How It Was Named | MLB Teams
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Have you ever wondered how every MLB team got its name? Well I did too!
I wanted to know how every Baseball Name changed through the years, so I decided to take an unreasonably long time to research each team and create this video. Hopefully you learn a thing or two, too! Each team is listed in the order that they were founded or became a part of the MLB. And since location plays a huge role in the team name (like 50%) I also hit every move as a part of this video!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro & Atlanta Braves
3:59 Chicago Cubs
5:47 Cincinnati Reds
7:29 Pittsburgh Pirates
8:41 St. Louis Cardinals
10:20 Philadelphia Phillies
11:54 San Francisco Giants
13:02 Los Angeles Dodgers
15:33 Baltimore Orioles
18:05 Boston Red Sox
18:53 Chicago White Sox
19:38 Cleveland Indians
23:09 Detroit Tigers
23:36 Minnesota Twins
25:09 New York Yankees
26:28 Oakland Athletics
28:17 Los Angeles Angels
31:35 Texas Rangers
32:26 Houston Astros
33:07 New York Mets
33:36 Kansas City Royals
34:12 Milwaukee Brewers
36:32 San Diego Padres
37:01 Washington Nationals
38:54 Seattle Mariners
39:37 Toronto Blue Jays
39:59 Colorado Rockies
40:37 Miami Marlins
41:18 Arizona Diamondbacks
42:15 Tampa Bay Rays
42:57 Outro!
@chivas1494 2 роки тому
Fun fact for those who may not know: the Mets colors (blue & orange) were chosen in reference to the 2 NY teams that left the city a decade earlier (Dodgers & Giants).
@jeffbloch2305 2 роки тому
They actually first played at the Polo Grounds.
@G7M9W 2 роки тому
The flag of New York City is also blue, white, and orange -- colors the Islanders also use.
@RCfromtheNYC 2 роки тому
And the pinstripes on the Mets home jerseys were to honor the Yankees.
@oddballskull1941 2 роки тому
I’m more surprised that a city has a flag? I know some have logos and seals but didn’t know they could have flags
@G7M9W 2 роки тому
@@oddballskull1941 Yeah, many cities do. I don't know how often they're seen flying in many cases, but they do exist.
@Zach-mw5so 2 роки тому
I wish the Angels were still just called “Anaheim Angels.” They play in Anaheim. Orange County isn’t the same as Los Angeles County. Yes it’s part of the LA Metro but there used to be a rivalry between the 2 counties that even to this day divides the fans of both teams.
@williamberry4615 2 роки тому
Always thought Anaheim and LA were like neighbors. Like if the Anaheim Ducks are whooping ass LA residents dont root for them? Are they that fat from each other?
@angelsanddodgersfan3589 2 роки тому
The angels haven’t changed that much they are just Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
@williamberry4615 2 роки тому
@@angelsanddodgersfan3589 i just watched a vid on how all teams got their names. They dropped the OF ANAHEIM a few yrs back. That seems fair cuz NY has Mets and Yankees. Chicago has White Sox and Cubs. 3 largest cities in USA. Houston the 4th largest city don't deserve anymore baseball teams. 😂
@NuclearHendrix 2 роки тому
There was Angels baseball and Angels fans in Los Angeles well before Anaheim. The teams roots are in Los Angeles, it's in the name ffs...
@fernandos.8158 2 роки тому
@@angelsanddodgersfan3589 well they were the walt disney angels at one time. Their uniforms have changed about 5 or 6 times as well. Born and raised in the OC but a life long Dodger Fan. I remember going to Angels games in little league and games were so boring. But when I went to my first Dodgers game it was lively and a fun atmosphere. But I did love going to anaheim stadium because we could get $5 tickets just before game time and could sit behind home plate on the ground level.
@G7M9W 2 роки тому
Toronto, Seattle, Colorado, San Diego, and Arizona have never moved or changed names, but they are "newer" teams. Detroit, however, has the impressive distinction of never moving and never changing names in their 125 year history. Edit: Kansas City Royals too.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Definitely! Pretty wild!
@stephen_cs 2 роки тому
Kansas City Royals haven't moved either
@G7M9W 2 роки тому
@@stephen_cs You're right -- forgot to include them in the list above.
@mosquitonstuff 2 роки тому
The Padres was founded in 1969 so it’s not that new
@G7M9W 2 роки тому
@@mosquitonstuff Oh, I agree. That's why I used quotes when I typed "newer." Still, the Tigers are more than twice as old as the Padres.
@CountSamwell 2 роки тому
Fun fact: When the Chicago Bears first started they played at Wrigley Field. Because of this, George Halas decided "if they're Cubs, we're Bears" which is how they got their name.
@djbeezy 2 роки тому
Actually the Bears began play in Decatur Illinois and were called the Stayles (I don't remember how to spell it) then moved to Chicago and kept the name for one year.
@FAITHandLOGIC 2 роки тому
And Bears are bigger than Cubs like football players are larger than baseball players.
@FAITHandLOGIC Рік тому
@Don1103 Wow, you found one guy.
@frankpassi9812 Рік тому
Also Halas went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose colors are Navy Blue and Orange. He basically combined parts of the Cubs and U. of I. identities
@DatBoyIsAvirgin Рік тому
@@FAITHandLOGIC bonds would like a word
@starwarsbaseballboy1 2 роки тому
Those 1800 team names were something else.
