Can you name the MLB Teams Original names? by asdffdsaasdffdsa

Can you name the MLB Teams Original names?

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Give the original names for all of today's modern MLB teams that currently go by a different name
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Current Team Name	Complete Original Name
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers
Atlanta Braves

Current Team Name	Complete Original Name
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants

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MLB Teams' Original names Quiz

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Created Aug 31, 2010 in Sports
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	Chunklets:	Aug 31st, 2010 at 23:19 GMT		1 point
	Interesting quiz! Just one note - the St. Louis Cardinals began life as the St. Louis Brown Stockings, not the Browns. The St. Louis Browns began as the Milwaukee Brewers before eventually ending up in Baltimore.

	Xenos:	Aug 31st, 2010 at 23:20 GMT		2 points
	A couple of problems...The Braves first name was the "Boston Red Caps". Also, where are you getting the names for the White Sox, the Indians, and the Twins? As far as I can tell, the White Sox have always been the White Sox, the earliest Indians name was the Cleveland Blues, and the Twins were originally the Washington Senators. Did these teams start out as minor league teams or something? If so, what's your source? Baseball-Reference.com shows every year of the franchises, and these team names aren't mentioned.

	slugga27:	Aug 31st, 2010 at 23:41 GMT		1 point
	The Boston Red Sox were the Pilgrims before the Americans. I believe they didn't become the Americans until around 1903. They came into existence in 1901.

	carlbruce1979:	Sep 1st, 2010 at 02:04 GMT		1 point
	@xenos those names come from when those franchises were part of the Western League, the American League's predecessor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_League_%28original%29#League_members_1894-1900

	bsd987:	Sep 1st, 2010 at 03:29 GMT		1 point
	Boston actually had no official nickname for quite a few years. They were simply Boston.

	bsd987:	Sep 1st, 2010 at 03:30 GMT		1 point
	You are also missing the Dodgers.

	johnlk:	Sep 1st, 2010 at 18:00 GMT		1 point
	Most teams didn't have official nicknames for a long time. The nicknames started out as informal ones, more or less like "Gunners" for Arsenal or "Spurs" for Tottenham. Only gradually did the nicknames become official parts of the name.