MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights

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MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights In 1995... , the expansion franchise’s ownership group asked fans to vote from among a list of nicknames that included Coyotes, Diamondbacks, Phoenix, Rattlers, and Scorpions. Diamondbacks, a type of desert rattlesnake, was the winner, sparing everyone the mind boggling possibility of a team located in Phoenix, Arizona, called the Arizona Phoenix. Atlanta Braves Atlanta Braves MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights The Braves, who played in Boston and Milwaukee before moving to Atlanta in 1966, trace their nickname to the symbol of a corrupt political machine. James Gaffe, who became president of Boston’s National League franchise in 1911, was a member of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that controlled New York City politics throughout the 19th century. The society adopted an Indian headdress as its emblem and its members became known as Braves. It wouldn’t bother the fans.” And it didn’t, especially after the Braves swept the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series. MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights When the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore in 1954, the franchise was re branded with the same nickname of the Baltimore team that dominated the old National League in the late 1890’s. That team, which featured the likes of Wee Willie Keller and John McGowan, was named after the state bird of Maryland. The orange and black colors of the male Oriole bird resembled the colors on the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore. Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights The team that became known as the Red Sox began play ““ wearing dark blue socks, no less ““ as a charter member of the American League in 1901. With no official nickname, the team was referred to by a variety of monikers, including Bostons and Americans, as in American League. In 1907, Americans owner John Taylor announced that his team was adopting red as its new color after Boston’s National League outfit switched to all-white uniforms. Taylor’s team became known as the Red Sox, a name popularized by the Cincinnati Red Stockings from 1867-1870 and used by Boston’s National League franchise from 1871-1876. Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights Chicago’s first professional baseball team was known as the Chicago White Stockings. When the team began to sell off its experienced players in the late 1880’s, local newspapers began to refer to the club as Anton’s Colts, a reference to player-manager Cap Anton’s roster of youngsters. By 1890, Colts had caught on and Chicago’s team had a new nickname. When Anton left the team in 1897, the Colts became known as the Orphans, a depressing nickname if there ever was one. When Frank Se lee took over managerial duties of Chicago’s youthful roster in 1902, a local newspaper dubbed the team the Cubs and the name stuck. Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights In 1900, Charles Comiskey moved the St. Paul Saints to the South Side of Chicago. The team adopted the former nickname of its future rivals (the Cubs) and became the White Stockings, which was shortened to White Sox a few years after the club joined the American League in 1901.

MLB Teams Players Latest News Scores & Highlights

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