What’s in a Name?

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What’s in a Name?
Dave Rouleau Dave Rouleau posted 4/18/2008 from seamheads.com [flag]
Professional baseball teams have had some really wild, wacky, humorous and unusual names. Most major league baseball teams have rather boring nicknames. Some have animal names (Cardinals, Orioles, Blue Jays, Cubs, Tigers, Marlins), some have locally significant names (Rockies, Nationals, Rangers, Astros), but few are really very interesting. [link]

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