims approached Portus, he summoned the Repubbliche Marinare ( or mariner cities of Italy ) – Naples, Gaeta and Amalfi – to form a league.

When Ryan was called up to the New York club the following year, he was the second-youngest player in the league.

When the league dropped to six teams in 2008, it still played a 96-game schedule, but did not split the season and did not have divisions.

When, in 1938, the Scranton Miners of Scranton, Pennsylvania team moved to Hartford, Connecticut and renamed the Hartford Bees, the league was renamed as the Eastern League.

When Short indicated that he might take the team to new rival league that was developing however, the owners held another vote that same day and allowed the relocation ( 8 – 0 ).

When Bettman and league officials visited Nashville to tour the arena, thousands gathered on the Arena plaza to greet them.

When the league expanded to 10 teams beginning in 2009 – 10, the finals expanded to six teams.

When Howe turned 40 in 1967 – 68, the league expanded from six to twelve teams and the number of scoring opportunities grew as the game schedule increased.

When the Northern Union clubs broke away from the RFU to form what is now rugby league, the Morley representatives missed the coach to Huddersfield as they were still in the pub.

When the league expanded the next season, the Comets were moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference.

When cattle became more valuable, ranch owners frowned upon this practice and it was discontinued, at least when the boss was 'round.

When initially developed, Paramount Pictures ( owners of the Star Trek franchise ) wanted the Klingon language to be guttural and harsh and Okrand wanted it to be unusual, so he selected sounds that combined in ways not generally found in other languages.

When the owners of the field come, they will say, ' Let us have back our field.

When newer buses were imported, owners of older buses compensated by painting a traditional proverb on the sides of their buses, " Going fast does not assure safe arrival ".

When demonstrators broke through the windows — which had been covered by plywood by the bar owners to deter the police from raiding the bar — the police inside unholstered their pistols.

) When this original theatre building in New Castle was in danger of being demolished, the modern Warner Bros. called the modern building owners, and arranged a 3 way in hopes of saving it, between three men, Warner Bros, and the modern owners.

When workers protested, the owners agreed to employ the miners for eight hours a day – but at a wage of only $ 2. 50.

When the owners did not respond, the nascent union struck on February 7.

When the slaves of Zanzibar were freed in 1897, it was by compensation since the prevailing opinion was that the slave owners suffered the loss of an asset whenever a slave was freed.

When Denmark abolished slavery in 1848, many plantation owners wanted full reimbursement, on the grounds that their assets were damaged by the loss of the slaves, and by the fact that they would have to pay for labor in the future.

When the owners of the motel in which they are staying notice that Peter's car is gone, they roust Ellie out of bed and kick her out.

When Gomez and Morticia first moved in as the home's owners ( though Gomez and Grandmama had been residents even before then ), they thought it was haunted.

When William of Normandy conquered England, he divided the nation into many " manors ", the owners of which came to be known as barons ; those who held many manors were known as " greater barons ", while those with fewer manors were the " lesser barons ".

* When car owners use roads, they impose congestion costs and higher accidents risks on all other users.

When the owners are shareholders, the interest can be called shareholders ' equity ; the accounting remains the same, and it is ownership equity spread out among shareholders.

When the numbers of non-white landowners began to increase, a minimum value was established for the properties which entitled their owners to vote.

When freed during the 19th century, the ancestors of these people received surnames which were given by their former owners, many of which referred to a specific character trait.

When the republics of Estonia and Latvia were founded in 1918 – 19, the Baltic German estate owners were largely expropriated in a land reform, although the Germans were given considerable cultural autonomy.

When the post office was established in 1906 the first postmaster, Mrs. Samantha Duffield, suggested the current name because the stores, the mill, and the blacksmith shop changed owners so often.

When the Plymouth Council for New England was dissolved in 1635, on the east side of the Kennebec River were divided up and granted to private owners.

When this cemetery was closed nine years later, Taylor Blow transferred Scott's coffin to a plot in the nearby Catholic cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, which permitted burial of non-Catholic slaves by Catholic owners.

When in 1981 the local company, operating from a two-position magneto switchboard in the living room of owners Barbara and Elden Hathaway, was purchased by the Oxford County Telephone & Telegraph Company, a nearby larger independent company.

When police and National Guard assaulted a group of women and children, public outcry forced mill owners to capitulate.