[Ads-l] Origin of Pittsburgh Pirates nickname

[Dan Goncharoff]

River pirates...

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 3:22 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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