<P> The name Red Sox , chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season , refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908 . Sox had been previously adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline - friendly form of Stockings , as `` Stockings Win ! '' in large type did not fit in a column . The team name `` Red Sox '' had previously been used as early as 1888 by a ' colored ' team from Norfolk , Virginia . The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as Medias Rojas , a translation of `` red socks '' . The official Spanish site uses the variant `` Los Red Sox '' . </P>
<P> The name Red Sox , chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season , refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908 . Sox had been previously adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline - friendly form of Stockings , as `` Stockings Win ! '' in large type did not fit in a column . The team name `` Red Sox '' had previously been used as early as 1888 by a ' colored ' team from Norfolk , Virginia . The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as Medias Rojas , a translation of `` red socks '' . The official Spanish site uses the variant `` Los Red Sox '' . </P>
where does the name red sox come from
where does the name red sox come from
the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908
the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908