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The Browns got tentative approval from the league, which went as far as to draw up a schedule accounting for transcontinental train trips, though the Browns suggested that teams could travel by plane, a new concept at the time. Under the deal, the Browns would buy the [[Chicago Cubs]]' top affiliate, the [[Los Angeles Angels (PCL)|Los Angeles Angels]]; in those days, whoever owned a minor league team owned the major league rights to that city. The deal was slated to receive final approval at a league meeting on December 8.<ref name=SABR/>
The deal was disrupted by the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], which took place on December 7. Sources differ on how the deal fell apart. According to the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' and ''[[Los Angeles Times]],'' the American League owners unanimously rejected the proposal after league officials expressed concerns that travel restrictions would be too stringent for a prospective Los Angeles-based team to be viable.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HISTORY+OF+A+DIFFERENT+HUE+BEFORE+PEARL+HARBOR%2c+ST.+LOUIS+BROWNS+WERE...-a080647959|title=History of a different hue: before Pearl Harbor, St. Louis Browns were L. A. bound|last=Modesti|first=Kevin|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=2001-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=
During World War II, in [[1944 St. Louis Browns season|1944]], the Browns won their only American League pennant in St. Louis. Due to the draft decimating the minor leagues, Barnes and the Browns pursued a strategy of pursuing players who couldn't serve in the military. As a result, many of the Browns' best players were classified [[4F (military conscription)|4-F]] (unfit for military service). Years of having to live a hand-to-mouth existence actually served the Browns well during the war years. They were better prepared to adjust to the effects of the draft, while wealthier teams like the Cardinals were caught unawares when their best players were drafted.<ref name=SABR/>
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==In popular culture==
*In the 1944 movie ''[[Going My Way]]'', [[Bing Crosby]] wears a sweatshirt labeled "St. Louis Browns" and takes the "boys" to see them play. That year the Browns won the American League pennant but lost the [[1944 World Series|World Series]] to the St. Louis Cardinals.<ref>{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Christine |date=October 11, 1989 |url=
*[[Skip Battin]] and [[Kim Fowley]] wrote a [[country rock]] song called "The St. Louis Browns". The song appears on Battin's 1972 solo album ''Skip'', and as the B-side of his single "Central Park". It was included in the compilation album ''[[Baseball's Greatest Hits|Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play II]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 23, 2009 |url=http://therisingstorm.net/skip-battin-skip/ |title=Skip Battin: ''Skip'' |website=Rising Storm |access-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/skip-mw0000693057 |title=Skip Battin: ''Skip'' |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Skip-Battin-Central-Park-The-St-Louis-Browns/release/4539464 |title=Skip Battin: "Central Park" / "The St. Louis Browns" |website=Discogs |date=December 1972 |access-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref>
*The character Ernie "Coach" Pantusso (played by [[Nicholas Colasanto]]) on the television sitcom ''[[Cheers]]'' mentions having played for the Browns.
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