Adjunct to one of the first post I made at the cafe.
I had included names of some of my teams from memory...and not being as good as it once was, I only posted the following:
Chicken Chokers,
Midgaard Purple Ogres,
Pinnacle Mt. Oysters,
Loose Armholes,
Chute Troopers,
High Flop Pies,
Stud Bubbas,
Hollywood Love Doctors,
Parts Unknown
Flying Rearendos,
Dr. Terror's Team of Horrors,
Ain't Worth Spit, and
Tokemucho Roaches.
Gone but not totally forgotten are the following:
Immortal Coils,
Crotch Bats,
Battling Dik Diks,
Stinkin' Badgers (as in 'We don't need no...),
Also found records of all the leagues where I was the commish between 1985-1995 and I shall re-post with some of the funnier more thought filled names later tonite...if time allows.
"What are you talkin' about...if time allows?"
fishnut
I love to hear the MOANS and GROANS of my competetors when I take their draft pick one round too early.
Without further ado...wait, you mean there's been ado?
The scrapings of best teams names from Shadow League fantasy baseball 1985-1997. Thank you in advance, but hold your applause until all the names haves been announced.
Names of teams that must have come from some where include:
Bloom County Penguins,
Beantown Beavers,
Twin City Taters *one of Tater Tom's teams...more later,
Podunk Peckerwoods,
Gulpha Gorge Gnomes...a real place,
Chihuahua Pearls,
Tulsa Droolers..a play on the Driller team name,
Drew County Druids,
Green Valley Clones,
Kingston Spliffs,
Maumell Mudcats,
Ya Ya Land Defenders,
Cooties from Yoolar, and
Batsmen of the Kalihari.
We had out share of the "and the" names:
King Cotton & the Cotton Pickers,
Wally Wayback & the Popcorn Kings,
Wingy Manone & the Jazzy Boys
Next are a batch of names that belong to something, just maybe not a baseball team:
Meg Ryan Fan Club,
Cold Ones,
Mojo Workers,
Rug Munchers,
Minimum wagers,
Silver Slugs,
Overpaid Journeymen,
Dr. Jobe's Projects,
Mutant Moles and Mutant Hot Dogs,
Outlanders, Roadkill,Flying Trout,
Shaky Alibis, Field Weenies,
Sucking Chest Wounds,
Fowl Bawlers and Foulic Cymbals,
Synthetic Assassins,Lunatic Friends,
Suck-O-Lux, Lost Again, Braindead,
Hit or Myth, Our Bad Selves,
Jubal Early's Farbs,
Shoe's Last outs,
Sultans of Squat,
Had a guy that would only name teams by TeeVee products: Vegematics, Amazing Moulies, V- Slicers, Salad Shooters, Pocket Poles.
Had an all white guy team named Lilly White Crackers and an all black player team named Aces of Spades. They were in a league together...2 amigos running teams.
Altogether some team names that make you just say, "Wha'da' fring were they thinkin'?":
Geeks With Sticks,
Hot Sweaty Mens,
Pinetar Babies,
Skippywhippers,
Fat Men In A Jar,
Monster Snoobs,
Atomic Rulers of the Universe,
Urine Troubles,
Bums of Steal,
Hunt & Peckers,
and finally...Hand Gestures.
thank you for your patience and hope you had a good laugh or two.
fishnuts
Note: Tater Tom would only name his team after, um, 'taters. First it was Couch Spuds, then Hash Browns, Taters and finally Rotten Augrautin.
I love to hear the MOANS and GROANS of my competetors when I take their draft pick one round too early.