How EVERY MLB Team Got It's Name | British Guy Reaction (Part 1)

Have you ever wondered how every MLB team got its name? Well I did too! 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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[@ronsontag6841]

I don't think as a former Milwaukeean that we thought the name of Braves was derogatory anymore than calling someone a Marine.

[@billbrasky1288]

Right. It’s not derogatory at all. Not even native Americans are offended. As usual, white liberals started it.

[@MeanLaQueefa]

I still don’t

[@johnwray393]

No real person outside of Twitter cares. It's better for them to have some recognition along with local tribes then it'd be to completely erase them form popular culture.

[@areguapiri]

Only white people always love the native American nicknames.

[@TheSloppyjoejr]

Braves is literally a good thing lmao

[@lovesgucci1]

Just started watching but you definitely weren’t being disrespectful when criticizing the logos! As a Phillies fan, I thought it was hysterical hearing your first reaction to our logo! You should probably cover your face when coming to Philly though! 😂

[@sudo_rm_vrf]

So the reason the logo looks different than the previous video is because these teams generally have several different logos and trademarks - in fact that logo tier list kind of used a mixture of primary and secondary logos, which is why it felt so inconsistent in teams of some logos being ‘basic’ and others ‘complex’ - teams will typically have a simpler logo used for their cap, versus what they’ll use on their uniforms. also, GO BRAVES!

[@lovesgucci1]

I was with you until I saw Go *raves”! 😂 Go Phils!

[@darrinlindsey]

A trolley was an above ground precursor to the subway. They ran around the city streets, either by way of rails in the road surface, or a wire system attached to the top of the trollies. They still run in San Francisco.

[@Hessen84]

Cleveland changed their name to the Guardians in 2021

[@brosciencegutfeelings7058]

The cubs do have a bear in their logo. You have to understand and look into the multiple logos

[@rallycapandstanding]

The Bears, as well.

[@daveeriksson]

The idea that America or Americans all have a singular view of native Americans in the late 1800's to early 1900's is wrong. We can agree or disagree if naming sports clubs after Natives is wrong or using outdated nicknames etc. But plenty of people back then viewed the Native Americans as proud and courages people. Cleveland's Name may have origins that are not honorable. I don't know. But is that true with the Braves? And Many of the sports teams across the country from high school to Pro? The US minted the "Indian head penny" from 1859 to 1909. Again we can agree or disagree on doing that. But if Americanshad nothing but hate in their heart for Natives I don't think we would want Them on our money. History is complicated.

[@angelpalomares5932]

Since you seem interested in the history of logos, the channel you're reacting to here also recently made a video about the history of MLB logos. However, the video is pretty long, over an hour and a half.

[@ronclark9724]

Trolleys in the USA are not shopping cars. They are what the British would be called a Tram, or alternatively in the USA a Streetcar. So the Dodgers fans were not dodging shopping carts, they were dodging trams. Dodging trains, streetcars, and trucks is still a sport in the USA considering the amount of pedestrian deaths associated with them. Boo!

[@BritishGuy22]

Damn, Dodging shopping trolleys painted a hilarious image in my mind 😂

[@downnice95]

Fun fact the NL is the oldest still active professional sport league in the world

[@Windjammer19]

A trolley is a type of train (also called a street car). New York is known for its hectic traffic so New York pedestrians were likely used to having to dodge vehicles from time to time. Trolleys were pretty common back and San Francisco is still quite famous for them. NOTE: I've never been to NY or San Francisco, so take this with a grain of salt.

[@peterparker642]

I haven't been to either but agree

[@rebeccahanson6941]

I live just north of San Francisco and you are correct accept they are called cable cars which look very similar to a trolley, but operate a little different.

[@thelunatick1993]

Pre automobile. Railed street cars in many places. Early version horse drawn to overhead electrified. Post WWII. Push (often cited as Detroit interest) sought to remove these and replace with the bus. (No rails)

[@christophermckinney3924]

The Quakers were a religious movement that settled Pennsylvania.

