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KamaAina

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4. You laugh and you scoff

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:25 PM

Dec 2014

but that is exactly how Japanese baseball teams are named. The hilarious "Nippon Ham Fighters" is actually named for Nippon Ham; the team name is the much less hilarious "Fighters".

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The fucking Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl??? [View all] El Supremo Dec 2014 OP

I remember when sports teams, games, and stadiums weren't for sale. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #1

You laugh and you scoff KamaAina Dec 2014 #4

Maybe TCU TZ Dec 2014 #2

Maybe the CFP Committee should not have ranked them #3 last week. El Supremo Dec 2014 #3