Hoos articles
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Who were the Hoo-Hoos, anyhoo?
In a recent column about early baseball rivalries, I noted that the Orange Hoo-Hoos were one of the teams in the short-lived Gulf Coast League in the early 1900s. That prompted a reader to ask, “Why would a team have such a silly name?” It turns out that it isn’t quite a silly as it appears. The team was supported by the Orange chapter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, a society for people in the lumber industry. I almost called it a fraternal order of lumbermen, but neither fraternal nor...
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Giants' Jung Hoo Lee: Resting Thursday
Lee is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rockies, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Virginia's quartet of pitchers give Hoos the chance to go 'toe to toe' with any foe this postseason
UVa opens postseason action on Thursday as the No. 4-seed in the ACC tournament. The Cavaliers (32-17) face fifth-seeded Clemson at 1:30...