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Originally Posted by Cory
When FIRST gave teams permanent numbers in 1998 they were assigned in alphabetical order using the team's sponsor's name.
So Team 1 had a sponsor with either a number, or "a" as the first letter, and thus received #1.
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The Juggies sponsor until only a few years ago was 3-Dimensional Services. 3DS does rapid prototyping, which resulted in some VERY nice designs for the Juggernauts. Unfortunately, they stopped sponsoring the team during the recent recession
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Incedently, if you look at the teams from 1-200, you can see a general progression of Alphabetical Sponsors. All of the General Motors teams are grouped in the 60's, the Delphi teams are in the 40's, and the Xerox X-Cats are number 191. In 1999, the teams started being numbered first-come, first serve.
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