Wackiest team names in sports!

[countd]

Modesto Nuts Class A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners
Hartford Yard Goats Class AA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies

 

[silentkisser]

Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

Real team name apparently.

 

[unassuming]

Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

Real team name apparently.

But, Vincent and Jules look like a couple of dorks!

 

[Boss Nass]

Lansing Lugnuts

 

[Boss Nass]

Albany River Rats

 

[Boss Nass]

Fictional, but classic; the Dog River River Dogs

 

[Boss Nass]

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs

 

[Fun For All]

Montreal Canadians...how dare the communist call their team Canadiens!

 

[bemeup]

The baseball minor league team in Macon, Georgia used to be called the Macon Whoopee.

 

[bemeup]

The Houston Astros used to call all their minor league teams Astros as well. They moved a single A team into Kissimmee, Florida a few years ago and then decided Kissimmee Astros didn’t sound right.

 

[shack]

The Toronto Make Beliefs.

 

[gcostanza]

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

 

[Micber]

Mean Machine... how can you forget!

 

[chuckertmg]

My favourite ball cap logo.
You know any player on the Wingnuts has to be fierce.

 

[onomatopoeia]

The baseball minor league team in Macon, Georgia used to be called the Macon Whoopee.

In the Coastal Plain League, a wooden bat summer league for college players, the local team is the Macon Bacon

 

[tribunus]

In the Coastal Plain League, a wooden bat summer league for college players, the local team is the Macon Bacon

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This one gets my vote.

 

[glamphotographer]

Edmonton Eskimos.

 

[Nad Smith]

way back when......the Atlanta Crackers

 

[bazokajoe]

New Westminster Salmonbellies.

 

[gcostanza]

Trail Smoke Eaters.