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Team names technicalities The way the teams are listed above puts their names in the modern context of a city name plus a nickname. In fact, the singular form of that "nickname" was often the team name itself, with its base city "understood" and was so listed in the standings. Example: Rather than saying "Brooklyn Atlantics", the team was simply called "Atlantic", or "Atlantic of Brooklyn" if deemed necessary by the writer. Another common practice was to refer to the team in the plural; hence the "Bostons" the "Chicagos"... or the "Mutuals". Hence some additional confusion for modern readers. Sometimes the team would have a nickname, usually something to do with the team colors. Examples: Boston Red Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Mutual Green Stockings. A relatively modern equivalent to this was when the Pacific Coast League had two teams in San Francisco , called "San Francisco" and "Mission". The teams were officially the "Seals" and the "Reds" respectively. However, the second team was also often called the "Missions". This practice of using the singular form of the "nickname" as the team name faded with time, although as recently as the early 1900s , the team generally known as "Philadelphia Athletics" was shown in the American League standings as "Athletic", the traditional way. The closest modern sports franchises come to this style is by assigning a name that reflects the region that the team wants to represent. The , there were the Mutual Green Stockings of New York. Now we have the newly redubbed Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim . The way the NA teams were typically shown in contemporary standings was as follows:
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