Employers fired workers who joined labor originations, so the Knights met secretly and used special handshakes to identify each other. Unlike most unions, the Knights recruited people who had been kept out if grade unions, including women, African Americans, & unskilled laborers. In Philadelphia.
The Regular Season. The Major League Baseball season runs from the start of April to the end of September, with each club playing 162 games. That means about one day off every ten days, so baseball is pretty much game-a-day.
MLB 2016 Postseason Schedule Announced. The 2016 postseason schedule was announced by Major League Baseball on Tuesday. The postseason will begin with the American League Wild Card game on Oct. 4 and could stretch until Nov. 2 if the World Series goes to seven games.