# What is the worst team name?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 4, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-team-name/28122 "2000-08-04T14:20:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-team-name/28122/101 "2000-09-27T19:11:28Z")

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One that bugs me that I haven’t seen mentioned yet is the Lexington Legends. Minor league baseball team for Lexington, KY. Technically, the team is not a team, no stadium, no players, etc. And that is what bugs me. If it was a very good established team from someplace else that was moving here, great. But, for a team that is just starting out, they need to play a while to develope some legends before they take that name.

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**Author:** ![doc\_miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@doc\_miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc_miller)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-team-name/28122/102 "2000-09-27T20:12:05Z")

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Pekin (IL) High School.

The city itself is named after Peking. When the time came to choose a mascot for the high school, the city’s leader decided to select a name that fit in with the Oriental influence of the city’s name. Their choice:

The Pekin Chinks

Sometime in the late 70’s or early 80’s this was changed to the Dragons, and the team had always used a Chinese-style dragon as a mascot.

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**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-team-name/28122/103 "2000-09-28T02:49:54Z")

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Wouldn’t the Pekin Ducks be so much better?

And Buffalo Bison is already taken. It’s the minor league baseball team.

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-team-name/28122/104 "2000-09-28T17:48:30Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by vandal \*  
> \*\*Ottawa Senators. This is a stupid team mascot. Come on, a senator? It just doesn’t sound right.
> 
> Montreal Canadiens. Alright, now let’s not get too creative here. I mean, wow, your team name is your nationality. I’d like to meet the genius behind that one.
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> Cleveland Browns. I’ve mentioned them in the uniform thread, and I’ll mention them here too. Just what the hell is a Brown? Until I find out, I’ll consider it a euphemism for a turd.
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> \*\*

I think “Brown” was a beloved, much-respected coach of the team during their formative years.

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