That gave me some leeway then, because even though Royal Blue is our color, and our logo sports a crown (for a king, or "royalty"), I had a hunch that our name was taken from the American Royal Livestock Show (Rodeo), which has been an annual event in KC for 100 years.
Looking it up....wiki mentions that Kaufman did indeed name his new team after the American Royal. Incidentally, I was actually familiar with the Boston Red Stockings story. Though I didn't know it morphed into "Sox" because of lazy newspaper reporters. > OK, so admittedly, I had a hunch it really did have to do with Red > Socks, but I had to look it up: > > The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, > is based on the red footwear worn by the team starting in 1908. "Sox" > was adopted by newspapers in need of a more headline friendly form of > "Stockings," as "Stockings Win!" in large type would not fit on a page. > The name originated from the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first > professional baseball team and a member of the first (now defunct) > league, the National Association of Baseball Players. The team was > formed by Harry Wright in 1869, and was the first team to actually pay > its players a salary, which was frowned upon at the time. The Red > Stockings were able to attract the best players from around the country, > and hence became one of the first dynasties in American sports. Many > other clubs began to follow suit, which is how professional baseball was > born. > > Whatchoo got? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205667 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
