How It Was Named | MLB Teams

[@chivas1494]

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]

They actually first played at the Polo Grounds.

[@G7M9W]

The flag of New York City is also blue, white, and orange -- colors the Islanders also use.

[@RCfromtheNYC]

And the pinstripes on the Mets home jerseys were to honor the Yankees.

[@oddballskull1941]

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]

@@oddballskull1941 Yeah, many cities do. I don't know how often they're seen flying in many cases, but they do exist.

[@CountSamwell]

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]

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]

And Bears are bigger than Cubs like football players are larger than baseball players.

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

@Don1103 Wow, you found one guy.

[@frankpassi9812]

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]

@@FAITHandLOGIC bonds would like a word

[@Zach-mw5so]

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]

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]

The angels haven’t changed that much they are just Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

[@williamberry4615]

@@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]

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]

@@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]

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]

Definitely! Pretty wild!

[@stephen_cs]

Kansas City Royals haven't moved either

[@G7M9W]

@@stephen_cs You're right -- forgot to include them in the list above.

[@mosquitonstuff]

The Padres was founded in 1969 so it’s not that new

[@G7M9W]

@@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.

[@slumdo666]

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]

@@DieselDaddy82 I'm a LA fan 😂 our OG play by play announcer Vin Scully taught me this one tho.

[@starwarsbaseballboy1]

Those 1800 team names were something else.

[@oddballskull1941]

You should put 1800s

[@fekkacam]

@@oddballskull1941are you that slow?

[@MrH.09]

@@oddballskull1941Bro he said "names" with an s

[@hailtotheredskins92]

This is old but he said 1800 not 1800s thats why the guy corrected him

[@jb2._]

Orphans vs the bean eaters

[@hidden2098]

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]

Wow that’s pretty neat! Just gets to sit there knowing they named the whole team and no one knows who it is!!

[@benm8027]

I was surprised that wasn’t mentioned. That’s like the most important and memorable part of how we got our name

[@mattmurphy5805]

I heard that from secret base

[@paulisaacson6044]

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]

And why M 's not Skippers Skips Ships or Mains as nicknames, Logs even

[@dakotathomas2139]

"The Baltimore Orioles started as a minor league team..." Unfortunately that never changed 😭😭

[@dgtwo3724]

Dakota Thomas...Well-played, a lot better played than the Orioles😀

[@dakotathomas2139]

@@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]

@Dakota Thomas I agree, baseball will always survive. The God's Of Baseball juat won't let it die⚾️

[@jasonleetaiwan]

Orioles have 3 championships and 7 pennants. That's not bad.

[@dakotathomas2139]

@@jasonleetaiwan i know I know, I just havent been alive for any of it haha

[@Pee-Pad]

I’ve always wondered about the socks references. I didn’t realize it was that big of a deal back in the day.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Yeah apparently they were big fans of their footwear back then!

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@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]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@jakedasnake7703]

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]

Haha I know what you mean! My D-Backs have had a rough half decade plus!

[@peetyw8851]

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]

My best friend Pirates fan says they died after 2015.

[@jakedasnake7703]

@@ChairmanMeow1 couldn’t agree more.

[@jakedasnake7703]

@@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.

[@Gemnist98]

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]

Ah great point!! Thank you!

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

That’s creative! Thank god they dropped Devil from the name! Plus, it rhymes with A’s!

[@fvd6553]

The original devil rays logo and color skeme was much nicer tho

[@noblinkreal]

Interesting

[@MrThejboe3oh5]

​@@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.

[@unclecreepy4185]

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]

Grandfather clause. It was named after an earlier professional basketball team (from 1944-1954) also called the Baltimore Bullets.

[@unclecreepy4185]

Not the grandfather clause. You missed the point of the joke.

[@GizmoBeach]

Baltimore was home to a large armory hence the use of Bullets. The .45’s changed their name because of the move to the Astrodome, not because of any large outpourings of negative associations with Colt .45 pistols at the time.

[@SSobotkaJr]

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]

Sun Rays isn't bad at all! Plus they could do some good Ray Ban partnerships!

