Wacky Minor League team names

[Okla-homey]

Yes, we've all heard of the Toledo Mudcats.

Perhaps even the Montgomery (AL) Biscuits. Or, the Akron Lugnuts.

Add to that list, the announcement of the Wichita Wingnuts.

that is all.

[sooner_born_1960]

Trust me. That is not all.

[TUSooner]

I think it's the Toledo Mud Hens.
I miss the 89ers.
New Olreans has the Zephyrs, but they brought the name from Denver.

[Okla-homey]

I think it's the Toledo Mud Hens.
I miss the 89ers.
New Olreans has the Zephyrs, but they brought the name from Denver.

By Jove you're right! Mudcats are in Zebulon NC, or were.

[OCUDad]

And it's the Lansing Lugnuts.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

The Macon Whoopee! (hockey)

[OCUDad]

Don't forget the Las Vegas Area 51s.

[sanantoniosooner]

Dang Homey,

You set a record for the most corrections in less than 10 posts ;)

[OCUDad]

Dang Homey,

You set a record for receiving the most corrections in less than 10 posts ;)Fixed. :D

[OCUDad]

And let us not forget:

Modesto Nuts
Albuquerque Isotopes
Vermont Lake Monsters
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Traverse City Beach Bums
Batavia Muckdogs
Casper Ghosts (I love this one)
Kannapolis Intimidators (RIP, Dale)
… to name just a few

[1stTimeCaller]

Do the OKC Redhawks count? Being as there is no such bird.

[OKC-SLC]

I went to a MudHens game once. That's about all I have to add to this post.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

And let us not forget:

Modesto Nuts
Albuquerque Isotopes
Vermont Lake Monsters
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Traverse City Beach Bums
Batavia Muckdogs
Casper Ghosts (I love this one)
Kannapolis Intimidators (RIP, Dale)
… to name just a few


http://www.geocities.com/paulsminorleagueparks/images/BurlingtonVT/BurlingtonVT02.jpg

[Ardmore_Sooner]

Do the OKC Redhawks count? Being as there is no such bird.

I wonder, is the mascot actually named after the gun?

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

This was just a catholic elementary school in OKC long ago, but I always liked the name: The Immaculate Conception Copperheads

[sooner_born_1960]

This was just a catholic elementary school in OKC long ago, but I always liked the name: The Immaculate Conception Copperheads
I wnet to 1st grade there, in 1966. I didn't know we had a mascot.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I wnet to 1st grade there, in 1966. I didn't know we had a mascot.It was their little league baseball team. I was in grade school myself, and cracked up with that name. (we were the Christ the King Knights, as in crusaders, I guess)

[SoonerJack]

It was their little league baseball team. I was in grade school myself, and cracked up with that name. (we were the Christ the King Knights, as in crusaders, I guess)

"In thy precious name, we pray that we might smite the infidels and whip them soundly in this, our nation's most beloved pasttime. Ahhmen."

[Osce0la]

http://www.geocities.com/paulsminorleagueparks/images/BurlingtonVT/BurlingtonVT02.jpg
http://www.bofads.com/pictures/bigred.bmp

[Ike]

While they aren't a minor league team, the "Liberal Bee Jays" in Liberal, KS, a long standing semi-pro team has always been my favorite.

[Ike]

Also, the Joliet Jackhammers
the Gary SouthShore RailCats
Winnepeg Goldeyes
Edmonton Cracker Cats
Lincoln SaltDogs
Les Capitales de Québec (as far as I know the only team to have a french name)
Washington Wild Things (Washington, PA that is)

[Ike]

oh, and apparently in 1908 there was a team known as
The Walla Walla Walla Wallas. :D

[OCUDad]

While they aren't a minor league team, the "Liberal Bee Jays" in Liberal, KS, a long standing semi-pro team has always been my favorite.So did you pitch for them, or did you catch? :D:eek:

[sooner_born_1960]

While they aren't a minor league team, the "Liberal Bee Jays" in Liberal, KS, a long standing semi-pro team has always been my favorite.
In looking at BJ alumni, I know one of those guys. Small world.

[Lott's Bandana]

This was just a catholic elementary school in OKC long ago, but I always liked the name: The Immaculate Conception Copperheads


They should have been teh Trojans.

Or Sheiks.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Do the OKC Redhawks count? Being as there is no such bird.

They're named for this bird.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Red-tailed_hawk_in_flight.jpg/300px-Red-tailed_hawk_in_flight.jpg

The Red-tailed hawk.

