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- 1873.1 + (<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x … <div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"></br><div dir="auto">Richard Hershberger, <em>150 years ago in baseball, </em>FB posting on 1/13/2023</div></br><div dir="auto"> </div></br><div dir="auto">"The condition of the Atlantics. This doesn't quite add up. The team is a co-operative nine. In other words, rather than a fixed salary, the players are paid a share of the gate receipts. This was the business model adopted by clubs that were undercapitalized. The better players generally preferred a bit more certainty about their finances. This suggests the claim about the large number of members is so much eyewash. Compare it with the Athletics, who still maintain a fraternal club structure while also paying fixed salaries.</div></br><div dir="auto"> </div></br></div></br><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"></br><div dir="auto">The sad truth is that the Atlantic Club is on its last leg. A co-op nine, with no upfront costs, can survive so long as there is a driving force keeping it going. In this case that driving force is Bob Ferguson. He was notably strong-willed. This was not always in a good way, but he will keep the Atlantics together through two not-good years. Then he will be hired away by the Hartford club, and the vestiges of the Atlantics will collapse shortly thereafter.</div></br><div dir="auto"> </div></br></div></br><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"></br><div dir="auto">What happened? This is an interesting question. As recently as 1870 they were a top club: the first to beat the Red Stockings. My guess is that the underlying club structure was already threadbare at that point. With full professionalism, roster building followed a new model. The Atlantic club wasn't able to keep up with new, more energetic stock companies eager to hire away the best players and the cash to do it."</div></br></div>antic club wasn't able to keep up with new, more energetic stock companies eager to hire away the best players and the cash to do it."</div> </div>)