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...named because a young lady named Margaret Truman (no kin to Mrs. Cliftpn Daniel), who knitted the uniform socks, decided that the boys would look nice in red. -The nickname lasted until the era of Joe McCarthy-the late Senator, not the great New York Yankee manager. Then, patrioteering owners with an ear for public opinion and rustlings among the Reds ruled that their ball club should be called the Redlegs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Game of Inches | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

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