I felt the need to make this list when I was writing the post linked through 'the main word' below. Here, I list a few 'root-words' that tie that word into our lexicon....
The word “Baseball” (referring both to the game & to the ball with which the game is played) is built out of Base & Ball ('America's National Pastime'--invented in Cooperstown, New York (America) by Abner Doubleday--is an elaborate version of England's |Rounders).
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These are the Teams of Major League Baseball (as of January 26, 2021):
- American League
- Baltimore Orioles (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Boston Red Sox (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Chicago White Sox (Chicago, Illinois)
- Cleveland Indians (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Detroit Tigers (Detroit, Michigan)
- Houston Astros (Houston, Texas)
- Kansas City Royals (Kansas City, 'MO' (Missouri?))
- Los Angeles Angels (Anaheim, California)
- Minnesota Twins (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- New York Yankees (Bronx, New York)
- Oakland Athletics (A's ... Oakland, CA)
- Seattle Mariners (Seattle, Washington)
- Tampa Bay Rays (St. Petersburg, Florida)
- Texas Rangers (Arlington, Texas)
- Toronto Blue Jays (Toronto, Ontario (Canada))
- National League
- Arizona Diamondbacks (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Atlanta Braves (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Chicago Cubs (Chicago, Illinois)
- Cincinnati Reds (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Colorado Rockies (Denver, Colorado)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (the name of Oklahoma City's Minor League team ... the Major League team home-fielding in Los Angeles, California)
- Miami Marlins (Miami, FL)
- Milwaukee Brewers (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- New York Mets (Flushing, NY)
- Philadelphia Phillies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (Pittsburgh, PA)
- San Diego Padres (San Diego, CA)
- San Francisco Giants (San Francisco, CA)
- St. Louis Cardinals (St. Louis, MO)
- Washington Nationals (Washington, D.C. (America))
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