[@michaelmcgowen8780]

The maker of this video should have done their research other than from Wikipedia, as some of the information given isn't correct. The original Baltimore Orioles were a professional team, and charter members of the American Association in 1882. The team joined the National League in 1892 when the NL & AA merged. After the 1898 season, the NL dropped four clubs: Baltimore, Cleveland Spiders, Washington Nationals and Louisville Colonels. Also, the National Association was not replaced by the National League, but rather several teams left the NA and founded the NL in 1876. The NA played on for a handful more seasons before disbanding. The original name of the NL was the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, which remained until the NL, AL and the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball formally merged into a single entity, Major League Baseball, in 1994. The St. Louis Cardinals began using the Cardinal bird logo in 1922, when the iconic "birds on the bat" first appeared on their uniforms.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

The word "cardinal" originally meant "principal" or "essential," as in "cardinal virtues." In the Catholic Church, the level of authority just below the Pope is called the "college of cardinals," and each member is called a "cardinal." The cardinals wear red vestments, and that color became known as "cardinal." Because the American bird is a similar color, it was named the "cardinal." The Quakers are a Christian sect known for pacifism and egalitarianism. Their religious meetings don't even have leaders. They just get together to worship, and anyone can speak to the group. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was a Quaker. The narrator mispronounced the name Bill Veeck. It's pronounced with a short e, not a long e. Bill Veeck wrote an entertaining memoir called "Veeck as in Wreck."

[@philipmcniel4908]

A "trolley" in US English is a streetcar, known in the UK as a tram. Nowadays, we Americans are probably more likely to use the word "trolley" to refer to the old-fashioned style of tram that would've been popular maybe 100-120 years ago (see the cable cars of San Francisco or the trams of Portugal to get an idea of what Americans picture when they hear the word "trolley.")

[@areguapiri]

The St. Louis Cardinals were given that name because someone thought their uniforms resembled the cardinal color. Years later, in 1922, someone saw a picture of the cardinal birds and thought that it would be a good idea to put the bird on the uniforms. ...By the way, only the male bird has the rich cardinal red color. The female is mostly brown.

[@brosciencegutfeelings7058]

The Cardinal is the State Bird of several states including Virginia and West Virginia..

[@brianstacey2679]

The National League and American League did not merge in the traditional sense in 1901. They maintained a separate identity, but entered into a formal agreement where they would honor each other's contracts and play in a championship series at the end of the season. They gradually chipped away the barriers between the 2 leagues over the next 100 years. The final barrier, separate rules for each league, finally went away last season.

[@dixienormous4157]

Both the Bears and Cubs used to have bears in their logos, but like most things, minimalism has ruined the uniqueness of many Logos

[@ninjafirewolf]

Chicago bears do have some Bears Logo mate

[@MrMac1138]

So the Cleveland Indians are now the Cleveland Guardians. Reality of the Indians name is it came from a poll of sportswriters in town at the time and was tied to the hype of the Boston Braves winning the World Series. The name Indians at the time was quite generic (Cowboys and Indians) and was largely to reflect the interest caused nationally by the Braves winning. The Sockalexis story came much later and was promoted by the team for years. The name Indians isn't an epithet but the controversy about the name is largely wrapped around the logo/mascot of Chief Wahoo that had been around in various forms for decades. This was seen by many as a caricature of racial stereotypes and was worn as part of the regular uniform throughout large parts of the 80s, 90s, and into the 00s. I'm of the opinion that the use of Wahoo for so long is what caused any chance of keeping the name to go away. The club also never reached out to Native Americans in the region like the Braves and others had and have done. In many ways the new name is more reflective of the city and some civic pride. It is a reference to the Guardians of Traffic, statues that are on the Hope Memorial Bridge across the Cuyahoga River right next to Progressive Field, the stadium where the Guardians play. The Guardians were sculpted in the 1920s and the bridge is named for its foreman, William Henry Hope. Hope emigrated from England in 1908 and brought his son, Bob, and his family with him. Bob Hope would become an entertainment legend and his father was the lead for building the big bridge across the Cuyahoga. The current Guardians logo is also representative of the Art Deco side of the city that is quite apparent throughout that comes from its heyday in the 1920s.

[@josephsiegel8300]

So gae

[@philipmcniel4908]

IMO if such a historic team is going to change a name that it has used for so long, why not do so in a way that honors their history by using a name that they had previously used? I feel as though that kind of name change would've gotten buy-in from even more fans. I'm not a fan, but I might've liked them to try out something like the Cleveland Lakeshores, or even the Bluebirds or Blues (considering the fact that bird names aren't particularly weird or controversial anymore, with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles sounding normal to modern ears). With the increase in interleague play, we would've even been treated to an annual color series of Reds vs. Blues!

