Here are some names to apply to baseball teams when they
are striking out more than usual. Considering that they are
all striking right now, I think these currently apply to all
of the teams. The Texas No Braingers should be winning
the World Series right now!
DISCLAIMER: I have lived near many cities in my days
(Denver, Dallas, New Orleans, New York City, and
now San Francisco), so I am just guessing on the
lame names for the other cities...
Baseball
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American League West:
California Angels -> California Down the Draingels
Oakland Athletics -> Oakland Arthritics
Texas Rangers -> Texas Strangers
Seattle Mariners -> Seattle Don't Care-iners
American League Central:
Chicago White Sox -> Chicago Blight Sox
Cleveland Indians -> Cleveland Idiots
Kansas City Royals -> Kansas City Boils
Milwahkee Brewers -> Milwahkee Sewers
Minnesota Twins -> Minnesota Twits
American League East:
Baltimore Orioles -> Baltimore Boreioles
Boston Red Sox -> Boston Bad Sox
Detroit Tigers -> Detroit Sliders
New York Yankees -> New York Blankees
Toronto Bluejays -> Toronto Overduejays
National League West:
Colorado Rockies -> Colorado on the Rocksies
Los Angeles Dodgers -> Los Angeles Old Codgers
San Diego Padres -> San Diego Rot-res
San Francisco Giants -> San Fransisco Cry-ants
National League Central:
Chicaco Cubs -> Chicago Flubs
Cincinnati Reds -> Cincinnati Deads
Houston Astros -> Houston DisAstros
Pittsburgh Pirates -> Pittsburgh Pi-Ruts
St. Louis Cardinals -> St. Louis Cardinal Sins
National League East:
Atlanta Braves -> Atlanta Graves
Florida Marlins -> Florida Darlin's
Montreal Expos -> Montreal Hexedpos
New York Mets -> New York Not Yets
Philadelphia Phillies -> Philadelphia Sillies
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Jeffery T. Mitchell Relativistic Nuclear Collisions Group
JTMit...@lbl.gov Lawrence Berkeley Laborarory
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