Nov 19, 2020 · The Cincinnati Reds' name was restored by 1959 and "Reds" returned to the uniform inside the wishbone-C in '61 -- the same year they returned to the postseason as NL pennant winners. They enjoyed only two winning seasons -- '56 and ’57 -- as the Redlegs.

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.

Apr 9, 2015 · It was in this context that the Cincinnati Reds officially changed their name to Redlegs in April 1953 because they didn't want to be associated with the Red Scare. It’s not …

The 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68–86, 37 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Apr 7, 2021 · Sports franchises are changing their nicknames to less offensive ones. You may not know it, but the Cincinnati Reds did this long ago.

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Oct 14, 1977 · Cincinnati being as all-American as any town you could name, the citizens quickly reverted to the older nickname. The situation was disturbingly similar to World War I, when sauerkraut became “victory cabbage” and frankfurters became “hot dogs” in order to avoid the taint of German militarism.

The Cincinnati Red Stockings became baseball's first professional team in 1869. They began with a 45-9 thumping of a team called the Great Western of Cincinnati, then proceeded to win nearly every one of its more than 70 games against overmatched amateur teams in the Midwest.

Jan 26, 2022 · Nearly 70 years ago, the Cincinnati Reds decided their name wouldn’t cut it in a political climate of anti-communist hysteria. Days before the start of the 1953 season, the team …

Sep 25, 2021 · Officially the team played under the Redlegs name until 1959. Though the team is referred to as the Redlegs, at least publicly, various documents, such as stationary, and a team year book, refers to the team as either the Cincinnati Baseball …