Quote (casedizzle45 @ Jul 13 2011 01:49pm)
lol Phillies isnt a creative name either, they just abreviated the city's name and added "ies" to the end haha
After being founded in 1883 as the "Quakers", the team changed its name to the "Philadelphias", after the convention of the times. This was soon shortened to "Phillies".[4] "Quakers" continued to be used interchangeably with "Phillies" from 1884 until 1890, when the team officially became known as the "Phillies".