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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts) Sat Jun 22, 2013, 06:50 AM Jun 2013

Baseball Team Nicknames

Does every team have one? I can think of only four right now.

Angels - Halos.

Pirates - Bucs

Orioles - O's

Nationals - Nats (is that really a nickname?)

Ah - and any team with a bird name - Birds

What are some others?

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Baseball Team Nicknames (Original Post) Bertha Venation Jun 2013 OP

Yankees - Bronx Bombers Angleae Jun 2013 #1

Astros - Disastros NoPasaran Jun 2013 #2

Miami Marlins = The Fish Callmecrazy Jun 2013 #3

The Mariners = The M's. Aristus Jun 2013 #4

Locally, in Chicago, we sometimes refer to our teams as the North Siders and the South Siders. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #5

Back in the day the HappyMe Jun 2013 #8

The Tribe! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #6

White Sox mysuzuki2 Jun 2013 #7

. tarheelsunc Jun 2013 #9

Angleae

(4,482 posts)

1. Yankees - Bronx Bombers

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 07:36 AM

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NoPasaran

(17,291 posts)

2. Astros - Disastros

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 07:42 AM

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Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

3. Miami Marlins = The Fish

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 10:10 AM

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Aristus

(66,327 posts)

4. The Mariners = The M's.

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:05 PM

Jun 2013

Not terribly original, though...

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,834 posts)

5. Locally, in Chicago, we sometimes refer to our teams as the North Siders and the South Siders.

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:05 PM

Jun 2013

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

8. Back in the day the

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 02:28 PM

Jun 2013

White Sox were called The Southside Hitmen.

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

6. The Tribe!

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 01:16 PM

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mysuzuki2

(3,521 posts)

7. White Sox

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 02:19 PM

Jun 2013

"fucking losers"

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)

9. .

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Sat Jun 22, 2013, 03:11 PM

Jun 2013

Yankees - Bronx Bombers, Best (or Worst) Team Money Can Buy, Yankee$

Athletics - A's

Astros - 'Stros

Marlins - Fish

Mariners - M's

Giants - G-Men

Diamondbacks - D'backs

Brewers - Brew Crew

Cardinals - Cards

Reds - Big Red Machine

Blue Jays - Jays

Red Sox - BoSox

White Sox - ChiSox

Indians - Wahoos

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