Give me some team names if you please

Autumn · 02-01-2007, 12:18 PM

Hello all,

I'm starting up a fantasy league based on an idea I saw in the archives here - a league that starts up after World War I, filled with rookies in the first year and growing into a real pro league over the years.

I'm relocating teams, therefore, to account for the more populous cities at the time (with still some selection to have variety, and group cities into regions). I've put the projected league structure below.

What I'm working on, and would love some help with, is team names. Ideally I'd like to have names that relate to each city in some appropriate way, such as the Boston Minutemen. Of course I'd like them to be appropriate for the time of the league, so no Rockets or Jets for example. I'm hoping with people from all over the place on the boards here, some of you may have good suggestions for cities I know very little about. Thanks for your ideas! Some ideas I've brainstormed already are in parentheses.

New England Division
1 New York city, NY (imperials, bombers, skyscrapers)
3 Philadelphia city, PA
7 Boston city, MA (Minutemen)
15 Providence, CT (Whalers)

Midatlantic Division
14 Washington city, DC (generals)
8 Baltimore city, MD (ravens)
29 Louisville city, KY (stallions, rapids, colts, thoroughbreds)
38 Richmond city, VA (cavaliers)

Deep South Division
33 Atlanta city, GA
36 Birmingham city, AL
17 New Orleans city, LA (jazz)
40 Memphis city, TN

Great Lakes Division
2 Chicago city, IL
4 Detroit city, MI
5 Cleveland city, OH
11 Buffalo city, NY (blizzards)

Rust Belt Division
9 Pittsburgh city, PA (steelers)
16 Cincinnati city, OH
21 Indianapolis city, IN
18 Twin Cities, MN (minnesota twins)

Midwest Division
6 St. Louis city, MO
19 Kansas City city, MO
25 Denver city, CO (rockies)
34 Omaha city, NE (braves)

West Coast Division
10 Los Angeles city, CA
12 San Francisco city, CA
20 Seattle city, WA
24 Portland city, OR

Western Division
41 San Antonio city, TX (missionaries, sharpshooters, riders, defenders)
42 Dallas city, TX (lone stars)
45 Houston city, TX (oilers)
57 Oklahoma City, OK (cowboys, ranchers, braves)

Green Caesar · 02-01-2007, 04:50 PM

Cool idea ...

Here are a few ideas:
Philadelphia - Freedom Fighters, Freedoms, Liberty Bells ...
Boston - Traders, Riders (Paul Revere)
Washington DC - Senators, Commanders
Baltimore - Traders (can use for any port city)
Atlanta - Chattahoochees (River), Peaches,
Memphis - Smokes (BarBQ)
St Louis - Brewers (Anheuser-Busch)
Detroit - Motors (anything to do with cars)
Cleveland - Barons (as in Railroad barons)
Los Angeles - Stars (Hollywood)
San Francisco - Goldens (Golden Gate bridge)
Seattle - Emeralds
Portland - Timbers, Beavers

That is all I have right now.
On eidea would be to take some of the same cities baseball names and find something similar. For example, Boston Red Sox ... Boston Red Shirts or Red Coats. I honestly think that that is what they did in reality for some (Tigers - Lions, Cubs - Bears).

beargrowlz · 02-01-2007, 06:02 PM

Birmingham's two largest industries were iron and steel production - so something like the Birmingham Ironmen, Birmingham Steelers, etc.

Providence, RI is famous among the largest - perhaps the capitol of - the jewelry industry. The Providence Jewels or Providence Diamonds (nice baseball tie in) would be neat. The state bird is the Rhode Island Red, a rooster. They used to have an AHL team called the Providence Reds.

You definitely must use New Orleans Jazz. That is a cool name. I hate when teams move and take the nickname with them. (NBA Utah Jazz).

