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- National_League_West abstract "The National League West is one of the three divisions of the National League of Major League Baseball in North America (including Canada). This Division was formed for the 1969 season when the National League expanded to 12 teams by adding the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos. For purpose of keeping a regular-season of 162 games, half of the teams were put into the new East Division and half into the new West Division. Within each division, the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates (90 games), and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division (72 games), totaling 162 games.Despite the geography, the owners of the Chicago Cubs insisted that this team be placed into the East Division along with the teams in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Also, the owners of the St. Louis Cardinals wanted that team to be in the same division with their natural rivals of the Cubs. The league could have insisted on a geographical alignment like the American League did. But the owners were also concerned about what they thought would be a large imbalance in the strength of the divisions. The previous two seasons, the Cardinals, Giants, and Cubs finished 1-2-3 in the National League standings. The owners were concerned about putting those teams in the same division, thereby creating one very strong division (West) and one weak one (East - nobody foresaw the rise of the Mets in 1969). Given all of this, the owners of the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds consented to being placed into the West Division, even though Atlanta and Cincinnati are both in the Eastern Time Zone. Hence, the West Division had teams spread all the way from the East to the Pacific Coast, and scattered over four time zones. The East Division was spread over the Eastern Time Zone and the Central Time Zone - despite the fact that the National League had six teams in the Eastern Time Zone and six teams spread between the Central Time Zone and the Pacific Time Zone.All of this increased the traveling distances and times for all of the teams, and it also made radio broadcasting and TV broadcasts of the games more difficult to schedule. The Braves and the Reds had to travel all the way to California three times during each baseball season, and the three teams in California had to travel to Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Houston three times also. Sometimes, the trouble could be alleviated for them by playing some games in Chicago, St. Louis, or Pittsburgh on the same long road trips.".
- National_League_West wikiPageExternalLink stand.htm.
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- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1969_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1969_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1969_New_York_Mets_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1969_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1970_Baltimore_Orioles_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1970_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1970_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1971_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1971_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1971_San_Francisco_Giants_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1972_Oakland_Athletics_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1972_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1973_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1973_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1973_New_York_Mets_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1974_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1974_Oakland_Athletics_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1974_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1975_Boston_Red_Sox_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1975_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1975_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1976_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1976_New_York_Yankees_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1976_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1977_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1977_New_York_Yankees_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1977_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1978_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1978_New_York_Yankees_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1978_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1979_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1979_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1979_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1980_Houston_Astros_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1980_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1980_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1981_Houston_Astros_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1981_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1981_Major_League_Baseball_strike.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1981_New_York_Yankees_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1981_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1982_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1982_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1982_St._Louis_Cardinals_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1983_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1983_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1983_Philadelphia_Phillies_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1984_Detroit_Tigers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1984_San_Diego_Padres_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1984_San_Francisco_Giants_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1984_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1985_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1985_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1985_St._Louis_Cardinals_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1986_Houston_Astros_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1986_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1986_New_York_Mets_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1987_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1987_San_Francisco_Giants_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1987_St._Louis_Cardinals_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1988_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1988_Oakland_Athletics_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1988_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1989_Oakland_Athletics_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1989_San_Francisco_Giants_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1989_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1990_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1990_Oakland_Athletics_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1990_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1991_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1991_Minnesota_Twins_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1991_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1992_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1992_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1992_World_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1993_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1993_National_League_Championship_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1993_Philadelphia_Phillies_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1994–95_Major_League_Baseball_strike.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1995_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1995_Cincinnati_Reds_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1995_Colorado_Rockies_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1995_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1995_National_League_Division_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1995_in_baseball.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1996_Atlanta_Braves_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1996_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1996_National_League_Division_Series.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1996_San_Diego_Padres_season.
- National_League_West wikiPageWikiLink 1996_St._Louis_Cardinals_season.