I was going to cut and paste an entire wikepedia article but then I saw that 2 people already did it.
I'd hate to look stupid so I'll say because they have red socks.
How could one person cut and paste an entire article from a website and not even reference it in the source section????????????? Can you say plagiarism???
2007-08-09 05:40:41
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answered by d-town 3
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Because they wear Red Sox
2007-08-09 05:37:15
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answered by J-Far 6
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John I. Taylor, the team's owner at the time, gave them that name in 1907 because of the red socks they wore as part of the uniform. Before that they had no official nickname. They had been called many names, like Americans, Puritans, Pilgrims, Somersets, etc. in their first few years but those were all unofficial names used by the papers to distinguish them from the National League team in Boston.
It's thought that Taylor used "Sox" instead of Socks or Stockings because Sox would fit more easily in a newspaper headline. That makes sense because his dad, Charles Taylor was the publisher of the Boston Globe, so he may have been the one who gave him that advice.
Charles Taylor was actually the one who bought the Sox from the previous owner, Henry Killilea, and gave the team to his son.
2007-08-09 05:23:14
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answered by bencas9900 4
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The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning 1908. Actually, Sox was adopted by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings, as "Stockings Win!" in large type would not fit on a page. The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as las Medias Rojas for Red Stockings.
The name originated with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1867-1870 member of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players. Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings, and earned the famous nickname, a year or two before hiring the first fully professional team in 1869. When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the "Red Stockings" nickname along. (Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal.) The Boston Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league. The success of the two teams in Cincinnati and Boston gave "Red Stockings" and other "Red" nicknames some historical and profitable grounding there and probably grounded other "Stockings" nicknames in other cities.
Boston and a new Cincinnati club were charter members of the National League in 1876. Perhaps in deference to the Cincinnati history, many people reserved the "Red Stockings" nickname for that city; the Boston team is commonly called "Red Caps" today. Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname "Braves" in 1912; that club is now based in Atlanta.
In 1901, the American League led by Ban Johnson declared itself equal to the National League and established a competing club in Boston. For seven seasons, the AL team wore dark blue stockings and had no official nickname. They were simply "Boston" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city. Their 1901-1907 jerseys, both home and road, simply read "Boston", except for 1902 when they sported large letters "B" and "A" denoting "Boston" and "American". On December 18, 1907, Taylor announced that the club had officially adopted red as its new team color.
The Red Sox are one of two teams in the American League with Sox in their name, the Chicago White Sox being the other.
2007-08-09 05:19:59
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answered by caligurl81 3
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The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning 1908. Actually, Sox was adopted by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings, as "Stockings Win!" in large type would not fit on a page. The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as las Medias Rojas for Red Stockings.
The name originated with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1867-1870 member of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players. Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings, and earned the famous nickname, a year or two before hiring the first fully professional team in 1869. When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the "Red Stockings" nickname along. (Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal.) The Boston Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league. The success of the two teams in Cincinnati and Boston gave "Red Stockings" and other "Red" nicknames some historical and profitable grounding there and probably grounded other "Stockings" nicknames in other cities.
Boston and a new Cincinnati club were charter members of the National League in 1876. Perhaps in deference to the Cincinnati history, many people reserved the "Red Stockings" nickname for that city; the Boston team is commonly called "Red Caps" today. Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname "Braves" in 1912; that club is now based in Atlanta.
In 1901, the American League led by Ban Johnson declared itself equal to the National League and established a competing club in Boston. For seven seasons, the AL team wore dark blue stockings and had no official nickname. They were simply "Boston" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city. Their 1901-1907 jerseys, both home and road, simply read "Boston", except for 1902 when they sported large letters "B" and "A" denoting "Boston" and "American". On December 18, 1907, Taylor announced that the club had officially adopted red as its new team color.
The Red Sox are one of two teams in the American League with Sox in their name, the Chicago White Sox being the other.
Pilgrims
For years many sources have called the early Boston AL teams "Pilgrims" or "Puritans" or "Plymouth Rocks", or "Somersets" for owner Charles Somers, but Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that none of those names was used much and that "Pilgrims", the most popular today, was barely used at all.[28]
2007-08-09 05:18:19
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answered by healthspot_2000 4
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Obvious I'm sure...Their sox are RED...
2007-08-09 05:21:52
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answered by daddio 3
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Well if you have it translated by a native Bostonian it means Red Sux. Listen to the accent, you will hear this. But it's commonly referred to as Sox in the general public.
2007-08-09 05:17:47
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answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7
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