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| | The Boston Pilgrims Never Existed - ROYAL ROOTERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The official name was (perhaps) the Boston American League Ball Club, if we are willing to go by the team name provided for the signature line on the contract to play the World Series which was signed by the Pittsburgh Athletic Co. and the Boston club on September 16, 1903. |
 | | All in all, the team was described in newspaper columns as "Boston" or "the Bostons" and, when more clarity was necessary, the "Boston Americans." The Boston Pilgrims, though, never existed, not in the minds of the sportswriters, nor in the minds of the fans (as best we can tell). |
 | | The Boston Nationals abandoned their red socks after the 1907 season, allegedly because their manager feared that the red coloring might cause infections if players were spiked, and the Americans quickly adopted them, beginning the 1908 season with red-trimmed uniforms and red socks. |
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