I think Adam Silver's first move as commissioner should have been to give the Jazz name back to New Orleans, take the Grizzlies name from Memphis, give it to Utah, and make Memphis the Blues!
There used to be!Although there are no grizzly bears in Utah, I agree with all of this.
Jumbo Shrimp is an awesome nickname.Here in Pensacola, our minor league (AA) team is in the Southern League,
featuring The Pensacola Blue Wahoos, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, and the Montgomery Biscuits!
You hungry yet?
Ugh. A hyphen is not a dash.The Cincinnati Reds were originally the Red Stockings, for obvious reasons.
And for lame sports nicknames, is there anything worse than The Winston-Salem Dash. As in the hyphen between Winston and Salem.
THAT is lame.The Cincinnati Reds were originally the Red Stockings, for obvious reasons.
And for lame sports nicknames, is there anything worse than The Winston-Salem Dash. As in the hyphen between Winston and Salem.
True, but the Winston-Salem Hyphens just doesn't have the same ring to it.Ugh. A hyphen is not a dash.
True, but the Winston-Salem Hyphens just doesn't have the same ring to it.
They were The Zephyrs, didn't know they had changed.
I actually like it.Jumbo Shrimp is an awesome nickname.
I like it.Jumbo Shrimp is an awesome nickname.
Former minor league hockey team called the Macon Whoopee.
Well I’ll be damned.
They're in the same league with Pensacola's team, The Ice Flyers, only now they're the Macon Mayhem!