Maggs and Galahad

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:14 am

same here ---boooooooooooooooo YANKEES---GO PHILLIES!!!!!!

gALAHAD---HOW DID THE doDgers GET THEIR NAME??? BEING A TRUE BLOOD lower east side noo yawker--i SHOULD KNOW!!!!!

FORGIVE THE MESSY TYPING---AM USING LOUIES LAP TOP AND APPEARS MY FINGERS ARENT FAMILIAR WITH IT--

tHANKS--

bARBARA

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:18 am

Hi Barbara,

Here you go!

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Brooklyn was criss-crossed by trolley cars. The team was originally known as "The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers" and that was later shortened to just "Brooklyn Dodgers". "Trolley Dodger" was a popular Manhattanite nickname for Brooklynites.
The same team went by many different names in its early years, including "The Church City Nines" (one of Brooklyn's early nicknames was "City of Churches"), and the Brooklyn Kings ("Kings" county being the location of Brooklyn). After four players got married in the same year (1888), the team was known as the "Brooklyn Bridgegrooms" -- a name that stuck for quite a long time. They also held the names "Superbas", the "Robins" after manager Wilbert Robinson, and the "Infants".

The name "Dodgers" first appeared on the team's uniforms in 1933 (before that, the uniforms just had a "B" on them, or "Brooklyn"). The famous script version of the word "Brooklyn" appeared on the uniforms for the first time in 1937.

Love, Maggie

Post by **tex** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:43 am

Yep, around the turn of the previous century, most Noo Yawkers supposedly referred to Brooklynites as "trolley-dodgers". That was a little before your time, I reckon. For a while, they were affectionately nicknamed the "Bums", by sports fans, also.

Life was a lot more fun before everyone got all eat-up with political correctness.

Luve,
Galahad

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:06 am

wow---guys--thanks for the info---about *dem* BUMS-----
that I heard often--calling those Dodgers *the Bums* but the whole story is great--

thanks again---gotta show Louie this--cus he never knew of the story!!!!

Barbara

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:34 am

and Galahad U better believe that the TURN of the CENTURY was before my time---

Columbo!!!!!!

Post by **tex** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:42 am

Luve,
Galahad