Boston Bees

1936–1940: the Bees

Insolvent like his team, Fuchs was forced to give up control of the Braves in August 1935. The principal financial backer for the team, Charles F. Adams, was banned by Commissioner Landis from taking control of the team because Adams owned Suffolk Downs race track. Adams picked Bob Quinn as new owner. Quinn did not care for the Braves name, possibly because it was linked to former owner Gaffney and to New York's Tammany Hall politics and launched a contest for the general public with the regional sportswriters being the judges. Among 13,000 votes of 1,327 potential names, the team was renamed to the Boston Bees Keeping up with the Bees theme, Braves Field became nicknamed the Bee Hive. This did little to change the team's fortunes. After five uneven years, a new owner, construction magnate Lou Perini, changed the nickname back to the Braves.