Was it “Redlegs” or “Red Stockings”?
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Red Stockings, sez them.
During the heights of the 1950’s anti-Commies care, I believe that they went back to the Redlegs name for a few years.
Of course now a good part of their uniforms are colored BLACK, which makes absolutely NO fucking sense.
It was, indeed, the “Red Stockings.”
The Reds website proudly says
The truth is, that they were the first team to publicly announce such. “They were not the first professional team, nor the first all-salaried team, nor the first team to go undefeated over a season.” From Total Baseball.
Seems that it was a “covert” thing up until then.
The current Cincinnati Reds team really isn’t a direct descendant of the 1869 Red Stockings. That team broke up after the 1870 season and most of the players went to Boston and formed what are today the Atlanta Braves. From 1871-1875, pro teams played in a league called the National Association. There was no Cincinnati representative in that league.
There was a Cincinnati team in the inaugural National League season of 1876. It lasted from 1876-1880 and they were called the Reds.
The present day Reds started in 1882 in the old American Association as the Red Stockings. They moved to the National League in 1890.
Cecil Adams on Why were the Cincinnati Reds once known as the Redlegs?