Baseball Teams Named After Trees

Baseball teams named after trees. The blackhawks hockey team formed in 1926 was named after the native american chief black hawk of the sauk people. Also a popular snack cake. Miller and schlitz decided to name its team the brewers after public outcry over the. Six years ago i categorized the nicknames of all 160 minor league teams just to see how it all broke down.

Now there are four teams i would categorize as being named after. But i m not a huge sports guy. The sports teams are the cardinal but they sometimes have a tree on their uniform helmet. The twinkies familiar version of twins.

The team was named after the minor league team it replaced the miami marlins which was named after the large fish found in the waters off the coast of florida. While the history of colonization and marginalization is not unique to the americas 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. 11 23 frank romeo shutterstock. The blackhawks are one of the original six nhl teams along with the detroit red wings montreal canadians toronto maple leafs boston bruins and new york rangers.

Continued in use after 1954 when the team s name was officially changed to the senators. Discontinued after the team moved to minnesota. The popularity of the american indian in global culture has led to a number of teams in europe also adopting team names derived from native. Prior to comiskey moving the team to chicago it was actually a minor league team in sioux city iowa called the saints.

Other than the toronto maple leaves i can t think of any other sports teams named after plants not even high school teams. Club was formed by disaffected fans after the takeover of manchester united by malcolm glazer. Rebranding and relocation have changed a few clubs identities so the numbers are no longer exact but i suspect the percentages are still pretty close. Their mascot is a tree and their sports teams are named after the color cardinal one of those obscure crate barrel shades of red your girlfriend tells you to go pick up a quart of at the home.

Nickname originally belonged to nearby rugby league team salford.