Why are the Red Sox and White Sox spelled S-O-X, and not Socks?
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Direct quotes from the websites below:"The (Chicago) club originally called itself the "White Stockings," the original name of the National League's Chicago Cubs. Headline editors at the Chicago Tribune sports department immediately began shortening the name to "White Sox," and the team officially adopted the shorter name in 1903. The name change to the White Sox was brought on after scorekeeper Christoph Hynes wrote White Sox at the top of a scorecard rather than White Stockings, this scorecard was then seen by the press."
"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."
socks are inferior to sox. baseball players wear sox and normal people wear socks. and normal people are inferior to ball players.
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to sound cool. I think they spelled it like that not to go to court.Is there anyone here on sports1234.com that.?
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Part of the article states:
"The formation of the modern baseball leagues coincides, more or less, with a broad movement to simplify English spelling. The father of the movement, Noah Webster, had pushed to create a "national language" a century earlier. Webster wanted to distinguish American English from British English by correcting irregular spellings and eliminating silent letters."
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For their name to fit in a newspaper headline more easily. No kidding. That's really why.Be smart--never root for a team named after underwear. . . .
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Because it's cool now stop dissing my team! ((the white sox))More Questions & Answers...