| Origin | Team |
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| The result of sportswriters needing a quicker and shorter way of saying 'stockings'. | |
| They assumed the name of this state's famous law enforcers upon moving here. | |
| Another franchise whose name got downsized--or, more appropriately, blown away--by sportswriters. | |
| After having a myriad of other names, this team got their permanent name in 1901 for the amount of young players they carried. | |
| Another fan contest winner. This team went on to get stung in their division during their first ten seasons. | |
| This team's 1885 manager would always chant this about his team: 'My boys, my...[team name]!' | |
| Named by an area sportswriter who took note of the team's red trim on their uniforms. | |
| This was the name of the historic minor league team that played there for over 50 years. Also the literal translation of their city's name. | |
| Name the Highlanders for a while, then changed their name to this more American name, used as a term for Northerners during the Civil War. | |
| Named after their original stadium's name, believe it or not. | |
| Another team whose name was the result of a fan contest. They flew high for a while from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. | |
| This team got its name after pira--whoops, bootlegging--a star second baseman from their rival. | |
| Upon this team's instatement, they assumed the name of a team that had played there from 1956 through 1992 in two different leagues. | |
| This was the name of the city's first team in 1878 and their second team in 1901...tradition just seems to brew well here. | |
| Several teams prior to this one held this nickname, which was quite fitting due to the mountainous region they are based in. | |
| | Origin | Team |
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| This team's owner in 1912 was a Tammany Hall chieftain. | |
| Several teams from this city also used this name, including one who was much more commonly known by a more stately name. | |
| This was the name of this city's minor league team when they moved in, so they naturally adopted it...like a father. | |
| They got their name because of two cities that happen to be right by each other, like identical siblings... | |
| All other baseball teams (excluding one called the Terrapins) in this mid-Atlantic city had this nickname. | |
| This name was originally spelled with an 'f', before they replaced it with different letters of a similar sound. | |
| This team's name was simply chosen by their fans. Crowned as World Series champions once in the 1980s, then got royally owned in the years since. | |
| A fitting name, considering the fact that the team is made up of athletes. Well, at least they were until 2007... | |
| Won a name-the-team contest...although it is also a reptile indigenous to this state. | |
| Short for Red Stockings...but not an American League team. Also changed their name briefly during the McCarthy era. | |
| Named after those foolish folks who tried to avoid trolleys trying to get to this team's earlier home in New York. The name stuck when they hitched out west. | |
| Originally called the Wolverines, until a sportswriter noticed that their uniform colors resembled that of Princeton University, whose mascot is this. | |
| Taking the historical route, this team named itself after an older team from the 1880s, located in the same...metropolitan...area. | |
| This team was expected to take after their minor league team's name, but went with a more popular choice, leaving some fans...at sea. | |
| In honor of Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot who played for a horrible team in this same city in the 1890s. | |
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