# Worst Sports Team Logos/Names Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920 "2005-05-22T01:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/101 "2005-06-07T21:52:17Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > You just have to love the [Stanford Cardinal](http://gostanford.collegesports.com/). I can’t think of another team named after an _adjective._ Sheffield Wednesday could be put into that category - the adjective being a [literal description of the cricket club](http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10304~65717,00.html) from which they originated. And there’s Hamilton Academical, of which I’m never quite sure of the grammar, but seems to be an adjective of sorts (named after Hamilton Academy). ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/102 "2005-06-07T22:11:33Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > What’s the first color that comes to mind when you hear the term “ewwwwww!” Thats right. Would you name a team that, like the **Cleveland Browns**? When asked that question I think of the color “day-glo puke green” rather than “brown” but your point is well taken. A friend of mine here in Cleveland was just incredulous back in 1996 when, as part of the settlement of City of Cleveland’s lawsuit against the NFL over the Browns’ move to Baltimore, the parties agreed to put another team in Cleveland named the Browns and with the same brown and orange team colors. My friend said, “Our team’s got the stupidest name and the ugliest colors, and they wanted them back?!? We blew our chance to get a cool name with decent colors!” I can’t say I disagree with her. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/103 "2005-06-07T22:22:42Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > In that case, it makes no sense to cite D.C. United as a team with a “good” (or bad) name. It’s like saying, ooh, “Jacksonville,” that’s a _great_ name for a sports club! No way, dude, they should have gone with “Altoona”; that’s a much better name. Altoona, no way! “Charlotte” is the bomb! Well, okay, anything’s better than “Cincinnati.” Unless you’re asserting that the city has in its name “United”, you might be overthinking things a wee bit. As a fan of an opposing team, my nickname for DC United is “Flaming Turd Burglers”, so consider carefully how far you want to apply your organizational/nickname paradigm. Ohh, I thought of another one! My brother went to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He claims their nickname was the Fighting Missionaries (the school was named after the first white missionary in the area). He and his fellow students would chant _We’re the Fighting Missionaries, we’re always on top!_ ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/104 "2005-06-07T22:45:37Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > But it’s better than the other names the team has used – Quakers, Red Quakers, Philas, Blue Jays. The team never has had a good name. Well, as the all-time-losingest American sports team maybe we don’t deserve one! :eek: We’re also home to the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, which is also sure not to strike fear into the hearts of the opponent. (It’s surprising that these guys ever get out of the huddle… racking up delay of game penalties until the spirit moves them by concensus! ) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/105 "2005-06-08T05:14:39Z")
The Vancouver Canucks have a long history of [ugly jerseys](http://www.canuckheaven.com/jerseyhistory.html). Actually, to be fair, it’s just the second one that’s truly horrific, with the third one close behind it. Their original jersey design was pretty cool, and their current jerseys are decent, if a bit bland. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/106 "2005-06-08T07:08:52Z")
OK, it’s a bit of a hijack, but if you’re truly determined to look at stupid team names, then you have to delve into the rich world of [HIGH SCHOOL MASCOTS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52169&highlight=high+school+mascots) You have been warned. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/107 "2005-06-08T14:53:04Z")
I think the Miami Dolphins have the silliest (and girliest) mascot in the NFL. I mean really, dolphins? Dolphins are cute and do cute things. Football players are supposed to big, bad, and nasty (see Raiders, Vikings, Buccaneers, Bengals). Dolphins and football just do not go together in my mind. To top it off, the team wears peach and turquoise on the field. I think they should change their names to the Miami Vice, 'cuz that’s what those colors remind me of. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/108 "2005-06-08T16:18:07Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > You just have to love the [Stanford Cardinal](http://gostanford.collegesports.com/). I can’t think of another team named after an _adjective._ I take great snarky pride in correcting those who call them the “Cardinals.” Stanford considers itself the equivalent (if not superior) of any Ivy League school, and “Cardinal” thus echoes the precedents set by the Harvard Crimson, Cornell Big Red, and Dartmouth Big Green. Actually, Dartmouth once used the nickname “Indians”, as did Stanford until [the early 1970’s.](http://www.stanford.edu/dept/nacc/mascot.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/109 "2005-06-08T16:38:14Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Totally cool names: > **Columbus Blue Jackets** , Ohio minor hockey team. > **Fort Wayne Kekiongas** , Indiana pro baseball club that lasted exactly one season (1871). (Ft. Wayne today has a Class A ball team, but it’s called the Wizards. Bleh.) The Blue Jackets play in the NHL, which would make them a major league team, albeit in what appears to be ever more a “minor” league. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/110 "2005-06-08T18:20:56Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > I think the Miami Dolphins have the silliest (and girliest) mascot in the NFL…To top it off, the team wears peach and turquoise on the field. Ahh, but the color scheme has had quite a benefit for them – drawing in female fans! I know of no less than four women, my wife included, who are die-hard Miami fans that made their team choice based primarily on the color scheme. That’s lead to quite a sizable amount spent at the 'Fins section of [nflshop.com](http://nflshop.com). ---
