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17seconds said:
tikigods said:
17seconds said:
tikigods said:
Ilov80s said:
Even though they have great historic, cultural and nostalgic value, Red Sox and White Sox are about as bad as it gets. It sounds like they were named by a 2 year old.
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Or the guy who runs the local laundry mat.
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what is a laundry mat?
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The place where I drop my clothes off to be cleaned by someone with illegal immigration status.
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like a laundromat?
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Clearly you want me to flex my intellect on you, so I guess I will.

Laundromats are where you go to put money into a machine and do your own laundry, which is obviously beneath me.

Laundry mats, the term typically refers to a place where you launder money, is the place where I drop off my clothes for someone else to wash, clean, press, fold, and have ready for me to pick up at my leisure.

 
tikigods said:
The obvious choice is the Pelicans but has anyone ever really thought about the Nashville Predators? It always makes me think of having Nashville hosting "To Catch a Predator Night" where a bunch of half naked men show up with small amounts of alcohol walk into the arena to be greeted by Chris Hansen.
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Utah Jazz is horrible, maybe the worst.

But Pelicans is not that bad. Hornets was worse IMO. We don't have hornets in New Orleans any more than Utah is known for jazz.

Why are there Cavaliers in Cleveland?

Why are there Lakers in Los Angeles?

Toronto Raptors??? Why are there Raptors in TO again?

Cincinatti Bengals? Bengals, not Tigers mind you, no - Bengals.

Buffalo Bills - this would be better if Buffalo was in the west, but they're not, and there's not even a logo or even any kind of image or anything like that of Buffalo Bill associated with the team. What's on the helmet? Why it's a bison. They should have called the team the Buffalo Bisons.

I always thought the Kissimee Astros was always either the worst or the best.

 
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SaintsInDome2006 said:
tikigods said:
The obvious choice is the Pelicans but has anyone ever really thought about the Nashville Predators? It always makes me think of having Nashville hosting "To Catch a Predator Night" where a bunch of half naked men show up with small amounts of alcohol walk into the arena to be greeted by Chris Hansen.
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Utah Jazz is horrible, maybe the worst.

But Pelicans is not that bad. Hornets was worse IMO. We don't have hornets in New Orleans any more than Utah is known for jazz.

I always thought the Kissimee Astros was always either the worst or the best.
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You nailed it. Once a team moves, they name needs to change. LA Lakers? Come on, now.

 
The mismatched NBA names are fine (except NO Hornets, but that's been fixed). Jazz and Lakers now have history, and the ridiculousness of the name makes them more endearing.

The worst pro sports names are the Wizards and any franchise that just gave up and picked a fierce sounding cat (except those in Detroit).

 
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pollardsvision said:
The mismatched NBA names are fine (except NO Hornets, but that's been fixed). Jazz and Lakers now have history, and the ridiculousness of the name makes them more endearing.

The worst pro sports names are the Wizards and any franchise that just gave up and picked a fierce sounding cat (except those in Detroit).
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Why do the Detroit teams get a pass? Just because of how old they are?

 
Ilov80s said:
pollardsvision said:
The mismatched NBA names are fine (except NO Hornets, but that's been fixed). Jazz and Lakers now have history, and the ridiculousness of the name makes them more endearing.

The worst pro sports names are the Wizards and any franchise that just gave up and picked a fierce sounding cat (except those in Detroit).
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Why do the Detroit teams get a pass? Just because of how old they are?
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I like the pistons, good name for a Detroit team.
 
SaintsInDome2006 said:
tikigods said:
The obvious choice is the Pelicans but has anyone ever really thought about the Nashville Predators? It always makes me think of having Nashville hosting "To Catch a Predator Night" where a bunch of half naked men show up with small amounts of alcohol walk into the arena to be greeted by Chris Hansen.
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Utah Jazz is horrible, maybe the worst.
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I really wish the Jazz would have given their name back to New Orleans. When Benson bought the team a few years ago he wanted that but got no traction from the league. I don;t hate pelicans but New Orleans Jazz would have been very cool.

As a side note I always found it interesting, ironic and kind of awesome that the Utah Jazz played in the Delta Center.

 
Ilov80s said:
pollardsvision said:
The mismatched NBA names are fine (except NO Hornets, but that's been fixed). Jazz and Lakers now have history, and the ridiculousness of the name makes them more endearing.

The worst pro sports names are the Wizards and any franchise that just gave up and picked a fierce sounding cat (except those in Detroit).
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Why do the Detroit teams get a pass? Just because of how old they are?
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Yes

 
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tikigods said:
Hereford, Texas: Whitefaces

You can't make this stuff up.
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i think i see where you are going with this, but before you do, please be aware that the town was named after the Hereford breed of cattle. These cattle are known for having brown hides with...you guessed it...white faces.

since the mascot of the highschool which has chosen to go by the name Whitefaces is an angry looking cow, i believe they are at the very least pretending to be honoring the animal that put their town on the map (so to speak...it's not a very big town) and not honoring the sterotype that many hold of Texas being a racist mecca of rednecks and lynched minorities.

