" When the National League was formed in 1876, Cincinnati was a charter member and had pro baseball once again. But these Red Stockings were expelled from the NL for selling beer at games and wanting to play on Sundays. The club fled to the American Association and became known as the Reds in 1881."
" By 1953, as the Korean War was waged, McCarthy had launched public hearings to investigate alleged subversion and espionage. It became known as "The Red Scare."
"After changing the team name to the Redlegs in 1953, the club removed the mention of Reds from its home jerseys in 1956 and went with just the wishbone-C. The '56 road jersey featured nothing but a Mr. Redlegs mustachioed logo left side of the chest, but that lasted just the one season before the gray uniforms also went with a simple wishbone-C."
" The Cincinnati Reds name was restored by 1959 and "Reds" returned to the uniform inside the wishbone-C in 1961"