With last weeks announcement that the Tampa Bay Devils Rays will change their name to the Rays, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the worst team names in sports. Here we go!
10. San Diego Padres: Padre is Spanish for Priest. It just doesn't seem all that intimidating. It makes me wonder if a team from Boston might change their name to the 'Boston Catholic Priest'. That probably wouldn't work out. Not there anyways.
9. New Orleans Saints: The name Saints isn't actually that bad, it's just ironic that New Orleans has one of the highest murder rates in the US. They're really contradicting themselves with that one.
8. Columbus Blue Jackets: What kind of a name is this? Is everyone in Columbus a big fan of wearing 'Blue Jackets'? I guess Blue Jacket was actually the nickname of a war chief in the 1700's, but it still makes me wonder if blue is the most popular jacket color in Columbus.
7. Green Bay Packers: I guess they named their team after a popular profession in their area. It's still odd to name your team after people who packs dead animal parts for minimum wage. Why not just name the team the 'Green Bay Customer Service Representatives'?
6. LA Lakers: Why would they name their team after a guy who works on a lake? It just seems like it would be a boring job. I suppose someone doing that job would be a weird loner. I can actually think of a guy on the Lakers who could be considered a loner, and no, I'm not thinking of Luke Walton.
5. Anaheim Ducks: A lot of teams chose animal names for their teams. For some reason Anaheim decided to choose one of the wimpiest and most disrespected animals on the planet.
4. Cleveland Browns: This is the laziest team on earth. They name themselves after a horrible color, and then make that color their logo. Yes, their logo is the color brown. I feel sorry for the people in their marketing department.
3. Tie-Boston Red Sox & Chicago White Sox: What's up with sports teams naming themselves after generic items of clothing? Socks are probably the most boring piece of clothing a person can wear. Here's an idea - The 'Boston Green Jogging Pants'. Seriously. That makes more sense that naming your team after a pair of socks.
2. New Jersey Nets: When they were choosing their name it was between the Nets or the Basketballs. This name took zero effort and zero creativity to come up with. It's like a baseball team calling themselves 'The Bases', or a hockey team calling themselves... Well, 'The Nets'.
1.Tie-San Francisco 49ers & Philadelphia 76ers: Does anyone honestly know what a 76er or a 49er is? Is it was simple as adding an 'er' to the end of a couple numbers? If that's the case why isn't their a team called the 69ers? Just imagine the logo!
Also receiving consideration: Arizona Gaylords, Vancouver Cabbage Eaters, and the Detroit Tight Leather Pants.
-Joe Osborne
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Tuesday's Top Ten: Worst Team Names
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