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The Wheeze Kids – Name for the 1983 NL Championship team. Reference to their lack of youth. Reference to their lack of youth. The Broad Street Bellies [ 55 ] - Reference to the 1993 NL Championship team for their lack of physical fitness, and the nickname of the NHL's nearby Philadelphia Flyers , the "Broad Street Bullies".
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.).
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.
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.
McKinley Titans – Glee. Mean Machine – The Longest Yard (1974 film) and The Longest Yard (2005 film) Miami Sharks - “Any Given Sunday” (1999 film) Miami Bucks – Semi-Tough. Nassau Rebels – The King of Queens ( Kirbed Enthusiasm) New Jersey Blazers – Magnum, P.I. ( One More Summer) New York Smashers – Kickers, Inc.
The mascot's name is baseball slang for a team's top starting pitcher (the "ace" of the staff, such as former Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay). In 2004, Ace became the sole mascot of the team after Diamond was removed by the Blue Jays prior to the start of the season. In 2011, Blue Jays fans were introduced to his younger brother Junior (see below).
aagpbl.org. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League(AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseballleague founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which eventually consisted of 10 teams ...
Little League Baseball, a youth program, headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Pony Baseball, a youth program, headquartered in Washington, Pennsylvania. Roy Hobbs Baseball, an over 30 amateur, adult men's baseball organization, headquartered out of Ft. Myers, FL, with national and international Leagues and Teams.