[@aldo1953]

sun rays would be cool, I would like that better than just rays. the Devil Rays was a gangster name tho

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

Well now that they dropped devil from the name, now we got a double meaning!

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

@@Rockhound6165 Well, it would be good if I could meet up with them at Arrrrrrrrrrrrrby’s!

[@ooooo524]

Bucs are ajoke to many. Cowboys fans definitely

[@mikelewis495]

"The Los Angeles Angels" literally means "The the Angels Angels"

[@JustinLearnsThings]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Zach-mw5so]

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]

@@Zach-mw5so basically the same thing with almost all of the southwest city names

[@VibrateGirl101]

Originality.

[@ooammo632]

Lol

[@JamesJohnson-l6y]

I'm so happy that the Old Milwaukee Brewers (1901), change to the St. Louis Browns (1902-1953) to the Baltimore Orioles (1954-present).

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for watching

[@MetroCSN]

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]

LIES!! The Sox hate the Cubs, we can't respect them nor show them any love... being tongue and cheeky atm

[@vernonmcgraw6627]

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]

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]

Fun fact, Labatt Blue was named after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

[@altawedgie1392]

⁠@@DaveinNorthYorktrue, but Labatt was the controlling partner despite only having a 45% share, and took some grief for choosing the name Blue Jays (although they claim the Labatt Blue connection was only about 10% of the reasoning)

[@tygrkhat4087]

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]

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]

Nice I’m a Red Sox fan

[@morpeur]

All of your video are perfect. Perfect music, perfect explication and perfect montage, image

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for watching! Means a lot that you enjoy them!

[@fightingirishinohio]

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]

Yup 💯 🙌

[@StFigarlandGarling]

Didn’t the spiders become like the worst team ever in 1899?

[@jasonsmith2439]

@@StFigarlandGarlingyou are correct 👍

[@billgrindler4653]

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.

[@jeremyschooler1120]

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]

At least the A’s didn’t lose a rival in California

[@rockvilleraven]

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.

[@timfortune9]

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]

Yeah spiders is definitely a pretty cool name! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@danielr4640]

Cleveland Lakeshores should of been kept

[@sociallymatti]

I don’t know.... That name kinda seems Erie to me.

[@MrCubFan415]

@@sociallymatti (badum tss)

[@bigjuicypotato1482]

They could make a sick logo about spiders

[@MattRowland]

I just want to say - years later after you made this - that I applaud you for getting the Reds history correct. Even the franchise themselves (and their fans) mistakenly get their history incorrect by claiming to be the oldest franchise. Props to you for outlining the confusing (but correct) history of Cincinnati baseball.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Haha thanks I appreciate it! Definitely don’t get everything right and learning new stuff all the time, but try to do my due diligence! Thanks for watching!

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

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.

[@joshorjoshuaorjoshy]

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

[@katherineberger6329]

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]

Great details adding to the info!! Thank you for sharing!! 🙌

[@jt7250]

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.

[@plazmacube6167]

Whoever names the original MLB Teams probably had an obsession with stockings......and colors.

[@noblinkreal]

0:00 Atlanta Braves 4:01 Chicago Cubs 5:49 Cincinnati Reds 7:30 Pittsburgh Pirates 8:41 St. Louis Cardinals 10:21 Philadelphia Phillies 11:55 San Francisco Giants 13:04 Los Angeles Dodgers 15:35 Baltimore Orioles 18:06 Boston Red Sox 18:56 Chicago White Sox 19:45 Cleveland Guardians 23:11 Detroit Tigers 23:38 Minnesota Twins 25:10 New York Yankees 26:28 Oakland Athletics 28:19 Los Angeles Angels 31:36 Texas Rangers 32:28 Houston Astros 33:07 New York Mets 33:37 Kansas City Royals 34:13 Milwaukee Brewers 36:34 San Diego Padres 37:02 Washington Nationals 38:55 Seattle Mariners 39:38 Toronto Blue Jays 40:00 Colorado Rockies 40:38 Miami Marlins 41:25 Arizona Diamondbacks 42:16 Tampa Bay Rays 42:57 Outro

[@naterosenhaus9743]

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

[@filanfyretracker]

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]

I like billy joel's last play at the shea

[@aresee8208]

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.

