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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
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.
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I kinda thought something like that but i didn't look into the travel part.
Wonder what it was like to head to another game on one of those trains.
How comfortable would that be?
Of course its not like they were traveling to California.
But if your sore and on a train in the hot summer with no air condition.