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Tue Apr-20-04 03:36 PM
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Pro sports teams whose names you would change. And to what? |
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We have the "Padres" out here in San Diego and naming a team after a catholic priest seems a little out of place. Here are some of my name replacements: San Diego Threshers San Diego Fleet San Diego Surf
Any other teams with bad names that you would like to change?
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:36 PM
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change the name to "Minnesota Chokers."
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:39 PM
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5. I'm a hardcore Vikings fan, and I agree. |
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Sometimes I wonder why I have to put up with it year after year.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:39 PM
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:38 PM
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2. The Utah Jazz are NOT supposed to be the Jazz!!! |
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Neither are the Los Angeles Lakers. Bastards stole the team AND name from Minneapolis.
I would also change the name of the Minnesota Wild(ugh). When they announced the name for the team, I just laughed at myself SOOOOOOO hard.
Also, Dickinson High School (ND) is called the Midgets. It should be changed just because it sounds so STUPID. Not necessarily because it's un-PC.
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:03 PM
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47. We Jazz fans are tired of this... |
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SLC bought the name, we're keeping it. :)
Besides, it would cost me a small fortune, as I have tons and tons of Jazz crap I've bought over the years.
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:15 PM
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57. I agree. I was a Jazz fan in teh Pistol Pete days. |
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I've stayed a Jazz fan since they movedto Utah. It would be a grave injustice to us fans to change the team's name now.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:38 PM
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The Houston Enrons The Houston Barons The Houston Honkies The Houston Shitkickers The Houston Smog The Houston Pavement
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:44 PM
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13. The Enrons would have to be the Astros baseball team |
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The name "Minute Maid Park" was a last-second replacement for the original Enron Field.
I'm a traditionalist. It'll always be Enron Field to me!
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:48 PM
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19. I know! Minute Maid Park is so terrible! |
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Why the Hell not just keep Enron? Or just ASTROS for Christ's sake?
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:51 PM
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23. Is there a nickname for that ridiculous hill in center field? |
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:56 PM
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I forgot who "Tal" is, but it's his hill.
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:18 PM
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58. After Enron went belly up, it should have been called... |
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Edited on Tue Apr-20-04 04:18 PM by AngryAmish
Creditors Committee Field.
Edited for: Get rid of that hill. Somebody is going to break a leg.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:39 PM
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Think of the mascot's costume -- not to mention the cheerleaders!
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:39 PM
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6. I think Tenessee Titans is a stupid name. |
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Sorry Titans fans...but there are so many better names out there than that....like say, the Hound Dogs. I mean, come on! It's Elvis' home state! :hi:
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:40 PM
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8. Titans were Gods in Ancient Greek mythology. |
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I think it's a kick-ass name myself. :)
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:47 PM
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17. I don't believe any gods have come out of Tenessee....I still say it's a |
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:48 PM
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18. Yeah, I guess you're right. |
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What shall we rename the Green Bay Packers? I have a few choice names for them. ;) :evilgrin:
Vikings fan here!
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:49 PM
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And a friendly touche'. I can't wait for Fall. We'll have fun then, eh? :hi:
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:54 PM
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29. Yeah, we'll have fun! |
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But we'll wait until fall. Until then, I'm going to enjoy the Twins, as they are in first place right now. :)
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:59 PM
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41. See, and I'll support you in that. Because I don't care for baseball. |
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:49 PM
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22. The Green Bay "Won Only One Super Bowl Since 1970 So City Nickname |
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Is Less Apt Than If Seattle Was Called Titletown's"
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:53 PM
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27. Titletown doesn't stand just for Super Bowl titles, silly |
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;) Plus, who won the first Superbowl hmmmm, hmmmm...It's way more apt than an upstart American town like Detroit calling itself Hockeytown.
To Titletown!! :toast: :hi:
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:55 PM
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33. Who has won five superbowls and appeared in eight? |
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Hmmm? Dallas - The REAL Titletown :evilgrin:
Why on Earth is Green Bay called titletown?
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:57 PM
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Dallas is the real titletown. :)
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:59 PM
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39. They are???? I think not. |
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:00 PM
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42. My eyes are now infected... |
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with ugly green and gold colors! Blech! :puke:
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:58 PM
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38. I give you the evidence.... |
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http://www.packers.com/history/championships/The Green Bay Packers have won more championships (12) than any other team in NFL history. Yes history. I believe that would include your silly little choking Cowboy wannabes....;) ;) ;) Get back to me when they have done something. :hi:
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:00 PM
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43. The Packers have been around twice as long as the Cowboys |
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Edited on Tue Apr-20-04 04:00 PM by Neo Progressive
and since the afl-nfl merger only san fran has as many titles as the dallas cowboys
:P
NFL Championships before the first superbowl are as worthless as my stepfather's abba 8 tracks :D
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:01 PM
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46. Too bad, so sad...Green Bay is Titletown. The only one deserving. |
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:05 PM
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48. Your post says Green Bay |
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but your head knows it's really Dallas. Plus we're America's team. Not you cheeseheads!
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:10 PM
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50. Boohoo! Nope, not America's team. I surely don't want to be represented |
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by a bunch of whining losers. ;) Dallas=showboattown...I'll give you that...or hotdogtown. ;)
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:12 PM
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we have horny drug using arrogant pricks, explain to me how any of those characteristics don't describe most americans?
I rest my case!
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:37 PM
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Now THAT, I'll buy. :hi: ;)
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:59 PM
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I don't THINK so...the Wings are one of the original teams, aren't they? And Detroit is right across the river from Canada.
Go Wings!
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:00 PM
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44. Yep, still an upstart. |
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My husband is a fan so I am happy for him...but me, no, this is not Hockeytown.
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:00 PM
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45. Detroit IS hockeytown.... |
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Goofball!
You know, Minnesota had to go all out and try to re-name itself "The State of Hockey" in response to the Hockeytown name. And Budweiser wanted to use it, but the Wings wouldn't let them, so they have "Hockey Falls."
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:53 PM
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28. Seattle - Titletown? LOLOL |
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The Seattle teams should all be named the Emtpy Bandwagons.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:52 PM
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26. Yeah lets rename the Packers |
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to perennial NFC North champions. And lets rename the Vikings to... um.. lets see, I know! The chokers!
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:55 PM
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32. Sure There Are Gods From Tennessee |
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Years ago, when I was in N'awlins, and long before the Hornets came to town, I was plotting with a fellow hoops fan to get an expansion team and name it the "New Orleans Tabernacle Choir".
C'mon. Utah Pioneers? Utah Seagulls (seagulls were the sign that "this is the place")? Utah Jello :-) ?
But Jazz? Quick, name a famous jazz musician from Utah. (trick question :evilgrin: )
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:42 PM
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11. The Jazz and Hornets should switch nicknames. |
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I mean Utah is "The Beehive State" and New Orleans is, well, New Orleans. Just a suggestion.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:41 PM
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Insulting to Indians. I think it should be Washington Senators to commemorate the old baseball team.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:52 PM
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25. Kleeb's nickname for them is more apt |
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the Deadskins. As a lifelong cowboys fan, I feel that would be appropriate :D
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:54 PM
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30. I Agree About The Redskins |
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but I remain hopeful that Major League Baseball, and the Senators, will return to Washington.
I think the Redskins should change the team name. Dan Snyder is so bleeping arrogant maybe they should be the Washington Snobs.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:44 PM
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12. The Padres is a good name! |
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I wouldn't change it.
I would change anything that can't be pluralized.
MAGIC HEAT JAZZ WILD
Also, I would change the Ravens. It's a stupid name.
What would I change them to?
Magic - "the Grant Hills" Heat - "Vices" Jazz - "Polygamists" Wild - "the Norm Colemans"
the Ravens to the "Cleveland Browns"
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:49 PM
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20. "the Norm Colemans"????? |
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Oh hell no! We hate him here!
I think the Wild name should be changed to the "Minnesota Freeze!" Now that's a kick-ass name!
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:55 PM
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:56 PM
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But it's better than "Wild" or "Norm Colemans." :)
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:44 PM
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to New England Implosions
plural added to appease the poster above me, and simply because the red sox have imploded so often it just makes sense ;)
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:13 PM
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54. And the Carolina Panthers become |
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:46 PM
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15. The New Orleans Saints should become the Sinners. |
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Geez, New Orleans has more bars per capita than any city in America. Doesn't that tell you all you need to know?
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:14 PM
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...don't come marching in.
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:47 PM
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16. How about the River Rats? |
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There is a high school in the town where I live whose nickname is the River Rats. It was the second high school built in the city and legend has it that the original high school's students got to select the nickname for the new school -- and that's what they picked. It's original, to say the least!
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:54 PM
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31. LA left the Lakes behind in Minnesota |
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Oh, and I would change the Purdue Boilermakers and Indiana Hoosiers names. No one knows what a Hoosier is and Purdue doesn't make boilers. (I know that the mainstream press doesn't treat colleges as pro team, but any sport that gets millions in revenue is a pro sport, even if its athletes are only paid about $30K a year.)
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:42 PM
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60. There arent many lakes in LA. |
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At least the ones that actually have water in them. How about the LA Stars?
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Tue Apr-20-04 06:08 PM
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62. How about the LA Rapers |
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Tue Apr-20-04 03:56 PM
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35. The Miami Heat. Change their name to the Miami Humidity. |
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That way, when someone slips up and says "Miami Heat", you can honestly say "It's not the Heat. It's the Humidity."
Hah.
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:43 PM
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61. At least the Heat properly embrace the prefix Miami |
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Unlike the shameful Marlins, who share the same stadium with the Dolphins yet somehow represent the entire state. Many of my friends, avid sports fans, have no idea the Marlins are based in Miami.
I sure as hell don't want to share anything with Gainesville or the panhandle or anywhere north of Dade County, for that matter. The Panthers abandoned the Miami Arena for that weirdly placed arena on the edge of the Everglades, cheap land no doubt. They should be the South Florida Panthers but no way in hell the Marlins should reference anything other than Miami
Every reply to this thread has focused on nicknames, although the thread header mentioned "names". My beef has always been with the pathetic all-inclusive state assignments, rather than a particular city. I'll root against generic teams like the California Angels or Tennessee Titans in the playoffs if they're playing a stoutly designated individual city. Even the Patriots were too wimpy to stick with Boston, and that big center snapping the ball on their helmets. New England was only slightly preferable to Carolina, too weak in football and hockey even to specify which Carolina they are representing.
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:07 PM
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49. By the way, Mrs. Grumpy... |
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Just what IS the name of Wisconsin's pro hockey franchise?
Oh, I know. The "non-Existants!"
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:11 PM
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51. Which is good for me!!! Because I am not a hockey fan. |
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Edited on Tue Apr-20-04 04:14 PM by MrsGrumpy
:P ;) Go Packers!!!
But from what I hear, the Admirals are having great success!! :7
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Tue Apr-20-04 04:11 PM
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52. You could call the Bucks that too... |
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...after the way they played on Sunday. Go Pistons -- fear the 'Fro!
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