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I always assumed it was for draft dodgers. Haha
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That would actually be pretty funny, but that's when baseball was still America's pastime. It may have not gone over well.
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Yea, they could throw wicked hard because of all the dodgeballs they threw
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I was wondering how they got the name in Brooklyn
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The team's name derived from the reputed skill of Brooklyn residents at evading the city's trolley streetcars. The name is a shortened form of one of their former names, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
The term "Trolley Dodgers" refers to the nickname given to people in Brooklyn in the late 1800s who had to navigate around street-level trolley cars. These trolleys, which began using electrical power in 1892, were faster and thus perceived as more dangerous, requiring residents to "dodge" them to avoid accidents. The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team adopted this nickname, which was later shortened to just "Dodgers," reflecting the skill of Brooklyn residents at evading the city's trolley streetcars