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Can you name the MLB teams by their name origin?
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Named for the Atlantic fish. That's about it, really, no interesting story.
Florida Marlins
89.5%
Named for the simple color of its stockings (but not its sox).
Cincinnati Reds
89.1%
Inspired by a former NHL team, which itself was named for the nearby mountains.
Colorado Rockies
88.9%
Local politicians objected to 'The Senators' due to their lack of representation, so a more federal name was chosen.
Washington Nationals
88.2%
An homage to the city's workers at Miller, Schlits, Pabst and other such companies.
Milwaukee Brewers
88.1%
Named for a common aquatic creature of the region; Stuart Sternberg dropped the more diabolical part of the name in 2007.
Tampa Bay Rays
87.5%
Named for an animal able to take down much larger opponents due to its cunning. Oh, and venom, that also helps.
Arizona Diamondbacks
86.8%
While the fans chose 'Colt .45s' in a contest, this team got its name changed for its city's importance in the Space Race.
Houston Astros
85.6%
Named for the aquatic life (or seafood) of Puget Sound and Lake Washington.
Seattle Mariners
85%
Named for numerous older baseball teams which themselves were named for the state bird.
Baltimore Orioles
81.9%
After signing Louis Bierbauer to their team despite another team's claim to the player, the ABA charged this club with piracy.
Pittsburgh Pirates
81.4%
Named for its home city and its sister.
Minnesota Twins
80%
Named after the PCL team, which itself was named for Franciscan priests.
San Diego Padres
79.7%
This team's founding ownership group, Labatt's Blue Pilsner, demanded that this team be named for its color.
Toronto Blue Jays
79.1%
Jim Mutrie allegedly called the victorious Gothams team 'My big fellows! My _
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San Francisco Giants
77.7%
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Inspired by its paler counterpart, this team's original uniform-
related name shortened itself in 1907.
Boston Red Sox
77.6%
Named for the evasion of trolleys.
Los Angeles Dodgers
76%
Named for the law enforcement agency of the state.
Texas Rangers
75.9%
Named for local gentlemen's clubs in Philadelphia; apparently, said gentlemen didn't know how to print more than one letter on their caps.
Oakland Athletics
75.2%
Owner James Gaffeny's Tammany Hall nickname was chosen for this team (Tammany Hall's mascot was a Native American chief).
Atlanta Braves
74.2%
Disputed. One legend claims a sports writer compared the team to his alma mater, Princeton. Another states that they were named for the orange stripes on their stockings.
Detroit Tigers
71.2%
Name inspired by the defunct 1880's rival of the Gothams.
New York Mets
68.9%
After this team's field burned down and was rebuilt at a lower elevation, the original name 'Highlanders' no longer fit; thus, the club adopted this American League nickname.
New York Yankees
68.8%
The Brown Stockings, later the Perfectos, got their name from fan commentary on the team's 'lovely shade' of red.
St. Louis Cardinals
67.4%
The young roster of 1902 prompted a local newspaper to give this nickname to the team.
Chicago Cubs
65.4%
Newspaper editors had to shorten the original uniform-
related name. It caught on.
Chicago White Sox
63.8%
Named for its city's celestial nickname.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
63.2%
Named for the city. No, really. And it's not a translation from Spanish.
Philadelphia Phillies
60%
Named for the 1914 'Miracle Boston Braves' (possibly in an attempt to sound miraculous by association). May have been influenced by the former Spiders player Louis Sockalexis.
Cleveland Indians
53.8%
Named for an annual livestock show. No, really.
Kansas City Royals
52.8%
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