Kansas City is home to an organization called “American Royal”, which is a livestock exhibition and civic association that dates back to the 19th Century. The name of the baseball team derives from that.
I root for the two most hated teams in the nation: the SF Giants (I’m from the Bay Area and have rooted for the Giants since 1960); and Notre Dame (I’m an Irish Catholic conservative American who graduated from ND in 1976).
I’ve been in exile in the DC area since August, 1976.
Go Giants!!! Go Irish!!!
Interesting, this got me thinking, no that to strong on word, musing is much better. Where did other teams get their names? Witch team now has the dumbest names but “It seemed like a good idea at the time.”