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STORY INDEX Service still most important product at Ligonier Telephone Co. A black and white sensation: Tiny Screens a big attraction in early years of television A man works from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done Indiana Extension Homemakers better the lives of families Small towns once supported their own movie theaters William Jennings Bryan among among orators at Rome City's Western Chautauqua Dr. David Rogers - Man of mystery, and benevolence DNR restoration programs working: Once abundant wildlife returning to area Rise of girls athletics have changed face of school sports Decades of intramurals: Ruth was greatest player ever: Frick Frick's predictions for 2000 not far off Small Wolf Lake big winner in 1942 basketball regional Four in a row: Finally with a gym of their own, KHS cagers went to 'Sweet 16' four straight years Ink to flow into 21st century at county's newspapers Broadcast media: Manahan was pioneer in Noble County broadcasting WAWK's history dates back to 1959 Health trends: Changes through the century occurred in medicine, health care Scarlet fever, polio were early health scares From sanitarium to partnership: A century of Noble County's medical care Funeral directors ran ambulance service in county prior to '74 'EMS arrives in time for '74 tornado LaGrange County doctors once made house calls by horseback Country doctor delivered babies in his home and drove a Thunderbird Service to mankind condensed to footnotes of history Who are the people of the Amish faith? Two controversial religious sects from the 1970's have impact on Noble County Churches with rich heritages served parishioners in LaOtto, Ege
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Frick's predictions
for 2000 not far off
More than three decades ago,
after retiring as Major League Baseball commissioner in 1965,
An optimist, Frick predicted that Major League Baseball would
expand to 32 clubs with four separate eight-club leagues. At the time of the prediction, there were only 20 clubs -
10 in the National League and 10 in the American League - with
no divisions. Today, there are 16 teams in the National League
and 14 teams in the American League with each league having three
divisions. The American League is likely to add a couple more
clubs in the future, making Frick's prediction come true. Thirty years ago, Frick also predicted that by the year 2000
weather would have no effect on baseball because of domed stadiums. At the time of that prediction, there was only one domed stadium
- the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, which opened in 1965. In 1976, Seattle opened its Kingdome for baseball; in 1982,
Minnesota introduced its Metrodome for the Twins; and in 1989,
Toronto's SkyDome was completed. Over the next decade, there were no other baseball domed stadiums
built. But since then, the Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Ariz.,
opened in 1998, and this year, Safeco Field in Seattle swung
open its doors. Four more Major League Baseball stadiums under construction
or consideration will have convertible-roofs. They are: Milwaukee's
Miller Park, the Twins' new ballpark in Minneapolis, Enron Field
in Houston, and Labatt Park in Montreal. However, nearly a dozen other new ballparks currently in the
planning stages around the country will not be domed or have
retractable roofs. One other prediction Frick made in the late 1960s was that
Major League Baseball would become international with teams in
Toronto, Mexico City and Havana, Cuba. He was right about Canada - teams were formed in Toronto and Montreal in the 1970s. His predictions of teams in Mexico City and Havana haven't come true, but those cities certainly could become big-league hosts in the future. |
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Ford C.
Frick made several predictions of what baseball would be like
in the year 2000.