@oddballskull1941 2 роки тому
You should put 1800s
@dakotathomas2139 2 роки тому
"The Baltimore Orioles started as a minor league team..." Unfortunately that never changed 😭😭
@dgtwo3724 2 роки тому
Dakota Thomas...Well-played, a lot better played than the Orioles😀
@dakotathomas2139 2 роки тому
@@dgtwo3724 Os baseball will return to its former glory one day I just know it 😂😂 But that was the best play yet on your part lol.
@dgtwo3724 2 роки тому
@Dakota Thomas I agree, baseball will always survive. The God's Of Baseball juat won't let it die⚾️
@jasonleetaiwan 2 роки тому
Orioles have 3 championships and 7 pennants. That's not bad.
@dakotathomas2139 2 роки тому
@@jasonleetaiwan i know I know, I just havent been alive for any of it haha
@1-800-WILLIAM 2 роки тому
I’ve always wondered about the socks references. I didn’t realize it was that big of a deal back in the day.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Yeah apparently they were big fans of their footwear back then!
@tygrkhat4087 2 роки тому
@@JustinLearnsThings The color of the socks was actually the stirrup, which aren't used anymore. The white socks worn under the stirrup were called "sanitaries." Back in those days, players could get nasty wounds in their legs from the spikes. The dyes used in the stirrups could get into a wound and lead to infections then known as blood poisoning.
@NemoTheDude 2 роки тому
Makes sense to me. Since nicknames were so loose and unofficial, the color of the uniforms seems like a great way to distinguish them.
@johncronin9540 2 роки тому
@@tygrkhat4087 Correct. I think the problem was the dye that was used. I’ve heard references to that era, as some reporters refer to the White Sox as “the pale hose”.
@davezanko9051 2 роки тому
Big part of it was that the socks were pretty much the only distinct part of those early uniforms, as the wearing of white for the rest of the uniform was considered genteel, gentlemanly, and proper, because heaven forbid that anyone see an athlete sweat. Sweating is coarse and common. Seriously, that's the reason for the traditions of wearing white in athletic contests comes from, as still seen in international test cricket and at Wimbledon. British imperialist snobbery. Can't appear to be a commoner, we're more elegant and sophisticated than that. All while they engaged in bloodthirsty colonial conquest and pillaging. Hypocritical asses.
@hidden2098 2 роки тому
Funny story about the Mariners, they wanted to give the person who submitted the name season tickets, however they never were able to track him down. To this day no one knows where the person who submitted the name went.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Wow that’s pretty neat! Just gets to sit there knowing they named the whole team and no one knows who it is!!
@benm8027 2 роки тому
I was surprised that wasn’t mentioned. That’s like the most important and memorable part of how we got our name
@mattmurphy5805 2 роки тому
I heard that from secret base
@paulisaacson6044 2 роки тому
Apparently Arnold Smith didn't want to pay off the NWL team that revived the Seattle Rainiers name, Danny Kaye had said that would probably be the moniker I always assumed Mariners was practically an anagram of Rainiers with an M prefix as well as continuation of the Pilots aero & nautical theme 1960s fans also were awaiting our Seattle Jets major league entry Tacoma after the Giants Twins Cubs and Tugs was supposed to remain the old NWL Tigers till the Mariners took over and because of fan demand for renaming the Mariners as the Seattle Rainiers put it on Tacoma, the arch rival of the Rainiers akin to calling Brooklyn the Yank, better not Not only that but there is no Rainier in Tacoma going by their biggest old high school Mount Tahoma Seems so obvious Mariners go better with Tacoma with Subs instead of Cubs or Tridents over Tugs Would prefer Tacoma Mounts similarity to Tacoma Giants and Cheney Studs Left out one year Tacoma Yankees which could have become Tacoma Anchors
@paulisaacson6044 2 роки тому
And why M 's not Skippers Skips Ships or Mains as nicknames, Logs even
@jakedasnake7703 2 роки тому
As a pirates fan it’s honestly impressive and honestly a miracle we haven’t moved for over 130 years dispite all the ups and downs in our history (only real baseball fans know) but mostly down currently lol.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Haha I know what you mean! My D-Backs have had a rough half decade plus!
@peetyw8851 2 роки тому
Hang in there, fellow Bucco Believer. I’ve bee a fan since I walked home from school in October of 1960, cut on the old black and white, and saw Maz park one over the left field wall - a walk-off World Series championship!
@ChairmanMeow1 Рік тому
My best friend Pirates fan says they died after 2015.
@jakedasnake7703 Рік тому
@@ChairmanMeow1 couldn’t agree more.
@jakedasnake7703 Рік тому
@@peetyw8851 people also don’t realize the pirates really had some powerhouse teams in the 1920s-30s with guys like pie traynor the waner brothers etc etc. We were a .500 team in the 40s and probably the worst team in the majors in the 1950s making 1960 even that much sweeter. I actually do know a lot of the history of the buccos lol.
@slumdo666 9 місяців тому
The Dodgers were called Trolley Dodgers for a few reasons. First they played at Ebbets Field which was located on a busy street with trolley cars running thru it. Fans often would run across the street literally dodging the trolley cars running across. The name was integral to the part of the city they were in.
@slumdo666 7 місяців тому
@@DieselDog1982 I'm a LA fan 😂 our OG play by play announcer Vin Scully taught me this one tho.
@mikelewis495 2 роки тому
"The Los Angeles Angels" literally means "The the Angels Angels"
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣
@Zach-mw5so 2 роки тому
Los Angeles is called that because the Spanish who founded the city named it after “Mary, Queen of Angels” a title for the Virgin Mary.
@GarkKahn 2 роки тому
@@Zach-mw5so basically the same thing with almost all of the southwest city names
@VibrateGirl101 2 роки тому
Originality.
