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Originally Posted by BaseballMan
Current standings
Radbourn is 11-1 1.17
Noticed that at times teams were scheduled to play 2 different teams on the same day. Thought the schedule was wrong but retrosheet showed it was correct. Not sure why.
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That happened occasionally in the 19th century. For instance, on May 30, 1884 (Decoration Day), Providence played at home against New York in the morning and Philadelphia in the afternoon. At the same time, Boston played Philly in the morning and New York in the afternoon. So the Giants and Phillies might have waved to each other as their trains passed while going between the two cities.
I think the Providence-Boston four-cornered double-header only happened in 1884. It was more common to see teams shuttling between Brooklyn and Manhattan. And I believe once there was even a split double-header that saw a team travel between Philadelphia and New York. But it was a gimmick that didn't really catch on (I'm sure the players hated it). But you'd still see that sort of thing in the minors for a few more decades into the 20th century.