Even more wtf? than name changes are drastic team color changes. Like the Canucks of the 80s/90s or when the Buffalo Sabres changed to black, red, & silver for a few years. The Padres since the early 90s. Or the Florida Marlins who cant settle on anything for more than a decade.
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Even more wtf? than name changes are drastic team color changes. Like when the Buffalo Sabres changed to black, red, & silver for a few years.
Unlike now, which the 'style' is retro (which is how it should be)... the mid-late 90s there was that huge Black fad with sports teams colors. The Sabres fell victim to that... Also, the team's original owner was ill, and as NHL salaries grew, John Rigas of Adelphia Communications was floating the team money to remain solvent and was basically the defacto owner... and would become the actual owner shortly after, once Seymour Knox III passed away. The team was moving into a new arena for 96-97, Rigas bought the team, and I feel he wanted them as his own team. Changed the colors to black and red (which was adelphia's colors). The team's history was basically scrubbed. They rarely did anything acknowledging the past, this day in Sabres history, etc. Rigas and his family eventually went for prison for corporate fraud.
The worst result of this though was that The Aud was left to rot. There were a lot of team artifacts, video, audio, etc that was left in there and was destroyed due to moisture, mold, etc.
The Sabres are going back to royal blue next season (20-21) which will be great
My biggest sports name pet peeve is the trendy 2-name team name that started in the early 00s, hit a peak of absurdity maybe 6 years ago and I think we are getting through it. It is most prominent in Minor League baseball where the powers that be have taken a giant shit on anything representing tradition or history.
Iron Pigs, RailRiders, Blue Jackets, Blue Wahoos, Valley Cats, RockHounds, Lumber Kings, Rubber Ducks, Lake Monsters, Golden Knights, etc.
I wouldn't consider those names to be absurd... and they are more than 100 years old.
These other names, they are often casting aside names that had history or really beginning to accumulate tradition. I wouldnt put it past these minor league "baseball" marketours to cast all these names aside right when it is convenient to do so.
I wouldn't consider those names to be absurd... and they are more than 100 years old.
These other names, they are often casting aside names that had history or really beginning to accumulate tradition. I wouldnt put it past these minor league "baseball" marketours to cast all these names aside right when it is convenient to do so.
Well...I know "Iron Pigs" sounds stupid but that name is actually deeply rooted in the history Lehigh Valley. And they let the fans vote on the name. Wouldn't be surprised if those other teams had a similar situation.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Even more wtf? than name changes are drastic team color changes. Like when the Buffalo Sabres changed to black, red, & silver for a few years.
Unlike now, which the 'style' is retro (which is how it should be)... the mid-late 90s there was that huge Black fad with sports teams colors. The Sabres fell victim to that... Also, the team's original owner was ill, and as NHL salaries grew, John Rigas of Adelphia Communications was floating the team money to remain solvent and was basically the defacto owner... and would become the actual owner shortly after, once Seymour Knox III passed away. The team was moving into a new arena for 96-97, Rigas bought the team, and I feel he wanted them as his own team. Changed the colors to black and red (which was adelphia's colors). The team's history was basically scrubbed. They rarely did anything acknowledging the past, this day in Sabres history, etc. Rigas and his family eventually went for prison for corporate fraud.
The worst result of this though was that The Aud was left to rot. There were a lot of team artifacts, video, audio, etc that was left in there and was destroyed due to moisture, mold, etc.
The Sabres are going back to royal blue next season (20-21) which will be great
Damn! That's some interesting and unfortunate history there. Sounds like some of the shady shit that cheap bastard Dollar Bill Wirtz used to pull in Chicago.
maybe the team names should stay with the city I have always thought the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz are not really fitting. Give them back to Minni and N.O. Come up with something relevant to the city, Washington Expos just wouldn't work I think the Clippers are open to a name change when they move arenas? Minnesota Nor Stars great, Wild lame Devil Rays great, Rays lame Houston Oilers great, Texans meh Imagine the Colt .45's still existing, I like the Astros better Bullets had to go, but Wizards????? Raptors, all time bad,dated name
Redskins and Indians have to go I'm okay with Blackhawks and Braves
was hilarious, the CFL had two Roughriders at onetime in an 8 team league
I think when Indy plays in Baltimore, the scoreboard says Indianapolis, not Colts, as they are still mad
just some of my rando thoughts, what are your sporting name pet peeves?
and just for clarity, the CFL had two Roughrider teams because originally they were in two different leagues; those two leagues became one and voila, two teams with the same name in the same league.
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Remember the Cooperalls for the Flyers and Whalers, and the WhiteSox experiment with shorts!
2003: St. Paul
2005: Thunder Bay
2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
2010: Boston
2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
2012: Missoula
2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
2022: Hamilton, Toronto
2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
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Also, the team's original owner was ill, and as NHL salaries grew, John Rigas of Adelphia Communications was floating the team money to remain solvent and was basically the defacto owner... and would become the actual owner shortly after, once Seymour Knox III passed away. The team was moving into a new arena for 96-97, Rigas bought the team, and I feel he wanted them as his own team. Changed the colors to black and red (which was adelphia's colors). The team's history was basically scrubbed. They rarely did anything acknowledging the past, this day in Sabres history, etc. Rigas and his family eventually went for prison for corporate fraud.
The worst result of this though was that The Aud was left to rot. There were a lot of team artifacts, video, audio, etc that was left in there and was destroyed due to moisture, mold, etc.
The Sabres are going back to royal blue next season (20-21) which will be great
These other names, they are often casting aside names that had history or really beginning to accumulate tradition. I wouldnt put it past these minor league "baseball" marketours to cast all these names aside right when it is convenient to do so.
They were called the Mobile Bay Bears prior.
Oh yeah, they haven't played a single game yet though, lol!
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93