Actually, the Braves and Athletics do a great job with honoring their previous cities. I've been to both stadiums-the Braves have a statue of Warren Spahn in front of the stadium and he never pitched one game for the Braves in Atlanta. The A's honor their past with photos, trophies, memorabilia from their days in PHL and KC. When CG moved the Senators to Minnesota he kept the same Senator team colors and uniform designs. The only difference being the name on the front of the jersey and the logo on the cap. CG changed the name because the Senators name would not have been a good fit and he wanted the hometown populace to embrace the team as their own. A good move and it served him well. Unfortunately, CG and Carol Pohlad never made the effort to embrace the franchise's past and it is, after all, a continuously operated franchise. Should the 84 homeruns and 231 RBI's Harmon hit in Washington not count as a Twin? Or Jim Kaat's wins and losses as a pitcher? CP cared much less about the history than CG. Calvin was trying to build a fan base to survive and CP was willing to line his pockets for $200M in 2002 when the other members of the piranha club were willing to buy him out to contract the Twins and Expos. Yes, the Twins won the franchises 2nd and 3rd titles under his ownership but he could have cared less if the franchise survived or not. Time will tell if JP will make the effort to honor the franchise's past.
