[Ads-l] Origin of Pittsburgh Pirates nickname

[Andy Bach]

Alternate origins (but they've not heard of the the "PofP" version):

*Milwaukee Brewers: *Milwaukee, home to Pabst, Miller, and Schlitz, decided
to name its team the Brewers after public outcry over the original team
name, the Milwaukee Drunks.

*New York Mets: *Although some may assume that the New York Mets are
affiliated with the art museum or the opera house, “Mets” is actually short
for “methamphetamines,” in honor of the drug that made the original team
owners their fortune.

*Philadelphia Phillies: *Named after the species with the Latin name *Philli
phanatica*, which is indigenous to the area.

*Pittsburgh Pirates: *Riddle me this: they’re called the Pirates, but
Pittsburgh is landlocked.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/origin-stories-of-mlb-team-names


On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 3:24 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I recently posted an article about the origin of the Pittsburgh Pirates'
> nickname.  The general story is well known - Pittsburgh "stole" (allegedly
> - they were exonerated) some players - therefore "Pirates."  The story is a
> bit more complex than that; there were a lot of pirates and accusations of
> piracy flying around at the time.  Humorously, when the name Pirates
> finally caught on with Pittsburgh, it was borrowed from lyrics from the
> Pirates of Penzance, "It is, it is, a glorious thing, to be, to be a Pirate
> King."
>
> https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-pittsburgh-pirates-of-penzance.html
>
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