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1921, Nov 27th - Boston Braves are named after a man who liked to PLAY Indian - and nothing more.

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So... what can we gather from this article?

1. Sportswriters were instrumental in the naming of many sports teams.

2. Boston Braves came from the owner of the team who was a Tammany man (meaning, he liked to dress up and play Indian with his friends).

3. Not a whole lot of thought went into naming some of these teams.

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