[@alexanderbowen3033]

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.

[@brady2921]

Idk how this has such little interaction, this is a really good video.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for the love! I appreciate you checking it out! Share it with some friends! 😁

[@ciello___8307]

we're just here early

[@brady2921]

@@ciello___8307 this had 300 views when I commented this, lol.

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

@@brady2921 commiented?

[@venedenn1]

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]

Bahaha that's great!

[@unclecreepy4185]

In 1989, Marty McFly traveled to 2015 to see the Cubs win the World Series against Miami.

[@I3e1ng]

Wasn't it 1985?

[@unclecreepy4185]

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.

[@peterwhite9546]

The browns were supposed to move to LA but the date set for the ownership vote was 12/8/41

[@orangehoof]

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]

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!

[@rayala21]

I’m confused!!! 😩 If the Dodgers were the Robins…. And the Giants were the Gothams… where was the Batman?

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Probably out on the town with cat woman! 😂

[@MrCubFan415]

In the Bronx (Yankees), kicking butt in true Batman fashion

[@tygrkhat4087]

In the comics, the Gotham MLB team is the Giants.

[@supahsean6710]

Well obviously, every ballplayer is a batman /s

[@oddballskull1941]

@@tygrkhat4087 dude the comics throw gotham around wherever, it’s been in connecticut on more than one occasion

[@PGar58]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@rowanblaze4185 Seattle is due. Sorry they lost Seager. Almost made it last year. Came down to last game. Our day will come.

[@rowanblaze4185]

@@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.

[@bradymaher9657]

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]

and it’s about to get more interesting it would seem

[@beauxguss6321]

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.

[@nickziggy439]

This video deserves so much more love. See you’ve put a lot of effort into this video.. keep it up 👍🏼

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@darladoxstater8528]

The Angels' first season was played at Wrigley Field, then they moved to Dodger Stadium 1962-1965. The Pilots had really cool hats.

[@rickr7599]

That's Wrigley Field in LA......NOT the famous home of the Cubs-- Wrigley Field in Chicago....just so everyone knows.

[@jonphillips2623]

@@rickr7599 did you know the Wrigley Field in L.A is the ORIGINAL one?

[@bradjpeter]

@@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]

Well at least there’s just one coliseum

[@NM-si9mc]

It’s been two years, where’s the themed sports cities video 😭

[@JustinLearnsThings]

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!) 😅

[@jcrotea]

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]

It was a coincidence that these are the SAME colors!!

[@unclejemima9079]

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]

I've noticed an ebb and flow over the years to how much I watch too!

[@PatrickHogan]

This was a great video. Thank you for giving the history of all the names each team used. Keep it up! Subscribed!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for watching!! 🙌

[@PatrickHogan]

@@JustinLearnsThings Hope you have more baseball content in the future! :)

[@mistapotta]

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]

The Braves, only baseball franchise to win the world series in 3 different cities.

[@ferdinandfoch7816]

@@bdog1323 Until the A's win one in Las Vegas

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

@@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]

@@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”!

[@markjohnson9455]

The narrator taught me lots of things I did not know.

[@poppinpatty2507]

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]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jaredjackson7526]

Phenomenal detail and work. I see you, man.

[@muggsyaxton8085]

4th-generation Washingtonian here. Just wanted to give you a little civics lesson: Article I, Section 8, clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution provides explicitly for a national capital that would not be part of a state nor treated as a state, but rather a jurisdiction under the exclusive authority of Congress, a neutral "district" in which representatives of all the states could meet on an equal footing to conduct the nation's business.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Totally see what you mean, That’s why I’d be all for a constitutional amendment! I don’t think the founders could have anticipated the size of the permanent population in DC year round, even when congress isn’t in session. I understand that there’s constitutional questions to address, but in my opinion we should always look to expand representative democracy! Thanks for sharing the sharing the section from the Constitution and helping to provide a larger context for the conversation! 🙌 I hope you found the video fun!

