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Minor league baseball has a history of unconventional team names, ranging from inanimate objects to mythical creatures. Here are the best ones.
Reference to the team whose players' surnames begin with the letter B that won four National League Central divisional titles and one National League pennant. The Stros – Short version of "Astros". Crush City [29] – Reference to the 2015 team that led the league in home runs. The Stars – Reference to the team logo.
Using Indigenous names and mascots, like the former Washington Football Team name, extends beyond racial insensitivity; it reinforces colonialism and erases Indigenous identity and land. [1] Such practices maintain the power relationship between the dominant culture and the Indigenous culture, and can be seen as a form of cultural imperialism ...
This is a summary of the evolution of names of the current professional Major League Baseball teams in the National League (organized 1876) and subsequent rival American League (established 1901), and also of selected former major and minor league teams whose names were influential, long-lasting, or both. The sources of the names included club ...
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The Rookie classification is the lowest level of play in Minor League Baseball. A total of 85 teams compete at this level, with 18 teams in the Arizona Complex League, [4] 20 teams in the Florida Complex League, [5] and 47 teams in the Dominican Summer League. [6]
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, a Dodgers minor league team, chose "Chaquetas" as an alternate name, then learned of the word's slang meaning.
American Association; Appalachian League; California League; Carolina League; Dixie Series; Dominican Summer League; Eastern League; Florida State League; Interleague minor league postseason series