[@kunterborn1]

@@philipmcniel4908 Guardians does honor the history of the city of Cleveland. Have you ever heard of the Four Guardians bridge? You can see it from the stadium if you're high up.

[@philipmcniel4908]

@@kunterborn1 I didn't realize the Guardians of Traffic were that old; I don't know why, but I'd kind of assumed they were added to the bridge sometime after it was built. At any rate, it's good to know that the namesake statues go back to the golden age of baseball, though they are about 17 years younger than the club's previous nickname and 31 years younger than the "Bluebirds" nickname that was adopted to coincide with the club's first season of major-league status. (I know it's just personal preference, but I would've rather that the team chose a nickname that was based on a pre-1915 reference.)

[@MrMac1138]

@@philipmcniel4908Those names have little history. There was thought of returning to Spiders, the NL club name. But reality is they were the Naps for the longest part of their early history b

[@texascard]

In 2022 the Cleveland Indians changed to the Cleveland Guardians

[@Dieg0Marteen]

Cleveland now called Guardians

[@robertfuller9166]

you should rank mascots next

[@kyleekstrand3971]

Your video is really good but whoever made the original video unfortunately has a clear political bias, so I would do a little research on your own as well

[@ninjafirewolf]

Yes Just like NFL Many Teams Have Different Logos or not the Full Logos that include the Uniform . I guess i one of the 22 percent

[@ontrack16]

The problem with the Tomahawk on the "Braves" logo is race. All logos have been named, either after people or inspirations and, of course, animals. You can see the problem, especially when the crowds in Atlanta and Kansas City do the "war chant". It's a disgrace to people of indigenous origin and another example of the absolute lack of awareness of fans and their behavior. What's the explanation to your son. This is what Indians do! please. GIve more to the Native community if you feel so bonded as to appropriate a "war chant" (origin unidentified). Thank you for reacting to ancient history, i mean baseball. Maybe I'm just a bitter Oakland A's fan. Owners and MLB collude to ruin or enhance fans experience and are given the ability to move to another city. It's American business :). I do enjoy your reacts! Keep them coming :D

[@kenlangston3451]

In 2022, The Indians changed their name to the Guardians. Guardians refers to 8 statues built in the 1930’s called the Guardians of Traffic on a bridge next to their stadium.

[@cygnusx-3217]

8:20 I'm glad this insanity hasn't returned!!! /sarc

[@christophermckinney3924]

A trolley was an electric train. Common in the early 1900s in NYC.

[@Alex-kd5xc]

I don’t care what anyone says, Boston Bean Eaters is an awesome name

[@psymar]

I should mention that the Cleveland player nicknamed Nap, his real name was Napoleon Lajoie, so "Nap" was just an abbreviation. And yeah, the Indians have since renamed themselves to Guardians.

[@ontrack16]

The black players on Milwaukee definitely had extreme reservations moving the team from the liberal leaning northern Midwest to the Deep South and all the race issues that came with that in 1963.

[@ronsontag6841]

The Milwaukee Braves were the first NL team ever to reach 2 million in attendance and did that for 4 years in a row, The attendance started to decline after 1960 and rapidly declined after the new owners made their intentions known after they bought the team in 1962.It took a few for Atlanta to build a stadium. The Braves won 2 NL Pennants and one world series. The Milwaukee Brewers were the old Seattle Pilots expansion team that lasted one year in Seattle before going bankrupt and were bought by Milwaukee business men and moved to Milwaukee in 1970 and played in the AL until being switched in the 90's

[@tocu98]

You called the White Sox the ganster team there is some history to the why maybe you have watched that origin but it started from the NFL team the Raiders being black and silver that. Ice Cube of the legendary rap group NWA wore raiders gear in their gangster rap videos. the LA King (Hockey) change their colors to Silver and Black because how popular raider merch had become schools started banned both those teams at some point from wearing it as they didnt want the gangster vibes so people went to the next best thing of the white and black of the white sox.