@ooammo632 2 роки тому
Lol
@unclecreepy4185 Рік тому
People in 1962: Let’s name them the Houston Colt .45’s. People in 1963: You can’t name a team after a gun. *The Baltimore Bullets have entered the chat*
@MarsJenkar Рік тому
Grandfather clause. It was named after an earlier professional basketball team (from 1944-1954) also called the Baltimore Bullets.
@unclecreepy4185 Рік тому
Not the grandfather clause. You missed the point of the joke.
@SSobotkaJr 2 роки тому
The thing is, Tampa Bay's team picked the Devil Rays, when at the time there were a couple of weather-influenced names for current pro-teams. We had the Tampa Bay Storm (Arena Football), the Tampa Bay Lightning (our NHL hockey team), so my suggestion was they called this MLB franchise, the Tampa Bay Sun-Rays. By using a Sunshine motif on a devil ray, it would have still retained homage to the original Devil Rays, and giving us a third weather-themed team.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Sun Rays isn't bad at all! Plus they could do some good Ray Ban partnerships!
@aldo1953 2 роки тому
sun rays would be cool, I would like that better than just rays. the Devil Rays was a gangster name tho
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
Well now that they dropped devil from the name, now we got a double meaning!
@Rockhound6165 Рік тому
Are the Buccaneers a joke to you?
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
@@Rockhound6165 Well, it would be good if I could meet up with them at Arrrrrrrrrrrrrby’s!
@vernonmcgraw6627 2 роки тому
The Toronto Blue Jays were also at least partially owned (maybe majority) by Canadian brewer Labatt, who’s top selling beer was Labatt Blue ( my Dad likes it, others like me it’s…meh…). Their choice of Blue Jays for a name fit in very well for sponsoring telecasts, and was obviously pushed for by the owners no matter what the fan poll would have preferred. I remember the broadcasts starting with “Welcome to Labatt Blue Jays baseball!” 🙂
@DaveinNorthYork Рік тому
Labatt Breweries originally owned 45% of the Toronto Blue Jays; R. Howard Webster owned another 45%; and, CIBC owned the remaining 10% of the team.
@beauxguss6321 9 місяців тому
Fun fact, Labatt Blue was named after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.
@MetroCSN 2 роки тому
The Chicago White Sox started in Sioux City, but in 1899 was in St. Paul, MN, Charles Comiskey moved the team to Chicago, but it wasn't a "stealth" move, since the NL team granted permission for the move as long as their jersey didn't say "Chicago" and they played south of 35th St. because it would have been downwind of the Union Stockyards. Unlike other cities, what are now the White Sox and Cubs got along right from the beginning. They were even the first to hold a city series.
@0fficialdregs 2 роки тому
LIES!! The Sox hate the Cubs, we can't respect them nor show them any love... being tongue and cheeky atm
@PipeGuy64Bit 2 роки тому
I know it would've been extra work but it would've been cool to show the old logos for teams corresponding to the year you're talking about them.
@timfortune9 3 роки тому
If Cleveland has to be renamed, they should resurrect the "Spiders" (sure they were a terrible team, but that's still a pretty cool name).
@JustinLearnsThings 3 роки тому
Yeah spiders is definitely a pretty cool name! Thanks for checking out the video!
@danielr4640 2 роки тому
Cleveland Lakeshores should of been kept
@sociallymatti 2 роки тому
I don’t know.... That name kinda seems Erie to me.
@MrCubFan415 2 роки тому
@@sociallymatti (badum tss)
@bigjuicypotato1482 2 роки тому
They could make a sick logo about spiders
@rayala21 2 роки тому
I’m confused!!! 😩 If the Dodgers were the Robins…. And the Giants were the Gothams… where was the Batman?
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Probably out on the town with cat woman! 😂
@MrCubFan415 2 роки тому
In the Bronx (Yankees), kicking butt in true Batman fashion
@tygrkhat4087 2 роки тому
In the comics, the Gotham MLB team is the Giants.
@supahsean6710 2 роки тому
Well obviously, every ballplayer is a batman /s
@oddballskull1941 2 роки тому
@@tygrkhat4087 dude the comics throw gotham around wherever, it’s been in connecticut on more than one occasion
@NM-si9mc 3 роки тому
It’s been two years, where’s the themed sports cities video 😭
@JustinLearnsThings 3 роки тому
Haha 😂 hopefully that’s one I get to soon! I took a long break away, but should be making videos much more frequently! (At least more frequent than two years apart!) 😅
@Gemnist98 Рік тому
Quick note on the Rays’ name change: in addition to making the name more simple, it was also done to be more generic: “Rays” is used both to reference the stingrays as well as rays of sunshine (referring to usual Florida weather). This can be seen by the yellow star on the Rays team logo.
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Ah great point!! Thank you!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
That’s creative! Thank god they dropped Devil from the name! Plus, it rhymes with A’s!
@fvd6553 5 місяців тому
The original devil rays logo and color skeme was much nicer tho
@noblinkreal 5 місяців тому
Interesting
@MrThejboe3oh5 13 днів тому
@@fvd6553Don't know why they changed to such a generic color scheme that is used by so many teams.The original also represented Florida and Tampa rather well.
@tygrkhat4087 2 роки тому
A couple of points; the San Francisco Giants date back to a team in Troy, NY that was moved to New York in the 1880s. Also, the Boston Red Sox were originally the Buffalo Bisons of the Western League. When Ban Johnson changed the WL to the AL, he took the Bisons and moved them to Boston. Oh, and minor league players are pros as well.
