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OriolesFan40 - Thanks for the kind words. I've already worked on the Cincinnati Reds, but I'll do Baltimore/St. Louis/Milwaukee next
Ah, the Reds. As most of you already know, my favorite team. They are not having the best of seasons, but then again, they don't have the best of owners.
Much like the Yankees, the Reds have had logo stability for quite a few years...or so I thought. Turns out that the Reds have had three logos since 1968 (I honestly thought it was just one) and lots and lots of logos before that. So let's get started!
First things first...the Reds are NOT the oldest franchise in baseball, no matter what the team tries to say. The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings either folded or moved to Boston, depending on who you ask. So these Reds actually began in 1890, as members of the American Association, and then moved to the National League.
That's where we will start - with the first five logos being uniform logos, not cap logos, because teams didn't wear logos on their caps back then:
#1 - 1890 to 1899
#2 - 1900
#3 - 1901 to 1904
#4 - 1905
#5 - 1906 to 1907
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Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb
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