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  2. List of baseball team nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Also used for the American football team with whom the baseball club used to share a name and a home stadium, the New York Giants. Los Gigantes – Spanish for Giants. Used on the team's uniform on Cinco de Mayo of 2007. The Gyros; The Orange and Black – Reference to the team's colors. The G's - Simple; The Orange Nation – Same as previous ...

  3. History of baseball team nicknames - Wikipedia

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    This is a summary of the evolution of names of the current professional Major League Baseball teams in the National League (organized 1876) and subsequent rival American League (established 1901), and also of selected former major and minor league teams whose names were influential, long-lasting, or both. The sources of the names included club ...

  4. Los Angeles Angels - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team has played its home games at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California . The franchise was founded in Los Angeles ...

  5. Philadelphia Phillies - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park, located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.

  6. Major League Baseball - Wikipedia

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    Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball ( MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada. One of the big four major leagues, MLB comprises 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.

  7. Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia

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    The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, c. 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the " Boston Red Stockings ", including the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves ). [4] The team has won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, and has played in 13 World Series.

  8. Texas Rangers (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. In 2020, the Rangers moved to the new Globe Life Field in Arlington after having played at Globe Life Park (now Choctaw Stadium ...

  9. List of national baseball teams - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of men's and women's national baseball teams in the world. It consists of all men's and women's baseball teams representing their nation, country, or territory and which are members of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).