Subj : Re: Changing team names.
To : Andeddu
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Jul 15 2020 07:39 am
-=> Andeddu wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
> The Cleveland Browns went to Baltimore & became the Ravens. I believe it
> was the St. Louis Rams that went to LA.
An> It's still deeply offensive to my sensibilities. I know that English
An> football teams regularly changed their names back in the late 1800s to
An> early 1900s. Manchester United, for instance, was founded as Newton
An> Heath & West Ham United were known as Thames Ironworks F.C. I suppose I
An> can see why The Hammers changed their name!
As a long-time Oakland resident, I wish the Raiders would change
their name. The "Las Vegas Raiders" doesn't do their history justice.
I always like the story of the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers moving to LA
and leaving the "trolley" part in NY.
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