***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 *
