The idea of losing a professional team to a faraway coast – as St. Louis just did when the Rams bolted for Los Angeles – is not new to the people of that city. In late September of 1953, St. Louis lost their baseball franchise, the Browns, to Baltimore – though the home team’s final […]
The Detroit Tigers began as a squad in 1894 and became one of the founding members of the new American League in 1901. They are one of the four original AL crews that have remained in their original city. The “Tigers” name comes from the yellow and black striped stockings the players wore in the 1890s. […]
The uniforms of the Pittsburgh Pirates will forever be a favorite among fans. Reason One: They’ve co-opted the most historically feared logo humanity has ever created. Everyone knows and dreads the skull and crossbones. Reason Two: The colors resonate with an entire city, as the hometown Steelers and Penguins also wear black and gold. Pittsburgh is the […]
The New York Mets were created to fill a void. The New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers had both recently fulfilled their manifest destiny by packing up and continuing their strong play in California. The relocations left local fans with only a few options – and rooting for the hated Yankees wasn’t one of […]
The National League officially crested The Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in 1890 after it won the American Association title in 1889. They bounced through as many names as they did coaches, including the “Bridegrooms” (because so many young players had just been married). Other nicknames included Ward’s Wonders, Foutz’s Fillies, and Hanlon’s Superbas – nicknames associated with […]
More than any team in the history of sports, no franchise has had as much success in two different locations as the National League’s Giants. As a franchise, the Giants have eight World Series titles and 23 NL pennants – a record. Success in NY: 5 World Series Championships and 14 league pennants Success in San […]
Following a World Series title and some recent image-polishing, including the current obligatory addition of gold details and a crown to recent logos and uniform designs, it’s easy to get lost in the Kansas City Royals’ looks. Ironically, the team was not named after superior ancestry at all. Rather, the Royals were named in 1968 by […]
The St. Louis Cardinals are known for their sportsmanship and following the unwritten rules of the field. They stick to the fundamentals of the game and create a sea of red in the stands at every game. But if one thing about the team is transcendent, it is the Cardinals logo. It’s been pretty much […]
It has often been said that sports capture hearts and minds not because of wins and losses, feats of athleticism or devoted statisticians, but because of characters and the stories they enable us to tell. If you abide this, then no team in the history of sports has captured more hearts and minds than the […]
The history of the Boston Red Sox is rich with some of the most successful, colorful, and beloved ballplayers of all time. Even Fenway Park, which opened in 1912, is unique and storied. Every decade since their inception in 1901 (until 1908, they were known as the Boston Americans, among other names) can boast hall of […]