@MichaelBSmall-jx7zo Рік тому
Being a lifelong Red Sox fan, and living much of my life 5 miles or so from Troy,NY, I can say both are very true. First Major League Grand slam home run was even hit at a game played by the Troy team, but not in Troy. The stadium they used was unavailable so they had to play the game in a stadium in present day Rensselaer NY (then called East Albany, which is how it was written in baseball records). There is a plaque on the spot, and the location of the stadium is now a city park with a softball field roughly in the same spot.
@noblinkreal 7 місяців тому
Nice I’m a Red Sox fan
@brady2921 3 роки тому
Idk how this has such little interaction, this is a really good video.
@JustinLearnsThings 3 роки тому
Thanks for the love! I appreciate you checking it out! Share it with some friends! 😁
@ciello___8307 2 роки тому
we're just here early
@brady2921 2 роки тому
@@ciello___8307 this had 300 views when I commented this, lol.
@VianoMusicAcademy 2 роки тому
@@brady2921 commiented?
@katherineberger6329 2 роки тому
Calvin Griffith, who continued to own the Twins until 1984, wanted to name the team the "Twin Cities Twins." However, MLB vetoed that name proposal as the other owners of MLB believed that the name "Twin Cities Twins" would be too ambiguous. He was given permission to name the team for the state, and thus the Minnesota Twins were born, becoming the first major sports team above the collegiate level to be named for a state rather than a city (joined the same year by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League).
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Great details adding to the info!! Thank you for sharing!! 🙌
@jt7250 2 роки тому
The Vikings "officially" were before the Twins. Vikings September of 1960 and the Twins were November 1960. The Vikings had a bit of a head start as ownership group were original slotted for the AFL in 1960. but the more prestigious NFL said to the ownership group, we're going to give Minnesota a franchise in 1961, do you want it, or be second fiddle with the AFL in the same town as the NFL.
@fightingirishinohio Рік тому
For those that wanted the Indians name changed to the Spiders....there seems to be some confusion on the original Spiders. The organization we now know as the Guardians was NEVER called the Spiders. The Spiders were a National League team that ceased operations before the current organization was formed. They are NOT related.
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Yup 💯 🙌
@StFigarlandGarling 10 місяців тому
Didn’t the spiders become like the worst team ever in 1899?
@jasonsmith2439 4 місяці тому
@@StFigarlandGarlingyou are correct 👍
@peterwhite9546 2 роки тому
The browns were supposed to move to LA but the date set for the ownership vote was 12/8/41
@bradymaher9657 2 роки тому
The A’s history was extremely interesting. Being from KC I knew they played here, and about Municipal Stafium and all, but I never knew that they almost moved to Louisville, and would’ve had a dope name, or whatever the heck that moving to Peculiar threat was. But that would be wild if Ray-Pec had an MLB team💀
@brodiemorris2081 Рік тому
and it’s about to get more interesting it would seem
@beauxguss6321 9 місяців тому
Of course Peculiar is located some 25 miles or so from downtown KC, so it's likely they would have gone on being called the KC A's. It would possibly have had a major impact on how the KC metro would have grown, depending on how long they might have played there.
@joshorjoshuaorjoshy 2 роки тому
Contrary to popular belief, the Red Sox have never been known as "The Red Stockings" - they emulated the White Sox name with the abbreviated "Sox" in 1908
@poppinpatty2507 Рік тому
Great video Justin! I always love learning more about baseball history. Lots of cool information, I really enjoyed watching. Keep up the great content!
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Awesome! Thank you!
@nickziggy439 2 роки тому
This video deserves so much more love. See you’ve put a lot of effort into this video.. keep it up 👍🏼
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out!
@PatrickHogan 2 роки тому
This was a great video. Thank you for giving the history of all the names each team used. Keep it up! Subscribed!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for watching!! 🙌
@PatrickHogan 2 роки тому
@@JustinLearnsThings Hope you have more baseball content in the future! :)
@orangehoof 2 роки тому
It was the O'Malley's of the Dodgers that first wanted to claim the untapped market of Los Angeles but travel costs would be enormous if every other member was in the midwest or northeast. He had to convince Horace Stoneham of the Giants to move to the Bay Area at the same time. That was an easier decision for the Giants since the Polo Grounds were fading into disrepair by that time. When told they would be losing both teams, New York City tried one last measure which was to build a stadium for the Dodgers near one of the major freeways but, by now, all the gold in California twinkled brightly so the move was completed. I have simmed keeping the two teams in New York and expanding teams into California. That would mean no need for the Mets and Astros with Houston getting a team in 1969.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
That’s a really good point too that travel costs would be really prohibitive, especially back then, for a lone team on the other side of the country!
@mistapotta 2 роки тому
The Braves' move actually inspired five teams to move - The three you listed as well as the St. Louis Browns (to Baltimore) and the Washington Senators (to Minnesota).
@bdog1323 2 роки тому
The Braves, only baseball franchise to win the world series in 3 different cities.
@ferdinandfoch7816 2 роки тому
@@bdog1323 Until the A's win one in Las Vegas
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
@@ferdinandfoch7816 NO! A’S PLEASE DON’T MOVE! Btw I’m from Oakland so I don’t want the A’s to move or I will be heartbroken
@rockvilleraven Рік тому
@@MiaCollinsNeighborhood The A’s relocation reminds me of the Washington Senators leaving for Texas in 1971. Owner Bob Short traded one of their best relievers and half of good infield to Detroit for a washed up Denny McLain, just to get the Tigers vote in relocating to Dallas-Fort Worth. “It’s Deja Vu all over again”!
