Blackhawks.
Really the Expos should have been called the Royals, but somehow the Kansas City expansion team claimed it first.
And this didn’t mention the Lakers. Why is a Los Angeles team called the Lakers? Because they were from Minnesota, the land of lakes, before they moved to LA.
Oklahoma Sooners
Good to know that the Green Bay name has nothing to do with fudge.
We had retired coach,(a local Legend) that would visit our team from time to time and tell great stories. One was how Indiana got the name Hoosiers. After one particuliarly vicious football game between Purdue and IU, while cleaning up debri and body parts from the field, one groundsman held up a bloody appendage and shouted “Whose Ear”.
How about the fighting whites?
Some nicknames seem obvious, such as Minnesota Twins for the twin cities, Milwaukee Brewers in honor of the city’s beer businesses, Philadelphia Phillies is alliterative, Baltimore Orioles named for the bird of that name, the former Houston Oilers as a nod to the city’s oil businesses, Arizona Diamondbacks as a nod to the snakes of the desert, Phoenix Suns as a nod to the blazing sunshine there, Los Angeles Angels in the city of Angels, and likely others I can’t think of offhand.
The Pacers were actually named mostly for Indiana’s history of famous horse racing pacers. Dan Patch was the most famous Pacer of all time and was bred in Indiana. The reference to pace cars was a nice extra tie in to the Indy 500. It also makes it quite the coincidence that Indiana’s other pro sports team also got its name from the horse racing industry, as the Baltimore Colts were named in honor of Baltimore’s horse breeding and racing history.
How about the US-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs?
I’m surprised no one has posted the Fighting Whities.
The Toledo Mudhens. The Memphis Chicks.
There is a secondary meaning to the KC Royals. The Kansas City Monarchs were the premier team in the Negro Leagues. Jackie Robinson played for them before breaking the color barrier in the white Majors. So, the Royals are a bit of an homage to that heritage. The Negro Leagues Hall of Fame is in KC and is worth a visit.
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Houston Colt .45’s...
This article must be old. The World Series Champions are the Atlanta Braves.
I attended the first KC Royals home game at Municipal Stadium in 1969. The Royals beat the Brewers... Sorry, I don’t recall the score, I was only 7 at the time!
Mark
Actually, the Blues won it all in 2019.