Or they are racist jerks, but at least now you a know a little something more about cows.

 
Apes with Guns said:
tikigods said:
Hereford, Texas: Whitefaces

You can't make this stuff up.
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i think i see where you are going with this, but before you do, please be aware that the town was named after the Hereford breed of cattle. These cattle are known for having brown hides with...you guessed it...white faces.

since the mascot of the highschool which has chosen to go by the name Whitefaces is an angry looking cow, i believe they are at the very least pretending to be honoring the animal that put their town on the map (so to speak...it's not a very big town) and not honoring the sterotype that many hold of Texas being a racist mecca of rednecks and lynched minorities.

Or they are racist jerks, but at least now you a know a little something more about cows.
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Thanks for clearing that up.

 
Christo said:
Scoresman said:
Fariq said:
Scoresman said:
I always thought the Stanford Cardinal was dumb as hell. Why is it singular instead of plural CardinalS? Typical Stanford pretentious crap.
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Their nickname is a color as opposed to the type of bird like the MLB and NFL teams that are nicknamed Cardinals.
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then its even dumber.
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Cleveland Browns? Cincinnati Reds? You can't pluralize a color!
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They're not, chief.

Browns - Paul Brown

Reds - originally Red Legs.

 
High School in Southern Indiana is called the Vincennes Alices. Pretty intimidating.

High School teams that I've seen in Colorado: Rocky Ford Meloneers and Sargent Potato Farmers. Guess what drives their economy. I guess you can add Cornhuskers to this list.

Played against a team in high school called the Midgets. I kid you not, they had two 6'5" players on the team.

 
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tikigods said:
Pretty much any team from Montreal.

Alouettes- which is loosely translated to the skylark

Expos- the logo, which no one really understood.

Canadiens- or Les Habitants- The Habs, for the first inhabitants of Mont Royal- Montreal.
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It was a tri color M. You can also see an e and a b which I believe were the initials of the original owner.

 
Godsbrother said:
tikigods said:
Pretty much any team from Montreal.

Alouettes- which is loosely translated to the skylark

Expos- the logo, which no one really understood.

Canadiens- or Les Habitants- The Habs, for the first inhabitants of Mont Royal- Montreal.
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It was a tri color M. You can also see an e and a b which I believe were the initials of the original owner.
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If you need to write a dissertation in order to explain it, it's probably not worth having it.

 
Godsbrother said:
tikigods said:
Pretty much any team from Montreal.

Alouettes- which is loosely translated to the skylark

Expos- the logo, which no one really understood.

Canadiens- or Les Habitants- The Habs, for the first inhabitants of Mont Royal- Montreal.
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It was a tri color M. You can also see an e and a b which I believe were the initials of the original owner.
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I never realized the "M" until now. I always just thought it was an "e" with a shadow "b".

 
I am loyal because its my High School after all, but the general outsider consensus is the the Tractors is a pretty crappy nickname/mascot.

 
Doubtingthomas said:
Ilov80s said:
pollardsvision said:
The mismatched NBA names are fine (except NO Hornets, but that's been fixed). Jazz and Lakers now have history, and the ridiculousness of the name makes them more endearing.

The worst pro sports names are the Wizards and any franchise that just gave up and picked a fierce sounding cat (except those in Detroit).
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Why do the Detroit teams get a pass? Just because of how old they are?
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I like the pistons, good name for a Detroit team.
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Pistons and Red Wings are both great names. Pistons is perfect because of the history of the city, but it is also genius. It isn't something obvious like hot rods or wheels and it actually makes sense for basketball as a team sport. It gives an identity and a style that the best Pistons teams embraced and embodied. Red Wings are just simple and classic, but at the same time still a unique name with the inseparable and equally outstanding winged wheel logo.

 
Ilov80s said:
Doubtingthomas said:
Ilov80s said:
pollardsvision said:
The mismatched NBA names are fine (except NO Hornets, but that's been fixed). Jazz and Lakers now have history, and the ridiculousness of the name makes them more endearing.

The worst pro sports names are the Wizards and any franchise that just gave up and picked a fierce sounding cat (except those in Detroit).
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Why do the Detroit teams get a pass? Just because of how old they are?
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I like the pistons, good name for a Detroit team.
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Pistons and Red Wings are both great names. Pistons is perfect because of the history of the city, but it is also genius. It isn't something obvious like hot rods or wheels and it actually makes sense for basketball as a team sport. It gives an identity and a style that the best Pistons teams embraced and embodied. Red Wings are just simple and classic, but at the same time still a unique name with the inseparable and equally outstanding winged wheel logo.
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I have a lot of Piston stuff. I have Piston pants, I have Piston underwear, I have Piston bedsheets, I have Piston beer mugs...

 
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