Posted by Midnight on 10/8/2008, 2:12 am
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September 11 - The Philadelphia Athletics inform the league office that they will be unable to make their last western road trip due to financial trouble.
September 16 - The New York Mutuals announce they will not make their final road trip of the season due to lack of funds.
September 26 - The Chicago White Stockings clinch the first National League pennant with a 7-6 win over the Hartford Dark Blues.
December 10 - At its winter meetings held in Cleveland, the National League announces the expulsion of the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Mutuals for failure to complete their required schedule in the 1876 season. Neither storied club, who were both so instrumental in the evolution of professional baseball, will ever appear again in Major League Baseball.
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