Bob Nightengale: Cmon Cleveland and Atlanta its time to change your team name

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I think this deserved it's own thread.

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They could be The Cleveland Baseball Team and The Atlanta Baseball Team, respectively.
 

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The Braves chant makes me cringe every single time. Same with the Chiefs’.
 

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Genius movie, PCU. Predicted this crap 25 years ago.

That's it. I'm going to officially rename all the baseball teams to conform to modern sensibilities. Get your jerseys now.

AL east
New York Northerners With No Intended Disrespect to People From Other Regions
Boston Sox Without Choosing One Color To Be Better Than Any Other. Also Can Be Socks If Our Other Spelling Offends You
Toronto Jays Although We Respect All Colors And Other Species Of Birds
Baltimore Beings Because It's Just Wrong To Leave Out Other Kinds Of Animals


AL central
Cleveland People Of No Particular Persuasion
Minnesota Singles, Twins, or Triplets, Whichever Offends You Least
Chicago Sox Because Its Wrong To Celebrate That Other Particular Color
Kansas City Average People
Detroit Empty Vacuums Of Space Because Stripes Might Remind Someone of Jail

AL west
Oakland Everyone Gets A Trophy's Because Being Athletic Is An Unfair Advantage (s)
Seattle Pacifists
Los Angeles All Religions Are Okay Except Christianity's of Anaheim
Texas Defundeds
Houston Cosmos, But We Know It's All Faked


NL east
New York Metropolitans, Suburbans, or Rurals. Find Your Happy Place
Atlanta Cowards as We Don't Mean To Offend
Washington Because Patriotism Might Bother Someone Baseball Team
Miami Jellyfish Since Pointy Objects Shouldn't Be Allowed
Philadelphia Brotherly Loves


NL central
Cincinnati Reds or Whites or Blues But Not All Of Them Because It May Offend Foreigners
Louis But Not Saint or Cardinal Because Christians Use Those Words General Birds
Wisconsin Not Milwaukee Because That's a Native Word We Shouldn't Appropriate Brewers
Pittsburgh Delightful Givers
Chicago Free Speech Looters

NL west
Los Can't Say Angels In Any Language Dodgys
Francisco Not So Scary Medium Sized People
Colorado Vegan Hikers
Diego Not Saint Not Friars As That's Not Inclusive
Arizona Butterflies
 
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