Humor writer Lucie Frost eloquently explained how the Brooklyn Dodgers got their name in 1895 from borough residents who had to dodge newly installed trolley streetcars to get to games.

You probably know the Dodgers used to play in Brooklyn, even if you weren't around when the team moved in 1958. But what you might not know is that the team's full name was once "Trolley Dodgers ...

The team acquires the name "Trolley Dodgers" for the warren of cars and tracks that once criss-crossed their home borough of Brooklyn, New York. "Trolley" was eventually dropped. 1916 - The club ...