1. 06-24-13 07:43 PM #1
    pavyracer
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    SBR Trivia Error

    I answered the question correctly today for the 175 pt question and the answer was credited as wrong.

    The question was which name are the Boston Redsox also known as?

    I answered Boston Somersets.

    Here is my evidence:

    http://www.fenwayticketking.com/redsoxhistory.html

    The Boston Red Sox won the first ever World Series, which began in 1903 and have been known as the Boston Americans (1901), as well as the Boston Somersets (1902).
    Please credit my win. This is the first time ever I answered the 175 point question right after 100 tries.
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  2. 06-24-13 07:46 PM #2
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    What did they credited with the right answer?
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  3. 06-24-13 07:47 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by JMobile View Post
    What did they credited with the right answer?
    Boston Americans which is also correct.
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  4. 06-24-13 07:49 PM #4
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    They will reset your trivia, good luck.
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  5. 06-24-13 07:53 PM #5
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    trivia
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  6. 06-24-13 08:07 PM #6
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    Pavy we are looking at it
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  7. 06-24-13 08:23 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by SBR Contests View Post
    Pavy we are looking at it
    Good work Lou.
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  8. 06-24-13 08:25 PM #8
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    We stick to Wikipedia being the most credible of the sources and they list 2 names for the Boston Red Sox (Americans and Red Sox) so we will not value your claim:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox#History

    And here a pretty detailed article founding why your claim is invalid:

    http://www.baseball-almanac.com/arti...ms_story.shtml

    Quote from the latter:

    Stout and Johnson, earlier in Red Sox Century, noted what I found in my own reading of the several Boston daily newspapers of this era, regarding both the AL and NL teams in Boston: "Neither team had a nickname, nor would they for several more seasons. Both were simply called 'the Bostons,' although to differentiate between the two clubs, fans, sportswriters, and players commonly began referring to the NL entry as 'the Nationals,' and their American League counterparts as 'the Americans.' Other nicknames, such as the Pilgrims, Puritans, Plymouth Rocks, Somersets (so named after owner Charles Somers), or Collinsmen (after manager Collins) for the AL team and the Beaneaters, Triumvirs, or Seleemen (after manager Frank Selee) for the Nationals, were convenient inventions of the press. Their subsequent use by many historians is misleading. None of these nicknames was ever widely used by either fans or players."
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  9. 06-24-13 08:49 PM #9
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    Thanks for looking at it.
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  10. 06-24-13 08:51 PM #10
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    wikipedia is hardly a credible source. went back to school a couple of years back and professors stated we could use any source material but wikipedia.
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  11. 06-24-13 09:24 PM #11
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    http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/h...boston-red-sox

    CBS or wikipedia?
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  12. 06-24-13 09:46 PM #12
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    Wikipedia has never been wrong guys
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  13. 06-24-13 09:51 PM #13
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    wikipedia remember the Joba Chamberlain profile?
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  14. 06-24-13 10:06 PM #14
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    Was pearl necklace an answer?
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