Fun idea.

nilodor · 02-01-2007, 06:46 PM

Portland - Lavamen, Eruption (pretty sure portland has a dormant volcano, in town or very close to town)

Racer · 02-01-2007, 09:35 PM

Indianapolis: Naps (Indianapolis has/had the nickname Naptown), Huskers

Hoosierbuckeye · 02-02-2007, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racer

Indianapolis: Naps (Indianapolis has/had the nickname Naptown), Huskers

Personally I love the idea of the Indianapolis Racers or Indianapolis Checkers, even the Indianapolis 500's has a ring.

St. Louis Archers would be cool.

Louisville is the home of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat, so the Louisville RiverBats, not an original name, would be appropriate, even the Louisville Sluggers would work. But not the Colts. . . Indy owns that name now!

P.S. Are you a Plymouth Pilgrim or a Triton Trojan? I'm a former Warsaw Tiger!

Autumn · 02-02-2007, 12:30 PM

Thanks for all your ideas so far guys, it's a help.

fantastic flying froggies · 02-02-2007, 03:51 PM

A few more:

Los Angeles: Waves, Devils,
Seattle: Sea Lions
San Francisco: Quake, Gold
Birmingham: Rebels

AlexB · 02-02-2007, 04:01 PM

The team from Buffalo should be called the Stance.

Hey - it makes me chuckle!

tanglewood · 02-02-2007, 10:16 PM

Buffalo Soldiers

MrDNA · 02-02-2007, 11:46 PM

What about Memphis Blues to go with the New Orleans Jazz?

Cincinnati has the nickname of "Porkopolis," so how about the Hogs?

Autumn · 02-03-2007, 11:12 AM

Some more good ideas (Buffalo Soldiers, lol).

I've had to rule out some for historical reasons (the arch wasn't built in ST. Louis yet, Prohibition had just started there), but I'm getting a good list going. I'm a little stumped on Atlanta right now. I'm thinking of going with the N.O. Jazz, the Birmingham Rebels, the Memphis Showboats, and I'd like an Atlanta team that goes along with that vibe, they'll be kind of the edgy division, but I haven't got much good for Atlanta at all.

Anyone have any ideas for Richmond, VA? Or for that matter, New York? I don't have one I really love for New York yet. Cincinnati and Indianapolis, Minneapolis are all pretty scarce too.

Thanks for all the help. This is fun just coming up with the league. I was thinking origiinally of just quicksimming through a couple decades to build up history, but it might be fun to play from the start.

beargrowlz · 02-03-2007, 11:42 AM

The Atlanta Fire

Cuz Sherman burned it down.

Probably wouldn't be appreciated down here mind you, but it'd be funny as hell.

fantastic flying froggies · 02-03-2007, 01:59 PM

Beargrowlz with his civil war reference made me think of the Richmond Grays, a Virginia militia regiment.

And for New York, about the NY Football Yankees? (going old school, but with a twist...)

KWhit · 02-03-2007, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beargrowlz

The Atlanta Fire

Cuz Sherman burned it down.

Probably wouldn't be appreciated down here mind you, but it'd be funny as hell.

You do know about the Atlanta Flames, right?

beargrowlz · 02-03-2007, 02:19 PM

Quote:

You do know about the Atlanta Flames, right?

Yeah, they got deported to western Canada.

KWhit · 02-03-2007, 02:32 PM

Yes, a fate worse than death.

Just kidding all you wacky Canucks.

02-01-2007, 04:50 PM	#2
Green Caesar n00b Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Roswell, Georgia	Cool idea ... Here are a few ideas: Philadelphia - Freedom Fighters, Freedoms, Liberty Bells ... Boston - Traders, Riders (Paul Revere) Washington DC - Senators, Commanders Baltimore - Traders (can use for any port city) Atlanta - Chattahoochees (River), Peaches, Memphis - Smokes (BarBQ) St Louis - Brewers (Anheuser-Busch) Detroit - Motors (anything to do with cars) Cleveland - Barons (as in Railroad barons) Los Angeles - Stars (Hollywood) San Francisco - Goldens (Golden Gate bridge) Seattle - Emeralds Portland - Timbers, Beavers That is all I have right now. On eidea would be to take some of the same cities baseball names and find something similar. For example, Boston Red Sox ... Boston Red Shirts or Red Coats. I honestly think that that is what they did in reality for some (Tigers - Lions, Cubs - Bears). __________________ Little Rock Outlaws - Shiba Football ----------------------------------------------- I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most. - Dwight Schrute

