For years I have thought the Oakland Athletics baseball team has misused the apostrophe. I've always thought the "A" is an abbreviation for "Athletic" and the "s" makes "Athletic" plural. Is my thinking correct?
If not, why is "A's" an acceptable shortening of "Athletics"?
The same is true with multiple versions of the Baltimore Orioles logo.
I would like citations for reasoning.
Thanks.
Best Answer
According to the MLA Handbook, section 2.2.7:
So, according to MLA at least, these logos have it right.