dear jazX
Out of context: Reply #26
- Started
- Last post
- 87 Responses
- GreedoLives0
why the f are they called teh pirates? pittsburg isnt anywhere near an ocean...
tehgee
(Jun 15 05, 19:46)and wtf is a Yankee, Red Sox, Royal, Brave, White Sox, Dodger, Tiger or an Oriole have to do with where they are located. hahha
--------------------------------...
yankee = jan kees = jan kaas = john cheese = nickname for dutch settlers in ny area
red sox = the red socks they all used to wear, which are still worn to this day by some of the more superstitious players
royals = an expansion team from the 60s after the athletics moved to oakland, named after an old negro league team in the area, the monarchs
braves = used to be the boston braves, one of the two teams that kicked around here. massachusetts has quite the indian history, including an early war (king phillips war) that almost drove the white settlers out of massachusetts altogether.
dodgers = used to be brooklyn dodgers, short for 'trolley dodgers', 'cause apparently it was pretty damn difficult to navigate the brooklyn trolleys to get to the ballpark.
tigers = named after the Detroit Light Guard, a military unit based in Detroit that fought in the civil war and the spanish american war. their nickname was 'the tigers', the ballclub used their trademark and the rest wrote itself.
orioles = named after the baltimore oriole...a very pretty very loud bird...the name was actually shuffled between a bunch of teams. the current orioles actually started off as the milwaukee brewers.