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History of baseball team nicknames - Wikipedia  This is a summary of the evolution of nicknames of the current Major League Baseball teams, ... The supposed first recorded game of baseball took place between two teams ... all of the nicknames of the "classic 16" MLB teams were originally unofficial. ... The 1902 shirts substituted a more conventional B. In 1903, after the...
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Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia  The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, ... The Boston Red Sox are owned by Fenway Sports Group, which also owns the .... teams in his league to be christened with the unofficial nickname "Americans". ... In 1903, Boston participated in the first modern World Series, going up...
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New York Yankees (1903-Present) - The Sports E-Cyclopedia  Mar 25, 2001 ... The Highlanders took the field for their first game on April 22nd, and ... head of catcher Deacon McGuire would allow the Pilgrims pennant .... including win the final game in walk off fashion after Pirates pitcher ..... The game would be a classic pitching duel between Ralph Terry, and the Giants Jack Sanford.
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Folklore of the United States - Wikipedia  Sport  Media  Radio  Cinema  Television  Symbols[show]. Flag  Great Seal  Monuments  Motto  Anthem  Bird  World Heritage Sites  Flag of America 19 10.svg  United States portal  v  t  e. Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, ... In usage, there is a continuum between folklore and mythology.
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This question originally aired on January 9, 2006... | Jeopardy ...  Jan 9, 2006 ... ... HOWDY, PILGRIM Question: The first matchup in this sports classic was between the unofficial Pilgrims & the Pirates in 1903 Answer: the...
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Monopoly (game) - Wikipedia  Monopoly is a board game that originated in the United States in 1903 as a way to demonstrate ... Players move around the game-board buying or trading properties, .... the Atlantic City Quakers' Arctic Avenue to Mediterranean, and shortened the ...... Includes a deck of Second Chance cards that further alter game-play.
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The Boston Pilgrims Never Existed by Bill Nowlin - Baseball Almanac  Major League Baseball calls them the Boston Red Sox. ... gives the incorrect impression that the team was known as the Red Sox during the 1907 season. ... It was not until the following year, 1908, that players donned red hosiery and played...
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The Weather of the Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving Day | Weather ...  Nov 26, 2013 ... But most Americans contribute this event to the Pilgrims that first set foot on the shores of ... of November celebrating such did not come to pass until years later). ... Bradford described the landing at Plymouth by skiff on December 18-19: ... in the early 20th century depicting the Plymouth Colony settlers and...
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September 24, 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates at Brooklyn Dodgers Box ...  Tuesday, September 24, 1957, , Ebbets Field Attendance: 6702, Time of Game: 2:03 . ... Team Totals, 31, 0, 5, 0, 1, 9, 32 .161 .188 .161 .349, -0.575, 1.15, 0.274...
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Opening Day, April 18, 1923: The first-ever game at the old Yankee ...  Also fitting: Babe Ruth hits The Stadium's first home run, and the Bombers win, 4-2. Yankees-Red Sox: The Rivalry APRIL 18, 1923: The first-ever game at the...
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The Pilgrims - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail ... Plymouth settlers were not originally known as Pilgrims, but as "Old Comers. ... become the military leader of the new colony; and William Bradford, a leader of ... Rough seas and storms prevented the Mayflower from reaching their initial...
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On This Day: July 27, 1878 - The New York Times  In England's American colonies, whale boat races were held off the New England coast by the 1760s. ... In 1852, corporate sponsorship motivated organization of the first intercollegiate athletic event in the United States, a rowing match in which ... The Harvard-Yale competitions continued until 1870 when an accusation that...
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History of the Brooklyn Dodgers - Wikipedia  The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American baseball team that was active in the major leagues from 1884 until 1957, ..... The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, which the Dodgers won 20 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. On April 18, 1958, the Los Angeles Dodgers played their first...
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1903 Boston Americans - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com  Aug 14, 2015 ... The 1903 Boston Americans won the first World Series. A number of sources claim that the team was known as the "Boston Pilgrims", but it was not so. One or two ... American League, W, L, T, GB, Pct. Boston Pilgrims, 91, 47...
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Mayflower - Wikipedia  The Mayflower was the ship that transported the first English Separatists, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. .... When and where the Mayflower of the Pilgrim voyage of 1620 was built is not .... that the ship had to stop at Newlyn in Cornwall on the Land's End peninsula before sailing west.
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The Boston Pilgrims Never Existed by Bill Nowlin - Baseball Almanac  Baseball Almanac once called them the Boston Pilgrims. ... Among these sites are those of Major League Baseball and Baseball Reference. ... were "the Red Sox (also known as the Pilgrims, Puritans and Americans.) ..... Advertising | All-Star Game | Autographs | Awards | Ballparks | The Ballplayers | Baseball Cards...
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77 Years of Princeton-Rutgers Football  Rutgers and Princeton, Opponents in First I rater-collegiate Football Game in 1869, Meet Today for Thirtyrighth TimeTigerr ... same was played under Princeton rul. Rutgers was not ... gm," rugby rules. Princeton this year beat Pcnnt Stfvmst. 861's. Harvard, and ..... version to bring the nal score to 14-6. Trinaetonz'mm.
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September 24, 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates at Brooklyn Dodgers Box ...  Dodgers beat Pirates (2-0). Tuesday, September 24, 1957, , Ebbets Field Attendance: 6702, Time of Game: 2:03 . W: Danny ... Baseball-Reference.com. play index ..... Team LOB: 5. .... Scoring Plays ..... See Front Page for time of last update.
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1903 World Series - Wikipedia  The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League ... In the series, Boston came back from a three games to one deficit, winning ... in the 1925 World Series, and has happened only ten times in baseball history. ... however, scotched the idea of a championship between the two leagues.
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Pittsburgh at the point where the Allegheny and Monongahela meet ...  The Allegheny and Monongahela meet to form the Ohio River ..... It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first...
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The History of Baseball in Pittsburgh - Popular Pittsburgh  Nov 24, 2014 ... THE EARLY YEARS  The Alleghenys. The Pirates were the first professional baseball team to call Pittsburgh home. Much like the ... The team was founded in 1882, and was known simply as Allegheny. Allegheny played as...