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Red Stockings was a named used by the Cincinnati team for a brief period in the 1950s and '60s during the "Cold War" era, when "Reds" was not popular because of the reference to Communists. During that period, most Baseball fans still reffered to Cincinnati as the Reds, however. The Boston Red Sox, were, to best references, were never known as the Red Stockings. After additional research, baseball's first professional team, Cincinnati, was called the Red Stockings originally..but soon dropped the "Stockings" and were then known only as the Cincinnati Reds, until that brief period mentioned above, then reversed to just the Reds and have been that ever since. The Cincinnati team was first established in 1868 as the first "professional" baseball team. The Red Sox were first called the Somersets until 1905, then the Puritans for two years and the Red Sox ever since.
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Who did the Cincinnati red stockings play for their first game in 1869?
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Is it true the first team of professional baseball players was the Cincinnati red stockings?
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What was the first Major League Baseball team?
Chicago White Stockings owned by William A. Hulbert The Cincinnati Red Stockings where the first major league team. They where formed in 1876. My source says that the first professional baseball team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
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Who was the first proffesional baseball team?
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Home of the Red Stockings baseball's oldest professional team?
Cincinnati, OH is the home of the Cincinnati Reds, formerly known as the Red Stockings.
Who was the first team in baseball?
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first team in MLB history
What was the 1st all-professional baseball team?
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What was the first professionsal team sport?
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What was the first pro baseball team to play?
The original Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first openly all-professional team in 1869. The Red Stockings were formed as an amateur ball club in 1863. There have been three incarnations of the Red Stockings, the original team, another team as a charter member of the National League in 1872, and a third formed in 1882 who are now the Cincinnati Reds. The Red Stockings started play as the Reds in 1890 when they left the American Association to join the National League.
Who founded the Cincinnati Red Stockings?
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were founded in the law office of Alfred Goshorn in 1866. Click on the 'History of the Cincinnati Red Stockings' link on this page to read about the beginnings of the first all professional baseball team.
Who was the coach of the Cincinnati red stockings?
The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team in the U.S., were managed by Harry Wright who was also their center fielder.
