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Steve Berkowitz
How They Got Their Name: As one of the two MLB expansion teams awarded in 1991, the Miami Marlins were initially called the Florida Marlins. The team kept this moniker until 2012 when they moved to a new stadium. As a condition of the move, the name changed to...
NYSEG Stadium NYSEG Stadium is such a great little ballpark. It open in April of 1992 after just 9 months of construction. It has been the home of the New York Mets Double A team since 92. It has had some updates along the way including all new seats, a new field, and a new video...
An expansion team that joined the NL in 1962, Houston spent its first three seasons as the Colt .45s, sporting uniforms with itsnamesake pistol across the chestand playing at open-air Colt Stadium. But in ‘65, the club was to move into the so-called, “Eighth Wonder of the World,”...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo, bowing to recent pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.
First and foremost, the crowd is mammoth and continuing to build. Sunshine with a high haze, temperature looking a little bit higher than originally predicted. I left the hotel downtown (the Comfort Suites in the shadow of Lucas Oil Stadium) at 7:02 AM and arrived at the track at 8:43...
Expos Change Name to Washington NationalsJOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo, bowing to recent pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.