[@muggsyaxton8085]

@@JustinLearnsThings no, they did. It was much debated read Federalist #43 by James Madison. Also, since Home Rule passed in 1973, the city has changed remarkably. And for the better, Justin? Prior to Home Rule, D.C. had the best public schools in the nation. Today, the worst. And all at a cost of $29,000 per student, the highest in the nation. The idea of the Party of Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, East St. Louis, Seattle and Portland taking total control of a *federal enclave* is a horrifying idea. And nothing more than pure power grab. Have D.C. residents absorbed into Maryland. Remember, the last time Democrats screwed around with D.C. was when Virginia took back their portion of the donated land in 1847. Why? To protect the institution of slavery. Clearly, it's not 1847 but shortsighted power grabs are never a good idea. And with a 50-50 senate, there is no mandate. But please, Justin, waste your time and write your congressperson. Get 2/3rds of the senate to ratify the constitution to make a city Democrats broke into a state. The irony is, the D.C. four generations of my family lived wasn't this ultra rich detached joke. My family were blue collar (teachers, cop, secretary for a senator). Those people that do all those jobs now? Most moved to Virginia or Maryland years ago. D.C. now is a caricature of limousine liberalism. Pretending the people in the richest zip codes in America are oppressed? No, Justin. Fix SE DC first. And yeah, I know you mean well, but you mispronounced Bill Veek's name too. The little lectures on racism and D.C. statehood in a baseball video was annoying enough but getting Veek's name is just lazy. Anyway, good luck the channel (honestly) and maybe either lean totally into politics or leave it alone. Being lectured constantly is getting old.

[@kippie2293]

@@muggsyaxton8085 Dam bruh he mispronounced a name in a 43 minute long video about how every baseball team got their name but sure he's lazy

[@muggsyaxton8085]

@@kippie2293 bruh is mo' annoyed at a baseball video advocating for D.C. statehood with pure ignorance. "How could they ever imagine people moving to the capital city" as a reason to grant a federal enclave statehood is lazy. The same kind of lazy that doesn't know the name of one of baseball's great characters, I guess. Read the Federalist Papers # 43 by James Madison, bruh.

[@kippie2293]

@@muggsyaxton8085 I ain’t care about that I jus don’t get y the mispronunciation of a name is a key point in the fact that ur mad

[@noblinkreal]

I kind of want the MLB to expand again

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Maybe back to Montreal and then to Vancouver? I think Vancouver’s minor league team does pretty well!

[@PeruvianPotato]

Another Canadian team would be pretty cool

[@notjamesearl]

baseball was played by soldiers in the civil war recreationally. it’s nearly 200 years old and still going strong. there’s just something so beautifully captivating about it. it’s our childhood summers. it’s as american as a bald eagle eating an apple pie.

[@codenamelarry6518]

You might have to edit this when the Athletics move to Vegas.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Yeah I think I’ll have to stay on top of it and add updates after the fact!

[@Fly4aBaldGuy]

Came here to comment on moving the A’s to Vegas lol

[@jasonmilly3320]

Vuck Fegas. Hope the Raiders and Knights never win

[@mns2723]

Wait what?!

[@marstarmiller]

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.

[@mrwasgehtsiedasan655]

I'm not even into Baseball but I just like These stories behind Sports Teams. Great vid!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

That’s awesome! Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Glad you checked it out! Yeah half of my love of sports is just the interesting stories for sure!

[@michaellopez68]

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

[@ryanclark3935]

"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]

And it was much to their dismay when fans started calling the team "The Jays" instead.

[@mikedemenchuk7717]

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]

@@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.

[@reedr7142]

I believe there was a period of time in which the Athletics were officially/unofficially just the A’s.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

I definitely wouldn’t be surprised! That’s definitely the way I’ve always referred to them!

[@KrispigKarp]

It’s nice to see you back!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks! It’s nice to be back at it again! More to come soon hopefully!!

[@dcflow7859]

This is amazing!! You deserve to have a lot more subscribers, your hard work is not unnoticed!!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thank you that is very kind! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@larryhernandez1923]

That was very informative and I'm a baseball fanatic. Thank you for the video!

[@m.s.769]

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.

