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From: stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl)
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Subject: Re: Trivial Pursuit error?
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Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 15:45:18 EST
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> > The question was from where did the Minnesota Twins originate?  The
> > answer given was the Washington Senators.  I am fairly certain that
> > the Senators went to Arlington, Texas and became the Texas Rangers.
> > If I am correct, was is the *right* answer?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> You're correct, but this shows how often the Senators moved around.
> 
> Bob Short, the long-hated villain in D.C., was responsible for one
> move.  The next trivia question is who is responsible for the other???

There were two Washington Senators franchises.  The first was there
from time immemorial until 1960, when Calvin Griffith (if I'm not mistaken)
moved them to Minnesota and changed their name to be the Twins.  This
coincided with an American League expansion year; the city of Washington
got one of the expansion franchises and the team was again named the
Senators.  This team was later moved to Texas, leaving Washington without
a MLB team.

If Washington should again get a franchise, I would suggest that, in light of
the decline in importance of senators in the political process, the team
be named the Washington Supreme Court Justices or the Washington Political
Action Committees :-).

		Steve Vegdahl
		Computer Research Lab.
		Tektronix, Inc.
		Beaverton, Oregon