@billgrindler4653 Рік тому
If someone else had answered this sorry, but I did not see it, the connection that you did not understand between the Brooklyn team taking the name Superbas based on Halon's Superbas is the Brooklyn team's manger of the time was Ned Halon (no relation) just a similarity in the last name was enough for the name to stick. Also the name Orioles also was the name of a an American Association team in Baltimore from 1882-1891 and then the National League from 1892-1899 winning three National League pennants and two Temple Cups, and managed by the same Ned Halon mentioned above. Also owner Bill Veeck, his las name is pronounced by his own description as rhyming with wreck.
@darladoxstater8528 2 роки тому
The Angels' first season was played at Wrigley Field, then they moved to Dodger Stadium 1962-1965. The Pilots had really cool hats.
@rickr7599 Рік тому
That's Wrigley Field in LA......NOT the famous home of the Cubs-- Wrigley Field in Chicago....just so everyone knows.
@jonphillips2623 Рік тому
@@rickr7599 did you know the Wrigley Field in L.A is the ORIGINAL one?
@bradjpeter Рік тому
@@jonphillips2623 The name “Wrigley Field” was first used at the ballpark in LA, but the ballpark in Chicago was renamed “Wrigley” a couple years later, and was built more than a decade prior.
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
Well at least there’s just one coliseum
@venedenn1 2 роки тому
While a team name was being pondered for the new Miami team, a letter to the editor, in jest, suggested the Miami Humidity. Then one could say “if you think the heat is bad, wait till you see the humidity”
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Bahaha that's great!
@jaredjackson7526 2 роки тому
Phenomenal detail and work. I see you, man.
@dcflow7859 2 роки тому
This is amazing!! You deserve to have a lot more subscribers, your hard work is not unnoticed!!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thank you that is very kind! Glad you enjoyed it!
@PGar58 2 роки тому
The reason that the 1971 expansion was moved up two years was because Senator Stuart Symington from Missouri - a powerful senator whose state had lost the Athletics - threatened to strip MLB of its antitrust exemption if he didn't get a replacement team back in Kansas City stat, and to hell with the other three markets. This put the other three teams - and especially the Pilots - at a severe disadvantage. Specifically the Pilots were forced to use a stadium that wasn't even remotely suitable for MLB baseball, resulting in their bankruptcy and eventually moving to Milwaukee.
@tygrkhat4087 2 роки тому
Sounds similar to how the New Orleans Saints were born. Pete Rozelle had to get Congress to agree on legislation that would allow the merger of the AFL and NFL. Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana had the power to make it happen and his price was an expansion franchise in New Orleans.
@rowanblaze4185 2 роки тому
Ya, as a Seattle sports fan, that information (which I already knew, but thank you for bringing it up) infuriates me. We lost the Pilots after one dreadful season, had to wait over half a decade for a new team, who went on to be atrocious for almost 2 decades. In that time, we got the joy of watching the Pilots (now the Brewers) go to the World Series, a feat our Mariners are now the only active team in the MLB to have never accomplished. Oh, and btw, one year after tying the league record for the most wins in a single regular season, we started a soon to be 20 year playoff drought. Us lucky Seattle fans. For some reason, I still love my M's, though. Going to watch them play for the 22nd time, at my 11th ballpark, in 2 days.
@johncronin9540 2 роки тому
One other factor in the KC Royals name was that the Brooklyn Dodgers used to have a farm club affiliate in Montreal, known as the Montreal Royals. It’s where Jackie Robinson briefly played, before being called up to Brooklyn. That’s why the home team uniforms of the Dodgers and Royals look so similar.
@KittyPurrfect100 Рік тому
@@rowanblaze4185 Seattle is due. Sorry they lost Seager. Almost made it last year. Came down to last game. Our day will come.
@rowanblaze4185 Рік тому
@@KittyPurrfect100 I hope you're right. This young team this year has promise. But, we've seen unbelievably talented teams fail many times before. We persevere, though. It helps to have an attachment to the team that's never been dependent on winning.
@FreedomFighterUSA76 2 роки тому
Great video. Your NFL video popped up on my feed today and now i'm here. Good job.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
That’s awesome thanks so much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it! More videos to come soon!
@KrispigKarp 3 роки тому
It’s nice to see you back!
@JustinLearnsThings 3 роки тому
Thanks! It’s nice to be back at it again! More to come soon hopefully!!
@filanfyretracker Рік тому
The NY Jets apparently got their name because they shared the multi-purpose Shea Stadium with the Mets. Shea is right under the landing approach for LaGuardia. Eventually Football moved to 'Jersey and in the 21st century the Mets did the right thing and blew up Shea to build a proper baseball stadium
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
I like billy joel's last play at the shea
@larryhernandez1923 2 роки тому
That was very informative and I'm a baseball fanatic. Thank you for the video!
@wwf9757 2 роки тому
Just found your channel I love it ! Really great work !!!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks so much for checking it out!
@mns2723 2 роки тому
This was an awesome Video to watch! Very entertaining you just earned a sub
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out!
@alexanderbowen3033 Рік тому
The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century professional baseball team that competed from 1882 to 1899, first in the American Association and later in the National League. This early Orioles franchise, which featured six players (Wilbert Robinson--C, Dan Brouthers--1B, Hughie Jennings--SS, John McGraw--3B, "Wee Willie" Keeler--RF, and Joe Kelley--LF) and a manager (Ned Hanlon) who would become future inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, finished in first place for three consecutive seasons (1894-1896) and won the Temple Cup national championship series in 1896 and 1897. Despite their success, the dominant Orioles were contracted out of the National League after the 1899 season, when the league reduced in size from 12 members to eight. Upon the foundation of the American League in 1901, a reorganized Baltimore Orioles franchise competed as a charter member, before relocating to New York City after two seasons, where they were replaced by the team that is better known as the New York Yankees.
