· The Astros were established as an expansion team in 1962 as the Colt 45’s. · They became the Astros three years later and got their name from the space age capital being based in Houston. They also had to deal with trademark battles with the Colt Firearms Company. · They played in the NL […]
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· The Rangers were established as an expansion team in 1961 as the Washington Senators. · They were the second incarnation of the Senators after the original team moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. · The Senators moved to Arlington in 1972 and became the Rangers. · Their name comes from the famous law
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· The Angels were established as an expansion team in 1961. · They got their name from the original team that was a minor league team for fifty years previously. · They play their games at Angel Stadium which is located in Anaheim, California. · They have made the playoffs ten times with one wild
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· The Mariners were established as an expansion team in 1977. · They got their name Mariners because of the prominence of marine culture in the city of Seattle from a name the team contest. · They play their games at T-Mobile Park which is located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. · They
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· The Reds were established as a team in 1882 as the Red Stockings in the American Association. · They were called the Red Stockings because they wore red socks. They eventually became the Redlegs which was shortened to just Reds. · They play their games at Great American Bank Ballpark which is located in
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· The Cardinals were established as a team in 1892 as the Browns in the American Association. · They got their name from the St. Louis Republic including the nickname in a column and it became an instant hint because of a woman referring to their red stockings as “a lovely shade of Cardinal”.
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· The Pirates were established as a team in 1882 but were first known as the Alleghenys. · They got their name because of them signing a star player from the Philadelphia Athletics and were accused of “Piratical” actions. They started going by it in 1891. They play their games at PNC Park which is
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· The Cubs were established as a team in 1876 as a found member of the NL but were called the White Stockings then. · They were named by the Chicago Daily News in 1902 because of high amount of young players although it took them till the 1907 season to officially become the Chicago Cubs. ·
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· The Brewers were introduced as an expansion team in 1969 in Seattle called the Pilots. They relocated to Milwaukee the following year in 1970. · They moved to the NL in 1998 and are the only franchise to play in four different divisions since the advent of divisional play. · The play their games
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· The Phillies were established in 1883 replacing the team from Worcester, Massachusetts in the NL. The Phillies are the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in American professional sports. · They play their games at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the city’s South Philadelphia Sports Complex. · They were called the Philadelphias but
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