The Continental League
New York baseball fans had to face reality.
Coast to coast travel attained practicality.
Jet planes carried us west within a day.
As a result, the Giants and Dodgers both went away.
The Giants headed for San Francisco, and the Dodgers to LA.
A third major league was proposed by William Shea.
Because he could not get another team to relocate,
an entire new league was what he and others would formulate.
The Continental League was the result of ambitious dreams.
The league was to consist of eight different teams.
Cities represented were New York, Houston, and Minneapolis.
Others were Atlanta, Buffalo, Toronto, Denver, and Dallas.
An unprecedented huge undertaking had begun.
The teams were to begin playing in 1961.
This action was disfavored by the Major Leagues of Baseball.
Crucial moves had to be executed to stop it all.
Expansion plans by the National and American Leagues were announced.
As a result, the proposed Continental League was trounced.
However, William Shea and others got an expansion team.
The formation of the New York Mets fulfilled a dream.
Therefore, the Continental League ceased before pitching their first ball.
Expansion to new cities came because of it all.
Information obtained from wikipedia.org online encyclopedia.
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