Fake Teams Best Fantasy Baseball Team Names Contest

by faketeams on Feb 16, 2007 10:34 AM EST in Baseball

Update [2007-2-16 10:34:15 by Eric Hz]: Today is the last day to make an entry so go ahead and make one. Create an account if needed. I have noticed that many sites offer fantasy team names contest and discussions. I also notice it being searched for in the various search engines, too.

Last year, Matt Watson ran a contest in which he awarded the Roto Times Guide to Winning Fantasy Baseball. There were some great teams names submitted. Like Matt, I am not good at thinking up snarky/witty names.

I have had two team names in my long-standing AL- and NL-only leagues. My team name is the Homers in the AL and the Wooden Badgers in the NL. The Homers pays tribute to the Homer D. Babbidge Library on the campus of my alma mater, the University of Connecticut. (ed: Really? A link to a frickin' library?)

The Wooden Badgers is taken from a scene in one of the best movies of all-time Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

[The Frenchman is still on guard-duty. He hears a series of strange noises from the woods, including saws, bangs, drills and even a yowling cat and a whimpering dog. Unseen by him, Bors, Ector and Gawain, aided by the "horses", push a large wooden rabbit they have built to the door of the castle. Arthur and the others watch from behind the ridge.]
French Soldiers: [open the door and see the rabbit]
C'est un lapin, lapin de bois.
Quoi?
Un cadeau.
What?
A present.
Oh, un cadeau.
Oui, oui.
Hurry.
What?
Let's go.
[They come out and push the rabbit inside the castle.]
Arthur: [to Bedevere] What happens now?
Bedevere: Well, Lancelot, Galahad, and I wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French by surprise. Not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!
Arthur: ... Who leaps out?
Bedevere: [slowly realises] ...Uh -- uh, Lancelot, Galahad, and I, uh, leap out of the rabbit, uh, and uh...
Arthur: [in despair] Ohh...
Bedevere: Oh. Um, look, if we built this large wooden badger -- [Lancelot slaps him]
[Suddenly, the rabbit flies through the air with a BOING!]
Arthur/Knights: RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
[The rabbit squashes one of the "horses".]

With that, this kicks off the second annual Fake Teams' Best Fantasy Baseball Names Contest. FTBFBNC for you acronymically-inclined!

The Top Three names will win a copy of the Rotoauthority 2007 Fantasy Baseball Guide. Let the contest begin! Leave a comment with your entry. If you don't have an account, create one!

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witty, maybe

Last year one of my 8 teams was named the "Festering Sorianos".

by AMR on Feb 10, 2007 2:22 PM EST reply actions

"I love the 80's"

my new team name this is year is "FUNKY COLE MUSSINA"

by TheFantasyGuruofalloftheworld on Feb 10, 2007 3:07 PM EST reply actions

team name

A team in one of my other leagues has the name "The Rapists", as he apparently made a trade so bad year ago, he was accused of raping the team of it's players for virtually nothing.
Another's is "Injuries"....as he has the belief that every stud player he gets will get injured.

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 10, 2007 3:29 PM EST reply actions

team name

I didn't see any rule against multiple submissions, so here are a few of my favorites that I've come up with:

The Good, The Bad and the Utley
Moons Over My Manny
J.DL Drew
LaRoche Motel
Home, Home on Harang
Third-Degree Byrnes
A Game of Inges

by daullaz on Feb 10, 2007 4:09 PM EST reply actions

here's another

A gguy has the last name of Winter, and his team name is "Boys of Winter"

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 10, 2007 4:15 PM EST reply actions

Here are some

Honey Nut Ichiros
(or my daughter's favorite snack) Apple Cinnamon Ichiros
(Ted) Lilly's Launching Pad
Coyote Uggla

or my new favorite in honor of a young Rockie shortstop:

Troy's Tub o' Whiskey

by Savoy on Feb 10, 2007 6:45 PM EST reply actions

Honey Nut Ichiros

Are you in my league too? I've always been a fan. A manager in one of my leagues uses it.

As for mine (and one of my buddies that I'll nominate)

Nomar's Broken Heart
Committee Approach (circa 2003 Red Sox)
Obi-Wan Damoni
Bob Ojeda Bandwagon
Being Dave Stapleton

by yukon on Feb 12, 2007 6:58 PM EST up reply actions

Fantast Baseball Names Contest

Ive got two, one in honor of the gun toting Astros outfielder, and one in honor of a man who very much dislikes Omar Vizquel:

LukeScottEatsPeople

The Joe Table All Stars

by bosoxsuck7971 on Feb 10, 2007 6:55 PM EST reply actions

Fantasy Team Names

Also The Wood the Abad and the Uggla is a quality team name

by bosoxsuck7971 on Feb 10, 2007 6:56 PM EST reply actions

a

"The Short Bus Kids"

by TheFantasyGuruofalloftheworld on Feb 10, 2007 7:16 PM EST reply actions

another

I have always liked-

"I'm Bill James bitch!"

although I have thought about tweaking it a bit to-
"I'm Stubby Clapp bitch!"

