If I know my history right, the original Boston Red Sox were founded by members of the Cincinnati Red Stockings who split off after the team decided to abandon its experiment with professional baseball and go back to being an amateur team like all the others. So the Reds and the Red Sox are siblings, in a way.
I don’t know enough to refute this, so I can only assume its true.
This explains Curt Schilling.
Some trivia I’ve always wanted to know the answer to!
lol this gave me a slight vasovagal reaction
If I know my history right, the original Boston Red Sox were founded by members of the Cincinnati Red Stockings who split off after the team decided to abandon its experiment with professional baseball and go back to being an amateur team like all the others. So the Reds and the Red Sox are siblings, in a way.