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.
The Major League Baseball season consists of 162 games for each of the 30 teams in the American League and National League, played over approximately six monthsâa total 2430 games, plus the playoffs.