Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 27, 2021

No on is easier to offend than someone looking to be offended!

She’s quite an artful dodger, isn’t she? The little dickens!

I thought the team was named after those funny-looking hoods on the sailboats.

Per Wikipedia: “The name “Trolley Dodgers” implied the dangers posed by trolley cars in Brooklyn generally, which in 1892, began the switch from horse-power to electrical power, which made them much faster, and were hence regarded as more dangerous. The name was later shortened to Brooklyn Dodgers.” Therefore the team’s name predates, by over a century, Danae’s “UDP community” and takes precedence. She’s out of luck and her suit would be thrown out of court!

H-m-m-m Dodgers. Isn’t that the name of a food served in the south?

“Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century” would like a word with you, Danae…

I don’t want to say that I can hold a grudge, but I still have not forgiven the Dodgers for leaving Brooklyn.

In L. A. I’ve been told pedestrians are either a good Dodgers or they become an Angel!

U.D.P. also known as Union of Tax Dodgers.

“Easily Offended”. A.K.A. “Professional Victims” A.K.A. “Karens”.

There is a story that the team was named for the art of dodging street cars in Brooklyn. They would therefore win the lawsuit as having a legitimate claim to the title.

Numerous times I suggested to the high school students I taught as well as my own brood that if you are looking to be offended, you will be.

Denae just loves getting paid money!!

They were called Robins until the 1920s.

Parenting gifted children is not easy!

Subpoena Dennis Turner & ask him about “Dodgy Dave”!

Very dodgy

Like telling Machiavelli to embrace who he is or possibly Charles Manson.

Almost wise beyond her years. With a little seasoning…

Danae is I suppose harmless, but she’s also a sociopath—is there such a thing as a harmless sociopath? Or is that a paradox?

A. E. van Vogt wrote of a society where there were only 2 laws: (1) Don’t give offense. (2) Don’t take offense too easily. It worked wonderfully well. Of course, it was science fiction.

The Cleveland Indians are changing their name. I really wish they wouldn’t. But why not be sillier, have Indiana and Indianapolis change their names.

Everybody is taking offense (usually when none was meant). Logos and names are disappearing as companies tremble in their shoes. Our world is getting bleached!

If she was a trolley dodger, then maybe.

Aha! Another chance to point out that the American national sport is now umbrage.

Some archives cite that the franchise, located in Brooklyn, N.Y., began as the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1883, recycling the name of the previous Brooklyn team that had failed. The club, however, lists its beginning in 1884 as the Grays (for the color of their uniform), the city name of Brooklyn or the Church City Nine (Brooklyn was known as the Church City).

According to the club, the name originated in 1896 as the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers. Heavy construction of electric trolley tracks in front of Eastern Park caused fans to dodge the trolleys to reach the park. Those fans became known as Trolley Dodgers and the team took on the name, which was shortened to Dodgers.

After six of their players were married during and after the 1888 season, the club was called the Bridegrooms. In ’91, after John Montgomery Ward became manager, the nickname “Ward’s Wonders” was used. In 1893, Dave Foutz became manager and the team’s nickname became “Foutz’s Fillies.”

But at various times the Dodgers had multiple nicknames. The arrival of Ned Hanlon as manager led to the Dodgers also being called the “Brooklyn Superbas,” drawing a link to the popular vaudeville act at the time by the Brothers Hanlon (no relation) called the Superba.

From 1915-31, the team was also known as the Robins after manager Wilbert Robinson. From 1931-57, sportswriters often referred to the team as “The Flock.” More widely known was the nickname from 1937-57 of “Bums,” or “Dem Bums,” derived from a caricature by newspaper cartoonist William Mullin. The term was considered endearing if spoken by a Dodgers fan, but derisive if uttered by anyone rooting against the Dodgers.

The first year “Dodgers” was written on the club’s uniform was 1933, and the club brought the nickname when it moved to Los Angeles for the ’58 season.

https://www.mlb.com/news/los-angeles-dodgers-team-name-history

http://teamnameorigin.com/mlb/nickname/los-angeles-dodgers

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/index.shtml

If I hadn’t DODGED the pop-fly I would have been hit in head!

I am Chicagoan born in 1954. I only found out about the team being named for their fans who dodged trolleys (so I heard anyway) within the last 10 years.

Danae has always embraced who she is.

It’s getting other people to embrace who she is that takes extra effort.

I’m sure the L. A. Dodgers had their name before the UDP got theirs – maybe the sports team should be doing the suing.

Are they planning to sue Charles Dickens next?

I’m pretty sure this lawsuit will be filed within the next 10 years or so.

And the word “dodgy” was (I believe) invented by …………………….?

And that is how *legal extortion" is done.

And why most everybody wants all the lawyers shipped off-planet with Musk.

There was a bar in New York’s Brooklyn area some 30 years ago that called itself the “Brooklyn Dodgers Tavern” (the Dodgers left Brooklyn more than 60 years ago), and MLB sued them over “copyright infringement”. Seriously. It came to court and the judge ruled in favor of MLB, but held the required fee to be “one mug of beer, or its equivalent” every year.

So, it IS possible that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE will find reason to be offended by “Dodgers”, though it’s unlikely to go anywhere.

When I hear the word “Dodger”, I think of the Brit TV show “Doc Martin”, as the dog that plays the family pet “Buddy” is actually named Dodger.