The Cold war was not an event that only affected political affairs throughout the United States; it also changed important aspects of it's sports!
People were scared of being accused of being communist, and by this being imprisoned and considered traitors. The fear propagated throughout the entire country, and this fear was able to reach the Cincinnati Reds!
From 1953 to 1958 the Cincinnati Reds officially changed their name to the “Cincinnati Redlegs” because they were afraid of being thought to be associated with communism! The club’s logo was altered to remove the term “REDS” from the inside of the “wishbone C” symbol.
And not only that; players were also asked to keep a clean cut look! Players were not meant to have long hair or facial hair since they didn’t want to be seemed as rebels or anything associated with it.
Now in 2013, “The big red machine” is amongst the greatest baseball teams in history ever! Hopefully they’ll still be making history with a lot more championships.