Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-03-03

March 3, 1953: Boston Braves principal owner Lou Perini vetoes the St. Louis Browns request to move to Milwaukee citing the Braves territorial rights since Milwaukee is the home of the Braves Triple-A franchise; ten days later Perini will announce that he has asked the National League for permission to move from Boston to Milwaukee.

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