Team names are supposed to be somewhat intimidating. We all know that. So why do some teams have names like White Sox, Red Sox, Angels, Blue Jays, Orioles, and Cubs? What made people think that a colored sock or a bird or a heavenly being was intimidating?
And FYI, I am a White Sox fan. This has just been confusing me for years.
2007-08-19 11:35:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
to the two girls at the bottom...what does NASCAR have to do with MLB team names again?
2007-08-20 09:46:03 · update #1
The most intimidating team name ever:
New York Knickerbockers
Dont Fu@k with the knickerbockers!
lol
2007-08-20 00:47:11 · answer #1 · answered by wedge47 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What MLB team is intimidating? what SPORT team is intimidating i dont know any exept Jaguars
Team names usually have to do with the Location of the team
Bluejay is like Ontario's state bird Red Sox would make sense now because of Curt Shillings bloody sock but i don't know the real reason for that i know the Twins is because St. Paul and Minneapolis are called the TWIN cities
2007-08-19 19:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Best Answers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't think that team names were supposed to be intimidating. I thought the names were supposed to represent something about the team or the city they play in.
2007-08-19 18:59:59 · answer #3 · answered by Alan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
team names dont have to be intimidating
white and red sox are just the color they wore
they used to be called the red stockings for the socks they wore but it has been changed for stockings to sox
as far as the cubs it just flows nicely-chicago cubs
mabey orioles and blurjays are common in baltimore or toronto
i cant explain the angel thing
2007-08-19 18:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by Simon K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A name can't be anymore intimidating than what or who it names. If I was a pitcher in the old days the most intimidating name was "Babe", as in Babe Ruth. A batter named Deathbringer From Hell would be far less intimidating if he couldn't hit. Anyway, if you own a baseball club you can pretty much name it anything you want to.
2007-08-19 19:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by Incognito 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
team names are not supposed to be intimidating. Thats why Washington Bullets got axed. Team names are supposed to represent a city or locale, which they clearly don't.
2007-08-19 19:06:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball doesn't have many teams with intimidating nicknames...most of the team names have something to do with the city or it's history...
2007-08-19 18:44:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get the idea that team names were supposed to be intimidating?
If they were, all the teams would have names relating to stuff like killing, blood, murderers, etc.
2007-08-19 18:42:24 · answer #8 · answered by What? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Downstate Illinois: The Fisher Bunnies beat the Rantoul Eagles in football. Cardinals over the Tigers? Not surreal at all!!!
2007-08-19 19:59:45 · answer #9 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i disagree that all team names are supposed to be intimidating. a lot of times teams are named after nearby industries, products, or aspects of nature. it has a lot to do with geography and traits of the region the team is in.
2007-08-19 18:45:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