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Voting closed: October 22, 2020, 02:04:36 PM
Quote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 09:32:51 PMQuote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 09:12:09 PMQuote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 06:17:23 PMQuote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 03:36:01 PMQuote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 02:14:34 PMThe 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.
Quote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 09:12:09 PMQuote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 06:17:23 PMQuote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 03:36:01 PMQuote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 02:14:34 PMThe 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.
Quote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 06:17:23 PMQuote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 03:36:01 PMQuote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 02:14:34 PMThe 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.
Quote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 03:36:01 PMQuote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 02:14:34 PMThe 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.
Quote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 02:14:34 PMThe 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?
The Arizona 49ers.Has a certain ring to it, huh?Kind of like the Utah Jazz.
I always thought it a weird team name. As a kid I remember thinking that reference to Canadians had a somewhat derogatory meaning.
Quote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 09:12:09 PMNew York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.New York Rangers has mystified me for a while
New York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.
Quote from: kidcarter8 on December 02, 2020, 02:24:08 PMthe line on the Steeler game is -10,5it was never the -4.5 you have listedIf I was betting the game today I would carePretty sure you could have laid 4.5 last week. e Baltimore Ravens went from being a +5.5 underdog coming into what was supposed to be their Thanksgiving Day game against the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers to now being a +10 dog in what will be a rare Wednesday night gamehttp://www.gambling911.com/Ravens-Line-Goes-From-5.5-to-10.html
the line on the Steeler game is -10,5it was never the -4.5 you have listedIf I was betting the game today I would care
But you maintained the -4.5 spread well after the line had moved.I dont apologize for using the contest line, as I do each week2nspl.com
Quote from: josh on November 30, 2020, 09:32:51 PMQuote from: UNO on November 30, 2020, 09:12:09 PMNew York Rangers. Still doesn't work. No more than the Boston Cowboys would or the Pittsburgh Pirates does.New York Rangers has mystified me for a whileThe Rangers are new york born but because they had a "Tex" in their front office they were nick named "Tex's Rangers". The name stuck!https://www.nhl.com/rangers/team/birth-of-the-rangers
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