Posted on 07/27/2025 9:33:06 PM PDT by george76
The Anaheim Baseball Team, The Boston Hockey Team, The Oklahoma City Basketball Team…
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Oops, the word ‘ball’ is in there.
We need some ovaries.
Well, maybe trans can solve that.
Was I was in high school in the late 50’s (U of Chicago’s “U-High”, private), there was a student named Fred (IIRC) Dolan, whose father (or family?) was reputed to own the Cleveland Indians. Apparently they still do.
But I never really knew him, since science was my interest, not sports.
The original name wasn’t just a catchy title. It actually had meaning.
It was linked to Louis Sockalexis, a Native American outfielder who played for the then-Cleveland Spiders in the late 1890s.
Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot Nation, was the first Native American widely recognized in professional baseball.
In the United Kingdom, the “Guardian” is an ultra-liberal newspaper.
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