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Using the same team name was not laziness, it was good marketing. Several new professional teams have used the same mascot as an existing professional team in the same city for brand identification. Some of these changed team names once gaining recognition. The Boston Braves, like the Pirates/Steelers, were one of these. After a successful first season the football team changed their name to the Redskins keeping an Indian as their connection. They later moved to Washington DC. The Yankees were one that never caught on. Several Yankees football teams were started in New York, but none survived. The Giants were so successful that they kept the same name. There was also a Brooklyn Dodgers football team through the 1930's and into the early 40's.

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