Baseball History · On This Day On This Day: February 8 Posted on February 8, 2020 by Baseballia 1916 The NL votes down a proposal by Charlie Ebbets of Brooklyn to impose a limit of 2,000 seats that clubs can sell for 25 cents (equal to $6.25 in 2020). Boston has 10,000 such seats, St. Louis 9,000, Philadelphia 6,500 and Cincinnati 4,000.