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Posted on 8/15/10 at 10:07 am to Chaz95
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Los Angeles Angels
Yea, this bothers me too. It would be like the Baton Rouge Red Sticks.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 10:11 am to Chaz95
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Bears and Bulls, bro...please say you get it now
Not sure what you mean by this, unless you're referring to the stock market, but I don't think they're really related. The Bears were named after the Cubs because they played their early years at Wrigley Field. The Bulls were named after Chicago's meatpacking industry, as a previous poster stated.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 10:51 am to Sophandros
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The Raptors are horrible, as are the Ducks because both or based on movies and not anything to do with the city or fan base
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Sophandros
Gordon Bombay will get you
Posted on 8/15/10 at 10:52 am to tigersandjets
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Washington Redskins
not a damn thing wrong with it or the KC Chiefs
Posted on 8/15/10 at 11:29 am to StraightCashHomey21
if you think about it the mets is pretty worthless, short for metropolitans
Posted on 8/15/10 at 11:54 am to BayouBandit24
Atlanta Falcons
Nashville Predators - I mean, Jesus, your logo is a goddamned saber-toothed tiger. And your team is in Nashville.
Now i'll flip the script and say that there never has been a more APPROPRIATE team name than the Phoenix Coyotes.
Nashville Predators - I mean, Jesus, your logo is a goddamned saber-toothed tiger. And your team is in Nashville.
Now i'll flip the script and say that there never has been a more APPROPRIATE team name than the Phoenix Coyotes.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 12:06 pm to Atari
I think the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is the winner. The name just makes no sense.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 12:09 pm to TheIrishFro
Atlanta Thrashers
Ridiculously stupid name
Ridiculously stupid name
Posted on 8/15/10 at 1:54 pm to Atari
Montreal Expos
Posted on 8/15/10 at 2:32 pm to hsfolk
Can someone tell me how the Minnesota Twins got their nickname?
Posted on 8/15/10 at 2:35 pm to BenDover
Uh...Twin Cities? 
Posted on 8/15/10 at 2:44 pm to theGarnetWay
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Well I think they were called the Jazz because they came from somewhere else that made more logical sense and then moved to Utah
Yeah, New Orleans.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 2:51 pm to TheIrishFro
The OKC Thunder, Minnesota Wild, Carolina Hurricanes
Posted on 8/15/10 at 3:04 pm to Atari
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What I wanted was the return of the Oilers, but f*@k But Adams. That's a hate I'll likely never get over, I hate him like I don't hate anyone. I grew up with the Oilers, they were Houston's team. He could move the players, could take the coaches, but the Oilers should have stayed in Houston.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 3:12 pm to threeputt
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Macon Whoopie
This.
Also, I think "Columbus Crew" is a pretty shitty name too.
This post was edited on 8/15/10 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 8/15/10 at 3:25 pm to medtiger
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The Bears were named after the Cubs because they played their early years at Wrigley Field. The Bulls were named after Chicago's meatpacking industry, as a previous poster stated.
consider me educated. when i was younger i thought it was clever as shite that chicago, who housed the Chicago Stock Exchange, named their two teams after bear and bull markets. now, i'm not as impressed with those names (if that is why they named them).
This post was edited on 8/15/10 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 8/15/10 at 3:35 pm to GeauxColonels
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Also, I think "Columbus Crew" is a pretty shitty name too.
I mean, I'm (kind of) a Crew fan, so I'm a little biased, but I like this name, and think it's (at least a little) accurate (though it'd be better for a city like Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, etc).
Posted on 8/15/10 at 3:44 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
I don't like "Houston Texans" from a marketing standpoint. It's a nickname that excludes people.
If you're from Arkansas or Louisiana or Oklahoma, are you going to be all fired up for... the Texans?
Their name alone tells you they're not interested in you or your support.
If you're from Arkansas or Louisiana or Oklahoma, are you going to be all fired up for... the Texans?
Their name alone tells you they're not interested in you or your support.
Posted on 8/15/10 at 4:56 pm to SpqrTiger
Texan isn't just a name for the native, so much as it was the identity of the state's/republic's military during the Texas Revolution. So in that sense, it carries more weight than your average state's term for its natives.
And also, I don't think it's a jab at the Dallas Texans, just the extension of a throwback name.
I mean, thinking of it in superficial terms, wouldn't the Packers, Browns, Bills, Steelers all have "lame" names?
I think that the good names are the ones that the local culture can identify with, and Texans (in the military sense) does that.
And also, I don't think it's a jab at the Dallas Texans, just the extension of a throwback name.
I mean, thinking of it in superficial terms, wouldn't the Packers, Browns, Bills, Steelers all have "lame" names?
I think that the good names are the ones that the local culture can identify with, and Texans (in the military sense) does that.
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