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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: The Federal League’s Legal Battle | Pastball Podcast #125
Description: Beard Laws (00:14)Welcome back everybody to the Passball Podcast, a podcast where history steps up to the plate. And today we're going to dive into a baseball legal battle that changed the game forever. The Federal League's fight against Major League Baseball. The Federal League, which was a short-lived third major league, as called by some people, that was from 1914 to 1915 and it actually dared to challenge the national and American leagues. They offered higher salaries, they poached players and operated asarrival. But after just two seasons, financial struggles and legal battles forced...