c***t 发帖数: 324 | 1 The inaugural 140-game season of the American League began on April 24,
1901. Boston's team was given the nickname "Americans" to differentiate
them from the cross-town National League "Nationals." The press also
dubbed them the Somersets, Plymouth Rocks, Collinsmen, Puritans and
Pilgrims. Team owner John I. Taylor decided that, for the 1908 season,
they would wear white uniforms with red stockings while playing at home.
The name Boston Red Sox was born. Boston was the strongest team in
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