-CO> GC>This is an attempt to broaden baseball's popularity - and also
-CO> GC>to bring it to places where fans do not get an opportunity to
-CO> GC>see MLB.  Last year the San Diego Padres played some "home away
-CO> GC>from home" games in Monterrey, Mexico.  This year they are doing
-CO> GC>it in Honolulu.
-CO>      Yes this is good for baseball since then others might
-CO> get into it
-CO> and i dunno if we really going to go global in the future
-CO> of baseball
-CO> since then there be many games not televised unless you got
-CO> a
-CO> satellight.  But since baseball is not doing so well in
-CO> certain areas of
-CO> our country to fan attendence.  That perhaps they can by
-CO> playing some
-CO> games in other areas get it popular there and more fans
 
Last year's games in Monterrey Mexico were not overly successful.
Regarding the Dodgers - they played several games in Jersey City,
which had been the home of a AAA team.  In the 1950s there were
three major league teams and two AAA teams (Jersey City and Newark).
 
The Dodgers were warning New York City at the time that if they
did not help them find a new home, they would be gone.  The games
in Jersey City were a scare tactic.  Ebbets Field was decaying as
was the neighborhood around it.  A site in Flushing Meadows was
proposed by the Dodgers and rejected by the city.
 
New York City's refusal to help the Dodgers and Giants, the 
success of teams that moved (Braves, Kansas City, and Baltimore),
the migration of people to the west coast, and the overtures of
the Pacific Coast League in its attempts to become a major league
and the introduction of air travel all paved the way for the
two teams to move to California. 
 
With the Dodgers and Giants going west, the Pacific Coast League
owners abandoned any hopes of becoming a major league.  However,
Branch Rickey headed a group of businessmen in a venture called
the Continental League.  MLB added four more teams and the 
Continental League expired before it started.
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