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July 12, 1951.
Given the recent passage of the same-sex marriage law in New York, this promotion would now be considered as discriminatory to some. The Oneonta Red Sox were in the Canadian-American League in 1951, and attendance across the league was horrible that year, some blaming it on the growing number of televisions in people’s homes. Oneonta was doing all it could to attract fans, including major appliance give-aways and theme nights, but the league folded at the end of the season.
— Mark Simonson
Mark Simonson is the Oneonta city historian. These adver- tisements once appeared in The Daily Star, Oneonta Star or The Oneonta Herald.
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