Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
Guardiac Kids – A play on Kardiac Kids, [18] a beloved nickname of the local football team (Cleveland Browns). Also, alluding to the youngest player roster in all of MLB and AAA (26 years) during the 2022 inaugural season with the new name, Guardians.
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The club plays its home games at Guaranteed Rate Field, which is located on Chicago's South Side. They are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago ...
Minor league baseball has a history of unconventional team names, ranging from inanimate objects to mythical creatures. Here are the best ones.
The name "Blue Jays" came about in 1976, when the team held a "name the team" contest, which involved more than 4,000 suggestions. [33] 154 people suggested the name "Blue Jays" and Dr. William Mills, a periodontist from Etobicoke, was selected from a draw as the grand winner. Mills stated that it was traditional for a Toronto-based sports team ...
The Greensboro Grasshoppers are a Minor League Baseball team based in Greensboro, North Carolina. They are members of the South Atlantic League and are the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They play their home games at First National Bank Field, which opened in 2005 and seats 7,499 fans. The team's logo was changed to a Grasshopper ...
The Phillies have retired eight numbers, and honored two additional players with the letter "P" which stands for the team’s name. [152] Grover Cleveland Alexander played with the team in the era before Major League Baseball used uniform numbers, and Chuck Klein wore a variety of numbers with the team during his career. Of the eight players ...
Professional baseball in Portland: 1883–1901. In 1884 Joe Buchtel, a player-manager for the Pioneers who is regarded as being largely responsible for making baseball popular in Oregon during the 20th century, [2] started a new team in Portland, the Willamettes of East Portland. In 1890 this team became the Portland Webfeet.