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The Montreal Expos were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal , Quebec . The Expos were the first ___MASK49___ League Baseball ( MLB ) franchise located outside the United States . They played in the National League ( NL ) East Division from 1969 until 2004 . Following the 2004 season , the franchise relocated to Washington , D . C ., and became the Washington Nationals . The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball franchise based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . They are the oldest continuous , one - name , one - city franchise in all of professional American sports , dating back to 1883 . The Phillies compete in ___MASK49___ League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team ' s home has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , that was the second ___MASK49___ garden or rural cemetery in the United States . It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998 , one of only a few cemeteries to receive the distinction . The National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP ) is the United States federal government ' s ___MASK67___ list of districts , sites , buildings , structures , and objects deemed worthy of preservation . A property listed in the National Register , or located within a National Register Historic District , may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property . At the end of each ___MASK49___ League Baseball season , the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced . Leading the league in a particular category is referred to as a " title ". The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs , or simply the American League ( AL ), is one of two leagues that make up ___MASK49___ League Baseball ( MLB ) in the United States and Canada . It developed from the Western League , a minor league based in the Great Lakes states , which eventually aspired to ___MASK49___ league status . It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed ___MASK49___ League status for the 1901 season , 25 years after the formation of the National League ( the " Senior Circuit "). Shibe Park , known later as Connie Mack Stadium , was a baseball park located in Philadelphia . It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ( AL ) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League ( NL ). When it opened April 12 , 1909 , it became baseball ' s first steel - and - concrete stadium . In different eras it was home to " The $ 100 , 000 Infield ", " The Whiz Kids ", and " The 1964 Phold ". The venue ' s two home teams won both the first and last games at the stadium : the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8  1 on opening day 1909 , while the Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2  1 on October 1 , 1970 , in the park ' s final contest . Benjamin Franklin Shibe ( January 23 , 1838 -- January 14 , 1922 ) was an American sporting goods and baseball executive who was owner and president of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League from 1901 until his death . He is credited with the invention of the automated stitching machinery to make standardized baseballs . Shibe Park was named in his honor from 1909 to 1954 . Shibe died in 1922 , and is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery , Bala Cynwyd , Pennsylvania . Shibe was a leader of the local baseball fraternity no later than the 1870s . According to Neil Lanctot , the Shibe club was the most notable nonprofessional club in operation 1877 to 1881 , when there was no professional league team based in Philadelphia after the demise of the original Athletics . Prior to purchasing the Athletics , Shibe and his sons worked for A . J . Reach & co . , a Philadelphia sporting goods manufacturer . Shibe and his sons bought 50 percent of the Athletics from Charles Somers in 1901 . At that time , he was named club president , a title he would retain until his death . He took on ___MASK85___ Connie Mack and two sportswriters as part - owners . In 1913 , Shibe made Mack a full partner , ceding him complete authority over the baseball side of the operation . When Shibe died in 1922 , his sons Tom and John became president and vice - president of the A ' s , respectively . However , Mack was now the operating head of the franchise . Tom died in 1936 , with John following in 1937 . Their heirs would retain a minority stake in the team until 1950 . The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs , known simply as the National League ( NL ), is the older of two leagues constituting ___MASK49___ League Baseball ( MLB ) in the United States and Canada , and the world ' s oldest current professional team sports league . Founded on February 2 , 1876 , to replace the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , it is sometimes called the Senior Circuit , in contrast to MLB ' s other league , the American League , which was founded 25 years later . Both leagues currently have 15 teams . The two league champions of 1903 arranged to compete against each other in the inaugural World Series . After the 1904 champions failed to reach a similar agreement , the two leagues formalized the World Series as an arrangement between the leagues . National League teams have won 48 of the 112 World Series contested from 1903 to 2016 . The 2016 National League champions are the Chicago Cubs . The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . The Red Sox compete in ___MASK49___ League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in 13 . Founded in as one of the American League ' s eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The " Red Sox " name was chosen by the team owner , John I . Taylor , around , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the " Boston Red Stockings ", including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . Cornelius McGillicuddy ( December 22 , 1862  February 8 , 1956 ), better known as Connie Mack , was an American professional ___MASK59___ , manager , and team owner . The longest - serving manager in Major League Baseball history , he holds records for wins ( 3 , 731 ), losses ( 3 , 948 ), and games managed ( 7 , 755 ), with his victory total being almost 1 , 000 more than any other manager . West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd , Pennsylvania , United States . It is the site of many notable burials , and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992 (# 92000991 ). West Laurel Hill was designed as a rural cemetery and is a " sister " institution to the Laurel Hill Cemetery nearby in Philadelphia .