Naming a professional sport’s team is serious business. Unless you’re talking about minor league baseball, that is. The monikers that these teams get tagged with often reflect a characteristic, animal or product of the region they’re in, but they also administer a healthy dose of humor.
The Manistee News Advocate lists favorites:
- Florence Y’alls (Florence, Kentucky) -- no mascot, just the inclusive “y’all”
- Gastonia Honey Hunters (Gastonia, North Carolina) -- an aggressive badger
- Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Binghamton, New York) -- a fire-breathing carousel pony
- Norwich Sea Unicorns (Norwich, Connecticut) -- a narwhal
- Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Jacksonville, Florida) -- yummy jumbo shrimp
- Hartford Yard Goats (Hartford, Connecticut) -- a yard goat is a tractor that moves trains around the trainyard, except this guy is just a goat
- Amarillo Sod Poodles (Amarillo, Texas) -- a prairie dog
- Rocket City Trash Pandas (Madison, Alabama) -- a racoon
- Burlington Sock Puppet (Burlington, North Carolina -- yep, an actual sock puppet
- Carolina Disco Turkeys (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) -- a turkey in a white disco suit
RUNNER UP: Montgomery Biscuits (Montgomery, Alabama) -- a biscuit whose tongue is a pat of hot butter and fans who harass the batter with chants of “Hey, butter, butter, butter”
Source: Manistee News and Premiere
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