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1. The Atlanta Braves franchise was one of the inaugural members of the new National League in 1876. What was their team name?
2. The famous Boston Red Sox franchise began with the new American League in 1901, but not with the Red Sox name. What name did they use?
3. The city of Houston was given a new National League team in 1962. What was their team name?
4. The Philadelphia Phillies franchise began in the National League in 1883 with the team name of Quakers. They kept that name until 1890 when they became the Phillies. The Phillies' name stayed with the franchise throughout the entire 20th century, except for two seasons somewhere in-between. What did the franchise change their name to for two seasons, and then go back to the Phillies name?
5. The first team ever to exist in Cleveland was the Cleveland Forest Citys in the National Association from 1871-1872. Which baseball team would be the next to call Cleveland their home?
6. The Chicago Cubs franchise was a charter member of the new National League in 1876. They were named the Chicago White Stockings and won six of the National League's first 11 championships. In 1890, they changed their name to the Colts, but didn't have that name at the turn of the century in 1900. What name did they have?
7. New York fans saw professional baseball for the first time in 1871 with the first professional baseball league, the National Assocication. They had not one team to root for, but two. One team was named the Mutuals, and the other was named what?
8. The Orioles brought the city of Baltimore their first World Series in 1966 against the Dodgers, but they weren't always the Orioles. They moved from St. Louis in 1954 after playing as the Browns for many decades. What was the name of the franchise that it began with in 1901?
9. The city of Detroit enjoyed their very first professional baseball team that had the name of what?
10. The Royals showed up in Kansas City in 1969. What team name did the franchise begin with?
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