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1900
American League president Ban Johnson unveils a key new city for the junior circuit: Chicago. Charles Comiskey, tight with Johnson to the point of sharing office space with him in Chicago, will move his St. Paul Saints into town to join the AL.
Johnson brokers an agreement with the Chicago Orphans (Cubs) both to share the city and use the old NL nickname of White Stockings.