# Name that team!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-team/485567>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 12, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-team/485567 "2009-02-12T18:02:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-team/485567/61 "2009-02-19T22:02:04Z")

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Correct. (And the team of the book that preceded BTDS, The Southpaw.) The movie just made them the Yankees although based on the book I think the Mammoths were really based on the Giants.

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