Tuesday Nite Trivia.....

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by cozmokramer

Ted

Any idea why the zookeeper (Jim Murray) was in charge of scoring?

Eric

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cozmokramer

There was a James Murray (born 1919) who was a well known Sports writer. Perhaps he was related (son ?) to the Jim Murray in 1883 ?

That's just a wild guess on my part.


TED Z

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[nat]

Are you sure about that Phillies tidbit? Baseball-Reference has the Cubs going back to 1876. They changed their name several times (although in the early days baseball team nicknames were pretty unofficial), but it's the same franchise.

B-R also has the Reds starting in 1882 as the Red Stockings, the Braves in 1876 (also as the Red Stockings), the Pirates in 1882 as the Alleghenys, and the Cardinals in 1882 as the Brown Stockings.

The Phillies also apparently didn't use the name 'Phillies' since their founding. B-R lists them as the "Quakers" until 1890.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by nat

Are you sure about that Phillies tidbit? Baseball-Reference has the Cubs going back to 1876. They changed their name several times (although in the early days baseball team nicknames were pretty unofficial), but it's the same franchise.

B-R also has the Reds starting in 1882 as the Red Stockings, the Braves in 1876 (also as the Red Stockings), the Pirates in 1882 as the Alleghenys, and the Cardinals in 1882 as the Brown Stockings.

The Phillies also apparently didn't use the name 'Phillies' since their founding. B-R lists them as the "Quakers" until 1890.

Braves go back to 1871 according to a couple of sources. Phillies may be the longest one city, same name team though.