> > Why do the 1890 and 1891 A.A. Baltimore Orioles have a different
> > teamID (BL3) than the A.A. Baltimore Orioles from 1882 to 1889 (BL2)?
> >
> > select name, teamid, lgid, yearid from teams where franchid = "BLO"
The present IDs enable selection of the whole 1882-1899 history and its
subsets demarcated 1889-1890 or 1891-1892. What practical problems does
it create?
Paul Wendt