Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!fortune!burton From: burton@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Even more baseball trivia - (nf) Message-ID: <2504@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 19:09:19 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2504 Posted: Fri Feb 10 19:09:19 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 23:21:35 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 22 #R:ihuxw:-68400:fortune:32400005:000:677 fortune!burton Feb 10 14:50:00 1984 In response to this trivia quiz, I'll try a few answers. The Brooklyn Dodgers were once called the Bridegrooms, because so many of their players were getting married at once. Actually, they started life out as the Trolley Dodgers, a reference to the dominant means of getting around that town prior to General Motors. The Astros used to be the Colt 45s. Note to all trivia question posers: Please post the correct answers after a while. Philip (ex-Brooklyn-ite) Burton 101 Twin Dolphin Drive Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 94065 (415) 595-8444 x 526 - - - {allegra,[decvax!decwrl,ucbvax]!amd70,cbosgd,harpo,hpda,ihnp4,sri-unix} !fortune!burton