@jeremyschooler1120 Рік тому
Fun fact: the Padres almost moved to Washington in 1974 to replace the 2nd Nats, who had left in 1970. It was so close, that baseball cards and uniforms had been released that said Washington-one of those sets of uniforms is displayed on a mannequin at Nats Park to this day. It’s a baby blue pullover jersey with red “WASHINGTON”
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
At least the A’s didn’t lose a rival in California
@rockvilleraven 11 місяців тому
Would have never happened because they’re were 15 years left on the lease in San Diego and then Mayor Pete Wilson was going to sue Washington owner Joseph Dazansky for 3 times the purchase price for breaking the lease.
@sizzles6140 2 роки тому
This is so good! This should have way more views!!
@RicardoSantos-wd9ol 2 роки тому
Excellent video... really enjoyed it. Big props for all the details and facts.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out!
@naterosenhaus9743 2 роки тому
Diamondbacks were actually originally supposed to be the Scorpions, but after they decided that it won the naming competition their owner Jerry Colangelo decided he thought scorpions were creepy and made the executive decision to name them the Diamondbacks, another name in the naming competion
@morpeur 8 місяців тому
All of your video are perfect. Perfect music, perfect explication and perfect montage, image
@JustinLearnsThings 8 місяців тому
Thanks for watching! Means a lot that you enjoy them!
@frijoles8770 2 роки тому
Glad you are back
@mns2723 2 роки тому
I like your profile picture
@diegodelavega1883 2 роки тому
Awesome video! Loved it!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out! Glad you liked it!
@codenamelarry6518 2 роки тому
You might have to edit this when the Athletics move to Vegas.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Yeah I think I’ll have to stay on top of it and add updates after the fact!
@toosexyformyhair 2 роки тому
Came here to comment on moving the A’s to Vegas lol
@jasonmilly3320 2 роки тому
Vuck Fegas. Hope the Raiders and Knights never win
@mns2723 2 роки тому
Wait what?!
@marstarmiller 2 роки тому
The Athletics should move to Montreal and redo the American League AL EAST- ATHLETICS RED SOX YANKEES ORIOLES RAYS CENTRAL- BLUE JAYS WHITE SOX TIGERS TWINS INDIANS WEST- ASTROS ROYALS RANGERS ANGELS MARINERS. That is what I think should happen.
@unclecreepy4185 Рік тому
In 1989, Marty McFly traveled to 2015 to see the Cubs win the World Series against Miami.
@I3e1ng 22 дні тому
Wasn't it 1985?
@unclecreepy4185 22 дні тому
It was and I don’t know how I typed 1989 without realizing it and didn’t know I made this mistake until someone pointed it out lol.
@Aaron_-ll7mr 2 роки тому
This is good! Please make more!!!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Working on some now! Stay subscribed so you don’t miss them!
@RCfromtheNYC 2 роки тому
Great video! Well done! 👍🏼👍🏼
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out!!
@CWbeau08 2 роки тому
Very interesting. The way you pronounced Penobscot though 😂😂 Louis was from Maine and I remember growing up learning about him cause he was one of the very few well known players from Maine.
@jcrotea 2 роки тому
The term yankee is rooted in New York’s Dutch past (aka New Amsterdam). In the Netherlands, the given names Jan (Dutch: [jɑn]) and Kees (Dutch: [keːs]) have long been common, and the two are often combined into a single name (Jan Kees), pronounced “Yan-case”.
@virgilionieves7023 Рік тому
It was a coincidence that these are the SAME colors!!
@BootsORiley 2 роки тому
I've always been curious about the Expos and Padres, but never bothered to look it up. ended up watching the entire vid. thanks!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out!! Glad you liked it!
@Lampindoood 2 роки тому
Your videos are fantastic! Would love an NHL version!!!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Stay subscribed! Hoping to come out with that one in the next few months!!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Just made it and released it today!
@mrwasgehtsiedasan655 3 роки тому
I'm not even into Baseball but I just like These stories behind Sports Teams. Great vid!
@JustinLearnsThings 3 роки тому
That’s awesome! Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@JustinLearnsThings 3 роки тому
Glad you checked it out! Yeah half of my love of sports is just the interesting stories for sure!
@plazmacube6167 2 роки тому
Whoever names the original MLB Teams probably had an obsession with stockings......and colors.
@aresee8208 Рік тому
The 1901 Milwaukee Brewers used a name that dated "all the way back to the 1800s." In 1901, that would have been all of 2 years... BTW, the last Browns owner's name, Veeck, is pronouced like Vek. His autobiography was entitled "Veeck as in Wrecl." And, Orioles was also used as a name for two major league teams in the late 1880s. Teams named Baltimore Orioles played in the American Associatipn from 1882-1891, and the Naitonal League from 1892-1899, before being used by the American League team from 1901-1902. And when Babe Ruth played for the minor league Orioles, he WAS a pro. He got paid for playing, which is the definition of a pro[fessional]. He just wasn't a major leaguer.
@Rockhound6165 5 місяців тому
Ironic that the Orioles circa 1901 eventually led to the NY Yankees.
@zacpalica2500 Рік тому
Just now seeing these videos and absolutely love the history behind them. I recognize the time and effort that go into these and will even watch the video for sports I don't follow because of this great format! What was the memory associated with the Diamonbacks?