[@FreedomFighterUSA76]

Great video. Your NFL video popped up on my feed today and now i'm here. Good job.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

That’s awesome thanks so much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it! More videos to come soon!

[@laarrsiavelli]

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]

Brewers have a great logo!

[@ChasingWonderInTheWorld]

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]

Yo for real? Dang that's pretty crazy!

[@dylmwidner]

Still waiting for the day that the Angels go back to being the Anaheim Angels

[@angelsanddodgersfan3589]

Well they are the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim so they didn’t lose Anaheim completely

[@UndeadArmyGen]

@@angelsanddodgersfan3589 they dropped the "of Anaheim" part in 2013. They are officially the Los Angeles Angels

[@donniefleuryy.29]

i know right. why have “Los Angeles” in your name if you’re not based in LA. just go with “Anaheim Angels”

[@martyc909]

Arte either has to sell the team, or die.

[@martyc909]

@@donniefleuryy.29 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.

[@CWbeau08]

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.

[@BootsORiley]

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]

Thanks for checking it out!! Glad you liked it!

[@sandy3482]

Wow I love this, so interesting !!!!! but honestly today there are WAY TO MANY TEAMS

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for watching!

[@verseeidana]

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]

Haha that’s funny!

[@tonytomei1175]

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]

Well, that is what the team is named after now, so it's not much of an insult.

[@BRUH_]

wow, you did you research. Very well, very nice

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thank you! Thanks for checking it out!! 🙌

[@jakestanley52]

Nice video! Just remember: it's pronounced "Veeck" as in "wreck".

[@dizbang3073]

Great book.

[@karlalden2076]

I can't believe you took the whole story of the Mariners named which involves a missing-person and reduced it to just a blip on this

[@StreetComp]

April 2023: looks like A’s will be moving to Las Vegas. Enjoying all your videos on team names, well done!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

I saw that! I’ll have to make a footnote video when that happens! Thanks for watching!!

[@Curbjaw]

The thing I never understood about the hoopla about the people being offended by the name the Indians... is how often are teams named after things out of mockery, rather than to honor them? I mean if they were like "Hey you know what? we should name our team the Indians, because native Americans are subhuman garbage, and our team should reflect that". Then one would think that there wouldn't be teams like the "White Sox", instead they'd be called the "Brown Streaked Underwear"... or you know we'd see more teams named things like "The Methheads" or "The Douchebags" or "Mangy Bums". Granted,. I think that'd be hilarious... "The San Francisco Street Shitting Mainliners would like to welcome you to a fine day for baseball!"

[@JustinLearnsThings]

I think it is in part the trope of the savage. People have no issue wanting to be seen as villainous or feared in sports. We pick fierce predators from the animal kingdom all of the time. The problem I see with the savage trope is an intentional misrepresenting of native american cultures that allows, or perpetuates, a view of a people group as a monolithic caricature. Plus those who are being caricatured have asked to not be after generations of far more than just misrepresentation of their culture. So I think its fair to allow a sports team to decide to change their name to avoid the continued controversy. But I think you may be onto something about absolutely wild names. It reminds me of the fighting artichokes of scottsdale community college. Chosen specifically as a joke! Or like the Greendale Human Beings from community!

[@shuwig]

I think if it weren’t for the Chief Wahoo mascot the name would have stuck around.

[@Curbjaw]

@@shuwig I can understand to an extent, but is he any more offensive than Notre Dame's Fighting Irish mascot? Or the Celtics pot bellied, pipe smoking, shamrock wearing irish guy? I mean it's a happy brave cartoon... It's not like he's drunk, stupid, belligerent, fat, cross eyed and drooling or anything.

[@Curbjaw]

@@JustinLearnsThings I agree they have the right to do whatever they want with their names, and I've seen some great responses to the controversies... I think one team went from an indian name to the Fighting Whities. Brilliant! I'm just saying that every team is named from something they respect... I don't think a Neo-Nazi would buy a sports team and call it the Jews, or the Zionists. Nor do I think a KKK Grand Wizard would buy a team and name them the Black Panthers, or the Farrakhans.