[Preservation Parcels]

Wilmington Blue Rocks







The Swedes disembarked from their ship, the Kalmar Nyckel, onto bluish colored rocks in 1638. They had the same real estate guy who bought Manhattan for $24. Peter Minuit bought present-day Wilmington, Delaware, for a copper pot and some trinkets.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/preservationparcels/KalmarNyckel.jpg

The Swedes built a fort and named both it and the river for their queen who had taken the throne at the age of six - Christina. They traded for beaver furs with the Lenni-Lenape, and sent home bales of them along with lumber and tobacco.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/preservationparcels/JohanPrintz.jpg

Their governor, Johann Printz, was reputed to be nearly 7 feet tall and 400 pounds. He ruled until the Swedes stopped sending supplies for six years. His predecessor fell for a trap set by Pegleg Peter Stuyvesant. Pete didn't want to attack the Swedes because that would look ugly, so he built a fort just downriver and left it guarded by 9 guys with no black powder.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/preservationparcels/stuyvesant1.jpg

The new governor took over the fort in a bloodless coup, and the next year old Pete came back with 7 ships full of 317 soldiers. Because the Swedes had stolen his fort, Peter was justified in taking back not only his fort, but also the Swedish one in Wilmington. He told the Swedes they could stay if they would turn Dutch, and he ruled from New Amsterdam (New York) until the Duke of York came and changed the flags once again.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/preservationparcels/KingJamesII.jpg


With a tip of my bonnet to Homey who makes this look easy every morning :)

[reevie]

Cedar Rapids Kernals
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Hickory Crawdads

[phead903]

Little Rock's minor league team is the Travelers.

[reevie]

Hockey teams:

Fayetteville FireAnts
Rockford Ice Hogs
Port Huron Flags (defunct)
Motor City Mechanics (defunct)
Danbury Trashers (defunct)
Topeka Tarantulas (defunct)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (defunct)
Lexington Men O' War (defunct)

[Mongo]

Roswell Probes
Trinidad Leftovers
Moscow Red Squares
Raleigh Finger Staches

[OCUDad]

OKC Mongo-loids

team has only one member... and it's small.

[Mongo]

they are like the mini Ditkas, only more fierce

[reevie]

Ditka vs mini-Ditka?



mini-Ditka vs da Bears?

[Mixer!]

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/logos/chl/huntsville_channel_cats_2000.gif

[Mixer!]

The Macon Whoopee! (hockey) http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/logos/chl/macwho97.gif

[tulsaoilerfan]

The Macon Whoopee! (hockey)
Dammit, beat me to it. :D

[bluedogok]

Savannah Sand Gnats
http://www.sandgnats.com/images/header_link.jpg

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Roswell Probes
Trinidad Leftovers
Moscow Red Squares
Raleigh Finger StachesThat's some hellacious team names. I sorta like the Red Squares best.

[Okla-homey]

Savannah Sand Gnats
http://www.sandgnats.com/images/header_link.jpg

Me likey. If you have ever lived in the SC or GA lowcountry, then you know sand gnats are indeed fierce, they attack in waves, they bite, and they are extremely bothersome.

[Flagstaffsooner]

Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Must be 'cause they're close to Olevet.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/full_size/495.jpg

Edit:
Wow Olevet IS their mascot. http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/fans/page.jsp?ymd=20071212&content_id=329101&vkey=fans_t1350&fext=.jsp&sid=t1350

[Frozen Sooner]

Unfortunately, the Macon Whoopee have moved. :(

[Mixer!]

Actually Mike, they folded their tent five years ago. The local beer distributor who owned the team initially still owns the rights to the name. The only thing keeping them from coming back is a mayor and city council who want to charge them an exhorbitant rent with no cut from concessions or indoor advertising.

[Frozen Sooner]

Ah, my fault. Regardless, there is no Macon Whoopee any longer.

[AlbqSooner]

And let us not forget:

Modesto Nuts
Albuquerque Isotopes
Vermont Lake Monsters
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Traverse City Beach Bums
Batavia Muckdogs
Casper Ghosts (I love this one)
Kannapolis Intimidators (RIP, Dale)
… to name just a few
In their inaugural season the Isotopes mascot was Homer Simpson. I kid you not!

[Lott's Bandana]

Me likey. If you have ever lived in the SC or GA lowcountry, then you know sand gnats are indeed fierce, they attack in waves, they bite, and they are extremely bothersome.


Sand Gnats
No-see-ums
Flying Teeth

No matter what you call 'em, they are the majorly succ. Try to play softball on a Charleston summer evening and they are in your mouth, eyes, nose, ears...biting.

South Carolina - beautiful, beautiful place BUT, you can be getting ravaged on a fire-ant pile getting bit by sand gnats and the mosquitoes will rescue you by carrying you off to the alligator swamp to separate you from your blood.