DGS49
Diamond Member
With the Washington Native Americans soon to be searching for a politically correct moniker, the subject of bad team names come to mind.
First of all, any name that is a singular word is near the top of the list in any event because it just sounds stupid in conversation. Young boys in, say, Baltimore can grow up dreaming of one day being an "Oriole." Do young BBer's in Miami dream of growing up to be a "Heat"?
"Heat" is not only a singular word, but it invokes visions of discomfort, nausea and general unpleasantness. As Dave Barry suggested, they might as well have named the team the Blood-sucking Tropical Insects.
Minnesota "Wild," anyone? Georgetown Hoyas?
Maybe the Redskins could make a play on the baseball team and call themselves the Washington National Debt.
First of all, any name that is a singular word is near the top of the list in any event because it just sounds stupid in conversation. Young boys in, say, Baltimore can grow up dreaming of one day being an "Oriole." Do young BBer's in Miami dream of growing up to be a "Heat"?
"Heat" is not only a singular word, but it invokes visions of discomfort, nausea and general unpleasantness. As Dave Barry suggested, they might as well have named the team the Blood-sucking Tropical Insects.
Minnesota "Wild," anyone? Georgetown Hoyas?
Maybe the Redskins could make a play on the baseball team and call themselves the Washington National Debt.