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Thanks i'm glad you enjoyed it! The 2001 world series was the first time I was old enough to really get into a sporting event! I was just hooked on every pictch of teh whole series!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
You spelled Diamondbacks wrong. But I have one thing to say to the Diamondbacks: Let’s go!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
Into the Bay!
@jakestanley52 2 роки тому
Nice video! Just remember: it's pronounced "Veeck" as in "wreck".
@dizbang3073 2 роки тому
Great book.
@ryanclark3935 2 роки тому
"Blue Jays" was wildy unpopular, and was chosen as a marketing tool for majority owner Labatt's Brewing, as their signature product was Labatt's Blue. The aim was to have the team colloquially referred to as the "Blues".
@davegreenlaw5654 2 роки тому
And it was much to their dismay when fans started calling the team "The Jays" instead.
@mikedemenchuk7717 Рік тому
But they would have had to find some other name for the team aside from the traditional minor league name, correct? I can't imagine Harold Ballard would have let the baseball team use the name "Maple Leafs" without making the brewery write a rather large check.
@trevorpyka572 Рік тому
@@mikedemenchuk7717 Which is funny because the hockey Leafs are named after a former Maple Leafs baseball team and not some regiment like the hockey Leafs like to sell you.
@j_geau 2 роки тому
Was not expecting to see York United show up in this video! Kudos to you for recognizing that there are now two professional soccer teams in the GTA!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks! I knew it would be for only a few who would notice it! Glad you enjoyed that!!
@kotaowens6978 2 роки тому
Informative vid!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks!
@joshlovespandas8888 2 роки тому
This video is amazing! Could you do the NHL?
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Working on it! Should be in the next 2 to 3 videos! Aiming for the start of the next season!
@joshlovespandas8888 2 роки тому
@@JustinLearnsThings awesome!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Just released the NHL video if you want to check it out! 🙌
@JeezyR129 Рік тому
I feel like alot more can be contributed to the portion of this video dedicated to the Milwaukee Brewers. It must be noted that the city of Milwaukee was eager for a Baseball team since the departure of the Milwaukee Braves to ATL. Needless to say, the success of the local Brewery "Miller" had a great deal of influence in the team being named "Brewers". & they also began playing as part of the American League, becoming rivals to other AL teams in the Midwest such as the Royals & White Sox. Fast forward to them becoming apart of the National League, they rightfully became Rivals to the St.Louis Cardinals & Chicago Cubs. However many of us here in Kansas City would gladly trade the White Sox or Tigers to the National League in exchange for the Brewers back. This town sure loves when they come to town for the occasional inner league series.
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Thanks for sharing!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
And brewers fits well!
@JWS1985 2 роки тому
Some of these old names are just 😂. What a cool video! 👍
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
haha for sure! Thanks for checking it out!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
Well remember, they were informal names
@owlmerangwastaken 2 роки тому
Great stuff! You should do an NHL team names video!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
In the works! Not the next one yet, but soon!
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Just released the NHL video today!! Thanks for the comment suggesting it!
@Thndrstrike 2 роки тому
great video, love both the long-form thing (people always leave out the details!!!!) and how you didn't shy away from the uncomfortable past (and, unfortunately, present) of some of the names
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and took the time to watch it!
@michaellopez68 Рік тому
The Brooklyn Superbas were called that because the owners of Hanlons Superbas were part owners of the team As part of the agreement, the team was named after the circus act Also, MLB didn't want to expand in 1961/1962 The Continental League, started by William Shea to get a National League team back in NYC, forced their hand when they announced plans for a new 8 team league to join the existing American & National Leagues in 1960 As a compromise, the MLB expanded and the CL folded without ever playing a game
@rlowe6078 2 роки тому
This is the best video I have ever seen
@Odin029 2 роки тому
It's a really small thing on a great video, but the name spelled Veeck is pronounced veck. Bill Veeck is one of the most interesting characters in baseball history.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thank you! Yeah I’ve learned a lot about him since the video came out! You are not alone in pointing out my mispronunciation! 😂 But he seems like quite the interesting guy!
@unclejemima9079 2 роки тому
I have fallen back in love with baseball after not watching for 10 years. No sports is as interesting or as rich as baseball.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
I've noticed an ebb and flow over the years to how much I watch too!
@dynogems 2 роки тому
I was living in Tampa Bay when they changed to the Rays and I remember everyone gave them SO MUCH SHIT for it. We used to call them the Sunrays or the Rays of Light because of how soft they were. Welp...
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Haha that’s funny!
@tonytomei1175 2 роки тому
Yeah that bothered me so much when they took out Devils from the Devil Rays. It was probably some crazy religious fanatics that made that happen..
@Compucles 2 роки тому
Well, that is what the team is named after now, so it's not much of an insult.
@mtshaul86 2 роки тому
Excellent video! Very interesting.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thanks for checking it out!
@CuriousJet 4 місяці тому
Great video 👍
@JustinLearnsThings 4 місяці тому
Thanks for watching!
@m.s.769 2 роки тому
I thought one of the reasons the Blue Jays got their colourful name was because they were originally owned by Labatt’s, the brewers of Labatt’s Blue.
@dylmwidner 2 роки тому
Still waiting for the day that the Angels go back to being the Anaheim Angels
@angelsanddodgersfan3589 2 роки тому
Well they are the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim so they didn’t lose Anaheim completely
@UndeadArmyGen 2 роки тому
@@angelsanddodgersfan3589 they dropped the "of Anaheim" part in 2013. They are officially the Los Angeles Angels
@itsurboidonnie 2 роки тому
i know right. why have “Los Angeles” in your name if you’re not based in LA. just go with “Anaheim Angels”
@martyc909 2 роки тому
Arte either has to sell the team, or die.
