Talk:Royal Rooters

you forgot to mention how the franchise screwed them out of their tickets in the WS against the giants and sold their seats to the hoity-toities and the fans in turn cheered for the Giants. Yeah you forgot to mention that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.65.12.26 (talk) 23:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Royal Rooters were actually begun as a group of fans supporting the Boston Braves (known as the Beaneaters at the time) in the late 19th century, when they were a dominant team in the NL (8 pennants through '98). When the Red Sox appeared in 1901, allegiance was added, not shifted, to that team as well; the Rooters were noteworthy for their support of Boston baseball, rather than a specific team. The Sox, of course, gave them much more to cheer about after 1901. See Bill Felber's entertaining book "A Game of Brawl." 72.228.71.228 (talk) 15:04, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They were likely not disbanded in 1918. In the New York Times, when Babe Ruth's sale to the Yankees was announced in early 1920, the leader of the Rooters, Johnny Keenan, was quoted. To be exact: "Boston's Royal Rooters are pretty badly disturbed over Ruth's sale. Johnny Keenan, leader of the Royal Rooters, had this to say..." ^[1] Either they were still going, or by 1920 they had already revived. Cermus (talk) 16:46, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

^ New York Times - January 7, 1920 - BABE RUTH ACCEPTS TERMS OF YANKEES

[1] New York Times - January 7, 1920 - BABE RUTH ACCEPTS TERMS OF YANKEES

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