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Originally Posted by Dto7
1912 New Bedford team pictured.There were 3 teams that started B as the last name of the team in the 1912 New England League, Fall River Brienies, Lawrence Barristers and the Worcester Busters.
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Most New England League teams during this period did not have formal nicknames, thus their uniforms would not have reflected the nicknames you find in Baseball Reference. Fall River was called the Brinies in some newspaper stories because their manager was John O'Brien, and Lawrence was tabbed the Barristers because their skipper, Louis Pieper, was an attorney. As I recall, Worcester chose Busters in some sort of a contest, likely because they were often called (Jesse) Burkett's Busters, but I doubt they would have put a B on their uniform as a result. If it is New Bedford 1912, the opponent is Brockton, the only team in the league that year that began with a B.