St. Louis and the South

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Why do you think they were called "the Browns"?


Because they wore brown stockings as part of their original uniforms.
Remember when the Cincinnati Reds went back to calling themselves the "Red
Stockings," during the days of McCarthyism, the House Un-American
Activities Committee, and the Red Scare?


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-Wilson
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