@martyc909 2 роки тому
@@itsurboidonnie I mean they are closer to to LA that many teams were closer to their cities at the time. MLB has had a movement over the last 25 years of teams moving back to the downtowns of their cities, which I think is GREAT. Everything about the Angels is really more of a time gone by. Their stadium is from the modern era (late 50's to early 90's), and it was really messed up to host a football team, they have changed uniforms so many times to fit into whatever era their are in, the classic 60's look with the LA and CA hats, the 70's Big A which went into the 80's, the 90's cartoon wing'd hat that fits in so well with the 90's cartoon look many teams tried, and then the neo-classical look with the red A. The Angels just need a whole new rebrand. And I'm an Angel's fan. I say keep the uniforms, build a new stadium where the current one is, and call them the Anaheim Angels. With that said, I do love the Los Angeles Angels name. Just as a name. The City of Angels, the team is the Angels. I love it. But they don't play in LA, so yeah.
@laarrsiavelli Рік тому
The Milwaukee Brewers might not be a team with the biggest stage but they have the cleanest logo and best blue in MLB, can’t change my mind and I’m a Yankee fan.
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Brewers have a great logo!
@leftysheppey 2 роки тому
Thank you for doing the research I really couldn't be bothered doing
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Anytime! 😂
@JuicyPlayer 2 роки тому
The Tampa Bay Rays name now has a double meaning since the use the Devil Ray logo and the sunburst logo.
@bilbobaggins1000 2 роки тому
Oh my bad. Just heard your dc statehood comment.
@bmpsmedia 2 роки тому
Bill Veeck's last name was pronounced as a rhyme of "wreck". His biography was called "Veeck: As In Wreck".
@killyourtelevision999 2 роки тому
I'd be interested to know if that was indeed the CORRECT pronunciation.
@cmichalakis Рік тому
I think it’s worth noting that nicknames in the early days of baseball, nicknames were very unofficial. Official team names were usually limited to the name of the city.
@cmichalakis Рік тому
Oh, right after I posted this he said it lol.
@markschnabel1353 Рік тому
Sportswriters and fans often influenced those early names (as pointed out in the video).
@davegreenlaw5654 2 роки тому
Yes, the Montreal Expos moved to Washington D.C. and became the Nationals. However, that was a change of owners and a change of name. On the other hand, because of the C0v!d crisis, the Toronto Blue Jays are now the only MLB team to have played in two different countries under the same name and ownership, playing the 2021 season in Buffalo at the site of their Triple-A minor league team, the Buffalo Bisons.
@bigjoe686659 2 роки тому
The Expos played home games in Puerto Rico in 2003.
@davegreenlaw5654 2 роки тому
@@bigjoe686659 True, but in both 2003 and 2004, they split their home games between Montreal and San Juan. Whereas Toronto had to play an entire season in Buffalo. So I guess that should be "...to play a full season in..."
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
@@bigjoe686659 Sorry, that doesn’t count
@BRUH_ 2 роки тому
wow, you did you research. Very well, very nice
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Thank you! Thanks for checking it out!! 🙌
@StreetComp Рік тому
April 2023: looks like A’s will be moving to Las Vegas. Enjoying all your videos on team names, well done!
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
I saw that! I’ll have to make a footnote video when that happens! Thanks for watching!!
@gertywhatagash_ 2 роки тому
Cleveland should've either went with the Spiders (or is it Spyders?), that or just the Blues. The freakin' Guardians is just ridiculous. Named after one tiny aspect of a bridge? Damn.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Spiders would have been cool!
@markjohnson9455 2 роки тому
The narrator taught me lots of things I did not know.
@BiggestPLANTS 2 роки тому
Let’s also not forget that the guy who submitted the name (Roger Szmodis) in that Mariners name contest went missing and was never found again
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Yo for real? Dang that's pretty crazy!
@Nchinnam 3 роки тому
hes back!!
@xMikeDezzyx421 2 роки тому
In Seattle they had the people of the city send in names for the team and the guy who picked Mariners was never found to receive his free tickets.
@Rockhound6165 Рік тому
Fun Fact: Eddie Matthews is the only Braves player to have played in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. Also Fun Fact: Both the football Cardinals and baseball Cardinals got their names from the color of their uniforms.
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
Nice! Are you a cards fan for both?
@Rockhound6165 Рік тому
@@JustinLearnsThings football Cards fan only.
@JustinLearnsThings Рік тому
@@Rockhound6165 Nice! Same! nice to meet a fellow fan!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
OH YOU TWO WILL BURN AT THE HANDS OF THE A’S!
@MiaCollinsNeighborhood Рік тому
Btw I’m from Oakland
@Compucles 2 роки тому
While MLB has long been a shorthand name for the combination of the two leagues, the NL and AL didn't officially merge until 2000, and even then they're considered different leagues in name, yearly awards, and (for now) only the AL uses the DH.
@benn454 2 роки тому
About that last bit...
@Loquacious_Jackson 5 місяців тому
Dh?
@rossedwardmiller 2 роки тому
11:23 I find that usually baltimore and philly don’t have much beef, but damn! I live like 5 mins from JHU and am here waiting to see my O’s pop up and was surprised to see JHU mentioned first lol.
@JustinLearnsThings 2 роки тому
Haha nice!
@NovaScotiaNewfie 2 роки тому
The Labatt brewing company were the original owners of the Blue Jays. Their flagship beer was Labatt Blue.
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