So let’s forget the advice and analysis for a minute and focus on something a little less serious (though certainly not less important). I’m talking about team names. Many of you know from my past columns, that I love to shine the light on those who’ve come up with creative names for their squads. After all, this is one area in which fantasy baseball kicks the pine tar out of real baseball. I mean, how can names like “Pirates” and “Angels” possibly compete with “Toucans of Whoopass” and “Victorious Secret” (winners of my past team name contests)?
I also like to marvel at some of the amazingly lame monikers out there. Like “Home Runs.” I mean, could this owner have expended any less thought on the name? It’s like he saw the word “baseball” and then named his team after the very first thing that popped into his mind thereafter. The only name that could possibly require less thought would be “Bat.”
Anyway, with that in mind you won’t be surprised to hear that I’m organizing a team-name contest of sorts for the new blog here. Certainly, we won’t get anywhere near the number of entries I did at Rotoworld, and I can’t afford to give out prizes, but that shouldn’t stop us from having some fun with it!
So I’ve come up with a bunch of categories. I will soon add a post for each category, so that you can submit your entries for that category in comments. And let your friends know…the more submissions the better!
Here are the categories. If you have suggestions for more, let me know!
- Most Clever
- Most Humorous
- Most Intimidating
- Most Tasteless (While Still Being Acceptable for Publication)
- Best Incorporation of a Player’s Name
- Most Mailed in like James Caan in Elf
- All-Around Lamest
- Wussiest
Rules
- Entries can be submitted in comments to the appropriate post. (Use the links above.)
- Entries are due by April 30.
- I will nominate finalists for each category and then post polls so readers can vote for the winners. I will not consider names with swears. (Not that I care, but this is not an adult site!)
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