[@NovaScotiaNewfie]

The Labatt brewing company were the original owners of the Blue Jays. Their flagship beer was Labatt Blue.

[@cmichalakis]

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]

Oh, right after I posted this he said it lol.

[@markschnabel1353]

Sportswriters and fans often influenced those early names (as pointed out in the video).

[@RicardoSantos-wd9ol]

Excellent video... really enjoyed it. Big props for all the details and facts.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@RL_Wood80]

EDITING, COMMENTARY, INFO...PERFECT...GOOD JOB!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gertywhatagash_]

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]

Spiders would have been cool!

[@Compucles]

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]

About that last bit...

[@Loquacious_Jackson]

Dh?

[@JuicyPlayer]

The Tampa Bay Rays name now has a double meaning since the use the Devil Ray logo and the sunburst logo.

[@holdenfegan1613]

This video just cements that people really shouldn’t care that much when a team changes names. How many times did you team change its name? Mine is 6…do you think our grandparents and great grandparents cared as much as we do?

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Yeah rebranding is something that is pretty natural in the American sports leagues, its rare to have a team like the Yankees or Athletics that pretty early on land on a team name and just stick with it!

[@j_geau]

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]

Thanks! I knew it would be for only a few who would notice it! Glad you enjoyed that!!

[@CaptainQuackLive]

Watching this a year later, and now already the Cleveland section is unfinished... now they are the "Guardians"... bleck! lol

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Actually have a small follow up video I made covering that too!

[@irishdogclock]

Guardians sound like Indians after many beers.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

🤣

[@JeezyR129]

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]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

And brewers fits well!

[@Aaron_-ll7mr]

This is good! Please make more!!!

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Working on some now! Stay subscribed so you don’t miss them!

[@JWS1985]

Some of these old names are just 😂. What a cool video! 👍

[@JustinLearnsThings]

haha for sure! Thanks for checking it out!

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

Well remember, they were informal names

[@rockvilleraven]

More insight about how the Washington Nationals were named, after the Senators name was vetoed, then Mayor Anthony Willams suggested the Grays in honor of the Homestead Grays who were a Negro League powerhouse that played most of their games at Griffith stadium in DC during World War 2. Major League Baseball decided on the Nationals. They have the same curly W that the expansion Senators had since 1963 and used it for the current team.

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Nice! Thanks for sharing, rockvilleraven! I’m assuming you’re from Rockville MD? Spent some time living in the silver spring area around a decade ago! Really like that whole area!

[@rockvilleraven]

@@JustinLearnsThings Fun Fact: The Nationals are probably the only MLB team to win all four road games in the World Series to become World Champions

[@nolankahler6705]

The Pilots naming reason is 50% true. There’s a reason that a pilot’s wheel is on the logo as the name is also a reference to a boat or ship’s pilot

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Great point!! Thank you! 🙌

[@davegreenlaw5654]

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]

The Expos played home games in Puerto Rico in 2003.

[@davegreenlaw5654]

@@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]

@@bigjoe686659 Sorry, that doesn’t count

[@frijoles8770]

Glad you are back

[@mns2723]

I like your profile picture

[@Compucles]

2022: The Cleveland Indians are renamed the Cleveland Guardians after a bunch of statues on a Cleveland bridge.

[@carywest9256]

That's stupid.

[@zacpalica2500]

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]

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]

You spelled Diamondbacks wrong. But I have one thing to say to the Diamondbacks: Let’s go!

[@MiaCollinsNeighborhood]

Into the Bay!

[@Thndrstrike]

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]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and took the time to watch it!

[@SlimJimJZ]

The irony that the Cubs began as the “White Stockings”

[@penguinboyaz]

30:54 Fun Fact: the Angels were purchased by Arte Moreno in 2003 making him the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States. This is pretty significant considering as of 2023, 30.2% of Major League Baseball (MLB) players on opening day rosters were Hispanic or Latino.

[@Fatboy50005]

Not gonna lie I was extremely mad to find out my team was 40mins in to the video but it’s ok the video was interesting and fun to learn

[@JustinLearnsThings]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it and stuck through to you team!