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** TEO ACOSTA * MIKE ANDERSON * CARLOS ARROYO * SHAWN BARTON * BOB BEALL * BOBBY BROWN * BRIAN CANFIELD * JOSE CASTRO * PAT
COVENEY * AL COSGROVE * STERLING COWARD * WIL CULMER * KELLY DOWNS * RICK FUSARI * DON FUSARI * RICK GIALLELLA * TONY GHELFI
* RON GIDEON * RANDY GREER * JOSE LEIVA * GREGG LEGG * DICKIE NOLES * MATT PELUSO * KEVIN RENZ * GENE TENACE * ** STAFF *
BOB BAILEY * HOWIE BEDELL * NOLAN CAMPBELL * BILL DANCY * JACK CASSINI * RON CLARK * CAL EMERY * LANNIE JOHNSTON * PINKY MAY
* GUS NIARHOS * TONY PACHECO * DUKE SIMS * JIM SNYDER * TONY TAYLOR * JIMMY WILLIAMS * MARC HILL * JOHN FIERRO * BOB TIEFENAUER
* ED WATT * MARV FOLEY *
***PENINSULA NICKNAMES AND MEANING***PENINSULA HELD MANY NAMES OVER THE YEARS..HERE IS THE MEANING * 1894,1897,1900-01,1912-1922,1941-42
SHIPBUILDERS ~ NAMED FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHIPYARD * 1947-55 DODGERS * 1969 ASTROS * 1986-1987 WHITE SOX * NAMED FOR MAJOR
LEAGUE AFFLIATE * 1963-68 GRAYS * IN REFERENCE TO CIVIL WAR "BLUE AND THE GRAY" * 1970 ASTROS EVEN THOUGH A PHILLIES
AFFLIATE..REASON GIVEN WAS IN HONOR OF NASA LANGLEY IN HAMPTON * 1971,1976-85,1989-92 PILOTS WAS SELECTED BY A NAME THE TEAM
CONTEST IN 1971..IT HONORS THE MASSIVE MILITARY PRESENCE IN HAMPTON ROADS * 1988 GENERALS IN HONOR OF VIRGINIA'S MANY WAR
HERO'S * 1972-73 WHIPS NAME AME WITH THE TEAM FROM WINNIPEG * 1974 PENNANTS NAME CAME WITH TEAM FROM ROCKY MOUNT *
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