**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:** [June 8, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/111 "2005-06-08T18:23:20Z")
> [@Ms Macphisto](#): > > The Vancouver Canucks have a long history of [ugly jerseys](http://www.canuckheaven.com/jerseyhistory.html). Actually, to be fair, it’s just the second one that’s truly horrific, with the third one close behind it. Their original jersey design was pretty cool, and their current jerseys are decent, if a bit bland. In my view, the ones with the “skate” logo on the front are the ugliest. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/112 "2005-06-09T03:21:34Z")
The skate logo on a yellow jersey is pretty bad, though I still think the Halloween-coloured V’s are worse. The running joke in Vancouver during the time they had the skate logo is that it accurately described the team’s position in the standings - going downhill fast. However, like the author of the page I linked to, I do have fond memories of the skate logo on a white jersey, mostly because of the Canucks’ 1994 playoff run. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/113 "2005-06-09T03:30:30Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [World Team Tennis](http://www.logoserver.com/WTT.html) had some interesting nicknames, with the “Hawaii Leis” probably being the worst. > > The [Brooklyn Bridegrooms](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1894&t=BR5) baseball club had a pretty stupid team nickname, but some of those players had great sobriquets – Brickyard Kennedy, Oyster Burns, Candy LaChance… Oh, thanks for this link, Sternvogel! I thought I was imagining that there was a NY Sets to go with the Mets, Nets, & Jets! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/114 "2005-06-09T04:13:44Z")
Honorable mention: Real Salt Lake. Or “Fake Salt Lake.” Really freakin’ stupid: Washington Nationals. Dude, the league is National; ya’ll are LOCAL. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/115 "2005-06-09T04:32:38Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Honorable mention: Real Salt Lake. Or “Fake Salt Lake.” > > Really freakin’ stupid: Washington Nationals. Dude, the league is National; ya’ll are LOCAL. Except that “Nationals” was a former nickname for the Washington team, dating back to 1901, even though most people still referred to them as the Senators. Officially, they were the Nationals until 1956, when they became the Senators, and then 5 years later the Minnesota Twins. Oddly enough, this is the first time the Washington Nationals have played in the National League. The original Nats (and the second Senators) were AL clubs. However, the existence of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL meant that Washington became an NL city. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/116 "2005-06-09T05:18:16Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > What about traffic and pedestrian phenomenon like tailgating and jaywalking? What about running between passing streetcars? Sounds silly and dated, right? Forget the **Los Angeles Dodgers** I think your reference might have been a touch too obscure for some. Our latter day L.A. Dodgers began as the **Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers** ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/117 "2005-06-09T17:57:20Z")
Torgo: > [@](#): > > You just have to love the Stanford Cardinal. I can’t think of another team named after an adjective. Meet the [Minnesota Wild](http://www.wild.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/118 "2005-06-09T18:30:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The worst unis ever could be the all-powder-blue road uniforms of the 1980’s Kansas City Royals, or they could be the 1970’s Houston Astros ones with the multi-hued horizontal stripes that looked like Tequila Sunrises. The infamous [collared jerseys with shorts](http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/timeline_1976.htm) worn by the Chicago White Sox in some games in 1976 are the nadir of MLB uniform design. These outfits made the Sox look like a company softball team. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/119 "2005-06-09T19:06:44Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The worst unis ever could be the all-powder-blue road uniforms of the 1980’s Kansas City Royals, or they could be the 1970’s Houston Astros ones with the multi-hued horizontal stripes that looked like Tequila Sunrises. I loved those uniforms, the baby blue Royals and the rainbow Astros. I also liked the White Sox’s Katzenjammer Kids ensemble. It recalled baseball’s origins. I loved the Cardinals’ and Pirates’ old-timey caps (in black _and_ yellow) and the Expos’ tri-coloured one. The Phillies in maroon and baby blue. Sweet. It’s today’s uniforms that I hate – the half coloured and half grey/white combinations or the all-black or all-red monstrosities. Those are the ones that look like softball uniforms. They’re also boring as hell. I mean, come on, the San Diego Padres are wearing blue and white, just like every other frickin’ team? So far as I’m concerned, they aren’t the Padres unless they’re wearing brown and yellow/orange. The only teams that should have boring white and grey uniforms with a single highlight colour are the Reds and the Yankees. And the Reds have betrayed that tradition with their ugly ugly current duds. And what is it with the players pulling their pant cuffs down so that you can’t see the socks? The whole notion of baseball uniforms is based on the concept of coloured socks. If you can’t see them, what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920/120 "2005-06-09T19:36:55Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Torgo: > > Meet the [Minnesota Wild](http://www.wild.com/). I always thought of this example as a noun, as in “the wild” (animal kingdom, etc.). Could be wrong I suppose. Anyhoo, it’s second-rate. Back during the name-choosing process I think we should have gone for \*\*“The Minnesota Voyageurs”. \*\* That was my favorite option. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-team-logos-names-thread/304920.md?page=7)