ray, our company president's wife is the Grand Daughter of the Sox man who made the deal on the napkin way back... some relation like that... great-grand daughter or something
he told me the crazy story a while ago, ill have to ask him again to get the whole story. tw On 4/27/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > G wrote: > > Hey we're 3-1 in our last 4 games.................or 3-12 in our last 15 :) > > > > I'll tell you what a Royal is when you tell me what "Sox" are. > > > > > >> Heh - The Royals (WTF is a 'Royal' anyways?) have basically tripled > >> their winning record in the past week, haven't they? > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205680 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
