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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Yeah but baseball's goofy that way. They have three teams named after birds you see in your backyard and two named after the world's ####tiest birthday present
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There is also a historical connotation, as 19th century baseball teams often didn't really have formal nicknames and/or were occasionally referred to by uniform colours. Which explains all three of those teams (Cincinnati Red Stockings).