Wait, I get it now! I could never understand why the Devil Ray's (and Buccaneers and Lightning etc.) weren't the "Tampa Devil Rays" (etc.) after the city of Tampa. "Who names a team after a body of water?" I'd ask. But now I understand, they're named after the Greater Tampa Bay Metropolitan Area . . . I guess.
Personally, I think if the Marlins move to Portland they should be the Portland Bassmaster '76.
You laugh now, but it will all make sense when Moreno eventually reclaims the Los Angeles Angels name and becomes the dominant Los Angeles area team, despite not actually playing in LA proper. He can't say that now, due to the lawsuit, but I have no doubt that this is the long term plan.
I think last season he should have had a "retro night" every night and worn some old Los Angeles Angels uniforms.
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Arte Moreno really pisses me off for screwing the city of Anaheim. The city cut a deal to pay for stadium improvements on the condition that they get the name recognition and thus tourism dollars. Moreno tries to find a legal loophole to screw the city. And the press has given him a free pass, all because he lowered beer prices that were some of the highest in the league.
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Hi, I'm Arneson 1966.
Or Albert Pujols.
Personally, I think if the Marlins move to Portland they should be the Portland Bassmaster '76.
I don't see a way around the two Chicagos.
That was a lot of work to get in one joke.
In this case, the year of the team's founding:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_M%C3%BCnchen
Yeah, that plus the stadium is in St. Peterburg.
I, too, laughed out loud at Los Angeles 1781 of 1857.
What a terrible idea, although I suppose it's better than the Houston Booters of Corpus Christi, or some such.
I think last season he should have had a "retro night" every night and worn some old Los Angeles Angels uniforms.
I was very surprised to learn that Los Angeles is so much older than Atlanta.
Arte Moreno really pisses me off for screwing the city of Anaheim. The city cut a deal to pay for stadium improvements on the condition that they get the name recognition and thus tourism dollars. Moreno tries to find a legal loophole to screw the city. And the press has given him a free pass, all because he lowered beer prices that were some of the highest in the league.
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LMAO! At first I thought the impossible had happened and Bob had committed a typo. Finally, reality dawned on me. Kwite Klever!
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