02-01-2007, 06:02 PM	#3
beargrowlz High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia	Birmingham's two largest industries were iron and steel production - so something like the Birmingham Ironmen, Birmingham Steelers, etc. Providence, RI is famous among the largest - perhaps the capitol of - the jewelry industry. The Providence Jewels or Providence Diamonds (nice baseball tie in) would be neat. The state bird is the Rhode Island Red, a rooster. They used to have an AHL team called the Providence Reds. You definitely must use New Orleans Jazz. That is a cool name. I hate when teams move and take the nickname with them. (NBA Utah Jazz). Fun idea. __________________ -Beargrowlz [email protected] TCY Golden Scribe Winner - Bear Goes Home "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out." --Thomas B. Macaulay

02-01-2007, 09:35 PM	#5
Racer College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana	Indianapolis: Naps (Indianapolis has/had the nickname Naptown), Huskers Last edited by Racer : 02-01-2007 at 09:35 PM.

02-02-2007, 03:51 PM	#8
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	A few more: Los Angeles: Waves, Devils, Seattle: Sea Lions San Francisco: Quake, Gold Birmingham: Rebels __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

02-02-2007, 04:01 PM	#9
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	The team from Buffalo should be called the Stance. Hey - it makes me chuckle! __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

02-01-2007, 06:46 PM	#4
nilodor College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: calgary, AB	Portland - Lavamen, Eruption (pretty sure portland has a dormant volcano, in town or very close to town)

02-02-2007, 12:30 PM	#7
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	Thanks for all your ideas so far guys, it's a help.

02-02-2007, 10:16 PM	#10
tanglewood College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2004	Buffalo Soldiers

02-02-2007, 11:46 PM	#11
MrDNA High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2007	What about Memphis Blues to go with the New Orleans Jazz? Cincinnati has the nickname of "Porkopolis," so how about the Hogs?

02-03-2007, 11:12 AM	#12
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	Some more good ideas (Buffalo Soldiers, lol). I've had to rule out some for historical reasons (the arch wasn't built in ST. Louis yet, Prohibition had just started there), but I'm getting a good list going. I'm a little stumped on Atlanta right now. I'm thinking of going with the N.O. Jazz, the Birmingham Rebels, the Memphis Showboats, and I'd like an Atlanta team that goes along with that vibe, they'll be kind of the edgy division, but I haven't got much good for Atlanta at all. Anyone have any ideas for Richmond, VA? Or for that matter, New York? I don't have one I really love for New York yet. Cincinnati and Indianapolis, Minneapolis are all pretty scarce too. Thanks for all the help. This is fun just coming up with the league. I was thinking origiinally of just quicksimming through a couple decades to build up history, but it might be fun to play from the start.

02-03-2007, 11:42 AM	#13
beargrowlz High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia	The Atlanta Fire Cuz Sherman burned it down. Probably wouldn't be appreciated down here mind you, but it'd be funny as hell. __________________ -Beargrowlz [email protected] TCY Golden Scribe Winner - Bear Goes Home "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out." --Thomas B. Macaulay

02-03-2007, 01:59 PM	#14
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	Beargrowlz with his civil war reference made me think of the Richmond Grays, a Virginia militia regiment. And for New York, about the NY Football Yankees? (going old school, but with a twist...) __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

02-03-2007, 02:32 PM	#17
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Yes, a fate worse than death. Just kidding all you wacky Canucks.

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