The team that became the Washington Redskins was founded in 1932 as the BostonBraves.
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Wrapped inside was the battered baseball uniform that the BostonBraves had given Jimmy on the night of the Edwards broadcast.
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Right field in Fenway was notorious as a gambling hub (gamblers were equally active at the home of the NL's BostonBraves).
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President of Chick's Drinks is Chick Meehan, who once played 2nd base for the BostonBraves, was football coach at N.Y.U & Manhattan College.
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Other baseball greats have insisted on playing past their prime: at forty, Babe Ruth, in his last major-league season, batted .181 for the BostonBraves.
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John Mullen, the BostonBraves general manager, authorized Griggs to "do whatever it took" to wrest Henry from the grip of Clowns owner Syd Pollock.
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The club was founded as the BostonBraves in 1932, became the Redskins the following year and moved to Washington for the 1937 NFL season.