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Toronto Maple Leafs baseball club suffers from expansion talk
Play ball! From the impromptu games of "town ball" in the 1800s, through Jackie Robinson's Montreal Royals to the Expos and Blue Jays, Canadians have always been infatuated with baseball. But getting big league teams to come to Canada proved harder than hitting a grand slam. It took decades of persuading, promoting, wheeling and dealing, but eventually America's favourite pastime found a home in the great white north.
Program: Sunday Morning Magazine
Broadcast Date: May 13, 1962
Guest(s): Frank Pollock, Tommy Richardson
Host: Bruce Rogers
Duration: 5:12
Last updated: December 6, 2012
Page consulted on May 13, 2013
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