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This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such.Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.
Fantasy baseball is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual baseball teams. The competitors select their rosters by participating in a draft in which all relevant Major League Baseball (MLB) players are available. Fantasy points are awarded in weekly matchups based on the actual performances of baseball ...
The Wahoos[21] – Same as the previous. The Fighting Braves of the Cuyahoga and The Sons of Geronimo – Nicknames made famous by fictitious announcer Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) in the 1989 film Major League. The Windians – Reference to the team that wins a lot, especially the 22-game winning streak in 2017.
Teams are assigned wins and losses each week, and the standings are kept for each league. A predetermined number of teams make the playoffs, which begin Week 22 and continue until one team is ...
152. K. 40. BB. Managers who look past Heaney’s 4-13 record will see that he is the best two-start option this week. The southpaw rarely goes deep into games, but he has a solid 9.1 K/9 rate and ...
Nobody on the starting staff is projected to be a plus fantasy asset. 26. Milwaukee Brewers. It's sad to see this organization get gutted — the manager gone, the ace architect gone, the best ...
The film stars Kevin Costner as a farmer who builds a baseball field in his cornfield that attracts the ghosts of baseball legends, including Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) and the Chicago Black Sox. Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster (in his final film role) also star. The film was released on May 5, 1989.
The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United States and Canada. The popularity of stereotypical representations of American Indians in global culture has led to a number of teams in Europe also adopting team names derived from Native Americans.