Inspired by the Cincinnati Red Stockings , the stocking colors of teams in the 1860s onward were a principal device in distinguishing one team from another -LRB- hence team names such as Chicago White Stockings , St. Louis Brown Stockings -LRB- or Browns -RRB- , etc. -RRB- .
Teams started to be called the Chicago White Stockings or the St. Louis Brown Stockings because of what colored stockings they wore at the time .
Teams started to be called the Chicago White Stockings or the St. Louis Brown Stockings because of what colored stockings they wore at the time .
简化这段文字: Inspired by the Cincinnati Red Stockings , the stocking colors of teams in the 1860s onward were a principal device in distinguishing one team from another -LRB- hence team names such as Chicago White Stockings , St. Louis Brown Stockings -LRB- or Browns -RRB- , etc. -RRB- . 输出: