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Voting closed: October 22, 2020, 02:04:36 PM

[bankshot1]

after the tsunami in the 1st qtr it turned into a decent game

[Hamilton Samuels]

Brady remembered to shake hands. In a loss.

Amazing.

[bankshot1]

Giselle yelled at him

[kidcarter8]

Back door cover?

Real money KC bettors irate.

[josh]

I'd take Seattle in tomorrow's game.

For a lot.

The Broncos have no available QB for tomorrow. All 3 on their roster have Covid related issues

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2920143-broncos-reportedly-wanted-coach-rob-calabrese-to-start-at-qb-nfl-denied-request

I agree with the Broncos - the NFL was unreasonable, whether it was the refusal to let Calabrese play or the refusal to let them move the game.

[josh]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

[Hamilton Samuels]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

Or the Atlanta Braves or LA Dodgers or the SF Giants. Brooklyn Nets. Indianapolis Colts.

Shall we go on?

[bankshot1]

more like

The Buffalo Blue Jays

or the Tampa Raptors

[josh]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

Or the Atlanta Braves or LA Dodgers or the SF Giants. Brooklyn Nets. Indianapolis Colts.

Shall we go on?

No, the Braves are not the same kind of issue as there were Native Americans in GA. The Giants have no place affiliation. The Dodgers could have been, given their origins of dodging the trolley cars, but I think the Lakers are a far better example - named for the 10,000 lakes! Nets can be anywhere. So can Cubs or Lions or Tigers, since they are misfit animals, regardless of location. Athletics, too. Philly, KC, Oakland, Las Vegas, you name it and people can be athletic.

And the Colts would be a good example, except that almost nobody remembers why they were the Colts in Bal'more, either!

The Tennessee Oilers would be another fine example.

I have no problems with either the Buffalo Blue Jays or the Tampa Raptors, for all that the names feel odd right now, as I imagine there are blue jays in Buffalo and I know there are Raptors in Tampa. The Tampa Yankees, OTOH, were always an oddness! And Red, White, and Blue Sox can go wherever they please as can Reds, Grays, or whatever color you wish.

It's the misfit between the cause of the original name and the current location that maintained that name that prompts my comparison, not merely that the team was dislocated.

[Yankguy1]

Baltimore is horse country. Lots of champion thoroughbreds from there.

[josh]

Baltimore is also the land of COVID-19 listed football players.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/us/ravens-steelers-covid-cases-spt-trnd/index.html

The Baltimore Infections, maybe...

[Hamilton Samuels]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

Or the Atlanta Braves or LA Dodgers or the SF Giants. Brooklyn Nets. Indianapolis Colts.

Shall we go on?

No, the Braves are not the same kind of issue as there were Native Americans in GA. The Giants have no place affiliation. The Dodgers could have been, given their origins of dodging the trolley cars, but I think the Lakers are a far better example - named for the 10,000 lakes! Nets can be anywhere. So can Cubs or Lions or Tigers, since they are misfit animals, regardless of location. Athletics, too. Philly, KC, Oakland, Las Vegas, you name it and people can be athletic.

And the Colts would be a good example, except that almost nobody remembers why they were the Colts in Bal'more, either!

The Tennessee Oilers would be another fine example.

I have no problems with either the Buffalo Blue Jays or the Tampa Raptors, for all that the names feel odd right now, as I imagine there are blue jays in Buffalo and I know there are Raptors in Tampa. The Tampa Yankees, OTOH, were always an oddness! And Red, White, and Blue Sox can go wherever they please as can Reds, Grays, or whatever color you wish.

It's the misfit between the cause of the original name and the current location that maintained that name that prompts my comparison, not merely that the team was dislocated.

New York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.

[josh]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

Or the Atlanta Braves or LA Dodgers or the SF Giants. Brooklyn Nets. Indianapolis Colts.

Shall we go on?

No, the Braves are not the same kind of issue as there were Native Americans in GA. The Giants have no place affiliation. The Dodgers could have been, given their origins of dodging the trolley cars, but I think the Lakers are a far better example - named for the 10,000 lakes! Nets can be anywhere. So can Cubs or Lions or Tigers, since they are misfit animals, regardless of location. Athletics, too. Philly, KC, Oakland, Las Vegas, you name it and people can be athletic.

And the Colts would be a good example, except that almost nobody remembers why they were the Colts in Bal'more, either!

The Tennessee Oilers would be another fine example.

I have no problems with either the Buffalo Blue Jays or the Tampa Raptors, for all that the names feel odd right now, as I imagine there are blue jays in Buffalo and I know there are Raptors in Tampa. The Tampa Yankees, OTOH, were always an oddness! And Red, White, and Blue Sox can go wherever they please as can Reds, Grays, or whatever color you wish.

It's the misfit between the cause of the original name and the current location that maintained that name that prompts my comparison, not merely that the team was dislocated.

New York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.

Boston Cowboys wouldn't work, no. New York Rangers has mystified me for a while, but I am sufficiently not into Hockey that I haven't looked it up. The Hartford Whalers was... odd.

The Pittsburgh Pirates come by their name honestly, though!

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2013/10/03/Let-s-Learn-From-the-Past-How-the-Pirates-got-their-name/stories/201310030085#:~:text=The%20Philadelphia%20team%20loudly%20protested,Pirates%20for%20the%201891%20season.

[bankshot1]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

Or the Atlanta Braves or LA Dodgers or the SF Giants. Brooklyn Nets. Indianapolis Colts.

Shall we go on?

No, the Braves are not the same kind of issue as there were Native Americans in GA. The Giants have no place affiliation. The Dodgers could have been, given their origins of dodging the trolley cars, but I think the Lakers are a far better example - named for the 10,000 lakes! Nets can be anywhere. So can Cubs or Lions or Tigers, since they are misfit animals, regardless of location. Athletics, too. Philly, KC, Oakland, Las Vegas, you name it and people can be athletic.

And the Colts would be a good example, except that almost nobody remembers why they were the Colts in Bal'more, either!

The Tennessee Oilers would be another fine example.

I have no problems with either the Buffalo Blue Jays or the Tampa Raptors, for all that the names feel odd right now, as I imagine there are blue jays in Buffalo and I know there are Raptors in Tampa. The Tampa Yankees, OTOH, were always an oddness! And Red, White, and Blue Sox can go wherever they please as can Reds, Grays, or whatever color you wish.

It's the misfit between the cause of the original name and the current location that maintained that name that prompts my comparison, not merely that the team was dislocated.

New York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.

Boston Cowboys wouldn't work, no. New York Rangers has mystified me for a while, but I am sufficiently not into Hockey that I haven't looked it up. The Hartford Whalers was... odd.

The Pittsburgh Pirates come by their name honestly, though!

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2013/10/03/Let-s-Learn-From-the-Past-How-the-Pirates-got-their-name/stories/201310030085#:~:text=The%20Philadelphia%20team%20loudly%20protested,Pirates%20for%20the%201891%20season.

the Hartford Whalers were originally The New England Whalers playing in Boston for their first 2or 3 years (early 70s).

Whaling in NE seems legit, as does Hurricanes which was their name when they moved to North Carolina.

Maple Leafs could work in most places in North America, but the Canadiens seems somewhat limited to north of the our border and southern Florida.

[josh]

The Arizona 49ers.

Has a certain ring to it, huh?

Kind of like the Utah Jazz.

Or the Atlanta Braves or LA Dodgers or the SF Giants. Brooklyn Nets. Indianapolis Colts.

Shall we go on?

No, the Braves are not the same kind of issue as there were Native Americans in GA. The Giants have no place affiliation. The Dodgers could have been, given their origins of dodging the trolley cars, but I think the Lakers are a far better example - named for the 10,000 lakes! Nets can be anywhere. So can Cubs or Lions or Tigers, since they are misfit animals, regardless of location. Athletics, too. Philly, KC, Oakland, Las Vegas, you name it and people can be athletic.

And the Colts would be a good example, except that almost nobody remembers why they were the Colts in Bal'more, either!

The Tennessee Oilers would be another fine example.

I have no problems with either the Buffalo Blue Jays or the Tampa Raptors, for all that the names feel odd right now, as I imagine there are blue jays in Buffalo and I know there are Raptors in Tampa. The Tampa Yankees, OTOH, were always an oddness! And Red, White, and Blue Sox can go wherever they please as can Reds, Grays, or whatever color you wish.

It's the misfit between the cause of the original name and the current location that maintained that name that prompts my comparison, not merely that the team was dislocated.

New York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.

Boston Cowboys wouldn't work, no. New York Rangers has mystified me for a while, but I am sufficiently not into Hockey that I haven't looked it up. The Hartford Whalers was... odd.

The Pittsburgh Pirates come by their name honestly, though!

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2013/10/03/Let-s-Learn-From-the-Past-How-the-Pirates-got-their-name/stories/201310030085#:~:text=The%20Philadelphia%20team%20loudly%20protested,Pirates%20for%20the%201891%20season.

the Hartford Whalers were originally The New England Whalers playing in Boston for their first 2or 3 years (early 70s).

Whaling in NE seems legit, as does Hurricanes which was their name when they moved to North Carolina.

Maple Leafs could work in most places in North America, but the Canadiens seems somewhat limited to north of the our border and southern Florida.

Whaling in Boston seemed legit. New Haven would have worked. Hartford? It was mocked at the time and deservedly so. Bad enough that it made this list of worst sports team names, at #10, just below the UTAH Jazz. They are only fortunate to have been on a list including college/university teams.

After all, we cannot all be the Banana Slugs! (Or the Horny Toads, for that matter, but they aren't on the list!)

https://fansided.com/2014/06/23/10-worst-ridiculous-sports-team-names-ever/2/