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This move is to reflect that fact that the Phillies franchise never officially changed its name to the Blue Jays. Sources vary on this, but the official team history says that the team's name has not changed since the inception of the Phillies name in 1884, in conjunction with Quakers. I did not realize that the Blue Jays pages existed and created a duplicate at the new location by mistake. Killervogel5 (talk) 19:40, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Corroboration:
Under Carpenter and the club's first full-time general manager, Herb Pennock, improvement occurred quickly. A farm system, which later had working agreements with 15 teams, was developed. Youngsters Del Ennis, Andy Seminick and Granny Hamner (photo at right) were signed. And in a contest among fans to pick a new nickname for the team, Blue Jays was the winner. It never became the official nickname, and was phased out by 1949.[1]
If the timeline comes up on the 1800s, click 1940s to check this quote from the official team website. Killervogel5 (talk) 01:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
