# Rejected City/Sport Team Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882 "2016-08-05T21:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/1 "2016-08-05T21:40:07Z")
It’s Friday and my brain is fried from this week and needs engery. In the spirit of the Olympics getting under way - the rejected sport team names from around the world: Brussels Sprouts Cannes Openers Amsterdam Yankees Vienna Sausages Manila Folders Czech Bouncers, or Czech Mates New Delhi Catessans Buenos Airheads Dublin Mint Twins Peking Toms Bolivia DeHavillands Seoul Brothers Taipei Personalities Syria Killers Hungary Jacks Prague Tologists Guadalajara Krishnas Paris Sites Tokyo-Yos Thai One-ons Got others?.. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/2 "2016-08-05T22:04:17Z")
I live in Victoria, Texas. I had hoped out new baseball team would call itself the Victoria Secrets, but no such luck. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/3 "2016-08-05T22:05:24Z")
New York Yorkies ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/4 "2016-08-05T22:41:00Z")
Bend Overs ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/5 "2016-08-05T22:45:26Z")
Albuquerque Turkeys? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/6 "2016-08-05T23:18:10Z")
I honestly wish my team would ditch it’s racist mascot and become the Cleveland Rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/7 "2016-08-05T23:38:54Z")
Paris Hilton Head Cheeses ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/8 "2016-08-05T23:41:11Z")
Prague Metal Warsaw Puddytats Rotterdam Cofferdams Hamburg Er’s Frankfurt Er’s Manila Ice Bangkok Suckers Dakar Garages Ankara Karate Kids Istanbul Pucky Tehran Issaurus Rex Ceylon Silver Girls ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/9 "2016-08-06T01:23:39Z")
Macon Whoopies except that is or at least was a real hockey team in Macon GA ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/10 "2016-08-06T02:05:54Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Albuquerque Turkeys? Like it, but they already have a baseball team called the Albuquerque Isotopes, which is pretty odd all by itself. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/11 "2016-08-06T02:06:18Z")
Nashville Cats. Known for their clean style of play. California Girls San Francisco Nights Nice Guys. Unfortunately, they always finish last. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/12 "2016-08-06T03:32:36Z")
Berlin Huskies Dublin Down Bombay Doors Nairobi Wade Tokyo Roses ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/13 "2016-08-06T07:01:02Z")
Albuquerque Guards Tokyo Mamas Paris Psychologists Oslo Pokes Cairo Row Your Boats Bangkok Teasers Florence Foster Jenkins Phoenix On in China San Jose Can You See Biarritz Crackers Liverpool Tables ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/14 "2016-08-06T13:02:24Z")
Good ones, folks! Bangkok seems to keep appearing. While watching some of the Opening Ceremonies yesterday: Benin Tumors Chile Dogs Djibouti Calls Ghana Rheas Guam Drops Guinea Pigs ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/15 "2016-08-06T13:45:38Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I live in Victoria, Texas. I had hoped out new baseball team would call itself the Victoria Secrets, but no such luck. I’d been hoping we’d name our NHL team the Minnesota nIce. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/16 "2016-08-06T14:14:25Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I’d been hoping we’d name our NHL team the Minnesota nIce. How about the Minnesota Fats. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/17 "2016-08-06T14:54:58Z")
College Teams: Auburn Tofferings Yale Locks Stetson Hats Purdue Tells Tulane Highways Bowdoin Beautifuls Rutgers Rugrats Duke Itouts Slippery Rock Algae Brown Noses Rice Aronies TCU Laters Brigham Young Turks George Mason Jars Marquette Basquettes Chaminade Wow ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/18 "2016-08-06T14:55:50Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Like it, but they already have a baseball team called the Albuquerque Isotopes, which is pretty odd all by itself. Why is that so odd? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/19 "2016-08-06T15:01:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Why is that so odd? Because it’s named after a joke name from a fictional TV show? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-city-sport-team-names/761882/20 "2016-08-06T15:34:20Z")
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