[@PapaPalps84]

I know this could be a long video (4parter) but would be great for you as its an in-depth look at the MLB team logos and how they evolved

[@MetroCSN]

In Brooklyn, the people to cross the street had to dodge trolleys (streetcars). For Chicago, it is the only city where their teams basically have played continuously in both the National and American League. The comment that the White Sox sunk into town was also in error. Charles Comiskey (White Sox) and Jim Hart (Cubs) struck a deal and even instituted a city series between the two clubs in 1903. The Cubs moved around the city a bit, but the White Sox have had their stadiums 4 blocks from each other on Wentworth Ave. their entire existene.

[@TheMaxmurphy1973]

I live in Cincinnati, love the Reds....they still use Mr Redleg as one of their several mascots 😊

[@ajrocks44]

You don't have to be a massive bird guy to have heard of a Cardinal and a Oriole.

[@wolver73]

Sorry to disappoint, but a trolly is a streetcar over here. I imagine that they had a lot of people winding their way in NYC at the time.

[@CGrascal]

Mr. Redlegs is still used as one of the Reds' menagerie of mascots. Mr. Red is technically their main mascot.

[@gordieparenteau6555]

Do How NHL Teams were named next.

[@cygnusx-3217]

22:22 And now they're a minor league team again.

[@mjbull5156]

Most of the very early nicknames were made by sports reporter's and not the teams themselves, so some of the odder ones are reporter's having some fun at the team's expense.

[@Beltran15x]

no trolly dodgers refers to a trolley car that ran through cities like buses.

[@Beltran15x]

cubs and bears both had a cub and bear on them, but because they are the same animal they got rid of them.

[@clachapelle]

More baseball videos please.

[@christophermckinney3924]

An oriole is a black and orange bird.

[@215_Philly_4for4]

12:50 you learned your lesson. Good man

[@frankisfunny2007]

Trolleys are a form of train here in the US. Your word of "trolley" is what Americans broadly call "shopping cart"

[@frankisfunny2007]

also, yrs, it's a type of bird. I don't know the word, but it's a type of bird that has different colors based on the sex of the bird. Make Orioles are black, orange, and white. The female Orioles are gold, black, & White.

[@clachapelle]

Go Braves, Chop On.....

[@tyjaifoster1112]

Hey Joe it's been awhile since hockey season is almost over maybe you should react you how every NHL team got their name I will put it in the link in the description below and also The Stanley Cup playoffs is an annual elimination tournament in the National Hockey League consisting of four rounds of best-of-seven series to determine the league champion and the winner of the Stanley Cup. Eight teams from each of the two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season points totals.

[@tyjaifoster1112]

Eastern Time

[@BritishGuy22]

You know what I was actually very close to releasing a hockey video today, I have one filmed and ready to go! I will check this one out too though, thanks man!

[@tyjaifoster1112]

​@@BritishGuy22you're you're you're welcome Joseph.

[@thedisciple516]

Whether it be high school or professional, people love their sports teams. They would never choose a name or mascot to represent their team that they felt was derogatory. They choose it because they admired the Native American fighting spirit and for no other reason. Same reason people choose Trojans or Spartans. Not because they want to defame or diminish Greek people.

[@areguapiri]

Wrong

[@thedisciple516]

@@areguapiri right

[@4onejr]

I'm not sure if the story behind the "Bean Eaters" name is entirely correct. From what I recall, "Bean Eater" is an old-timey slang word for a Pidgeon, which presumably Boston has a lot of. A Pidgeon is also a kind of Dove, so that also explains why the team briefly rebranded as "the Doves"

[@tyjaifoster1112]

And maybe you should do all the NASCAR races from Daytona to Darlington in the a truck series this year which was last night in later on today the Xfinity series is going to take their turn on the track too tough to tame. And it starts at 1:30 p.m..

[@SameOldSomething]

you cant trust a single word from Clevescene.

[@rohan1970b]

Can't wait for part 2.

[@joemax4535]

Good going Cleveland with the name change enjoy your half empty ballpark.

[@Pete_Finch]

New York losing two MLB teams in the same year was pretty devastating. I despise both the LA Dodgers and SF Giants for good measure as a New Yorker, even though I have no personal vendetta against either

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

Gotta say, attacking communism is a good thing at any time, in any era. The Reds should consider a name change again. But I'm a Cubs fan lol

[@strawman6085]

Politically correct video, yuck!!!!