by acr on Feb 10, 2007 8:48 PM EST reply actions

A few more

Balco Bartakamus (remember Perfect Strangers?)
Jeters Never Prosper
Pooh Holes
(2008 prez candidate) Smarack A'Homa
Pink Kazmir
Lugo My Eggos

And one to put in your back pocket for the Orioles prospect: Raspberry Erbe

by Savoy on Feb 10, 2007 9:02 PM EST reply actions

I would have guessed...

raspberry Bere

I also like Leggo my Pujols

by acr on Feb 11, 2007 3:20 AM EST up reply actions

a few of my league's teams

Gen. Tso's Chickens
Jews for Jesus Sanchez
C.C. Cumbathia
Philadelphia Philatio
Cardboard Heroes
Oakland A'sholes
Viva Ron Mexico
Balti-Morons

by dwnbengals on Feb 10, 2007 10:34 PM EST reply actions

My favorites are

Shriveled Barrys
SquirrelsGoneWild
GettinWiggywithit

by Jake @ FakeTeams on Feb 11, 2007 12:32 AM EST reply actions

lets see....

i hope this isnt the dumbing down of the site

by TheFantasyGuruofalloftheworld on Feb 11, 2007 8:46 AM EST reply actions

My Two Favs

"The Cleveland Steamers"

and

"The Cincinnati Bowties"

http://www.urbandictionary.com
will give you a better discription...

by bunner19 @ FakeTeams on Feb 11, 2007 9:53 AM EST reply actions

in re- Urban Dictionary

a few more of my favorites-
"Capped" Anson "Pie Trainer" and Rogers Homeboy

The CPR trio of 'da hood- shout out!

by acr on Feb 11, 2007 3:17 PM EST up reply actions

A few I've seen

Trammel Toe

and a take on what's been said earlier:

The Good, The Vlad and the Uggla (although as an owner of both Vlad and Utley, I may have to use that).

by NoPepperGames on Feb 11, 2007 1:05 PM EST reply actions

I vote

Trammel Toe. Nothing good be better then a tasty toe.

MLG_true_MVP-88'

by Hinz57er on Feb 11, 2007 5:17 PM EST up reply actions

My Two Best

I posted earlier, but I don't see it, so I will say:

Go Foulke Yourself, or any derivitive of it

Sexson til your dead, or any deravitive of it.

by gbmb34 on Feb 11, 2007 5:34 PM EST reply actions

My Best from '06

Junk Bonds
I'm Glovin' It!

http://hiphopnerd.com

by hiphopnerd on Feb 12, 2007 12:00 AM EST reply actions

My yearly team name

I've used Sportin Wood the past 4 years. Goes good with a little dude with a oversized bat I used as an avitar last year.

by parker on Feb 12, 2007 2:47 PM EST reply actions

probably

Izzy gunna blow it

by omshagome on Feb 12, 2007 3:51 PM EST reply actions

One I've seen

It Byrnes when I Piazza

by Mav on Feb 12, 2007 6:55 PM EST reply actions

A Play on that one..

It Byrnes When I Peavy, and I can't get an Ardoin!

by RangerFan87 on Feb 16, 2007 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

a couple

I've always like the Bill James one too. Hilarious. Here's a few...

CorkedHGH
SlobberKnockers
The Jack Bauers

by Recon on Feb 13, 2007 12:19 PM EST reply actions

The team name I always use in the leagues ...

The team name I always use in the leagues with my friends is yo quiero tu madre. Which in spanish translates to I want your mom. It is kind of an inside joke between me and my friends but I figured you all at fake teams could see the humor behind it.

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by MLBFO on Feb 13, 2007 12:43 PM EST reply actions

ha

free fantasy advice? what moron would actually pay someone for advice?

by TheFantasyGuruofalloftheworld on Feb 13, 2007 4:21 PM EST reply actions

Classic

Here are few that I use and are in my league:

Big Fred Machine
Broke Bat Mountain
Lip Balm
BALCO
No Soup for you!

by Lip Balm on Feb 13, 2007 6:23 PM EST reply actions

fake teams

In one of my leagues you must use a real geographic name as part of your team name. A lot of thought goes into these names. Here are the names for this year. Crimea River,Phucchet Awls,Sevven Outs,Enfield Flys,Idaho Youdapimps,Moodus Operandi,Canso Corn,Hohokus Pocus,Sonoma Beach,Jamaica Booboo,Tenefly Swatters,Poncas Pilots,Iowa Bundle,Helena Handbasket.

Wayne

by waynet on Feb 13, 2007 7:46 PM EST reply actions

So-so names

Some blasts from my past:
Dude, You Got a Delmon
Vlad to the Bone
Big Brown Johnson

A few from my league mates:
The Podsednik Adventure: Schmidt Happens!
Ruptured Pujols
Devine Intervention

by stevegoz on Feb 13, 2007 7:57 PM EST reply actions

My Two Cents

Davenport Recliners
Jaleel White Sox

by Eli on Feb 14, 2007 7:31 AM EST reply actions

hmmmm.....

Here's some that I've seen around...

Delusions of Granderson
Do you Snell what I'm cooking?
Remember the Alomar
Jeter Jeter Pumpkin Eater
Schoeneweis and the Seven Dwarfs
Up the Rivera on a Leaky Cano
Neitzche's Geneology of Morales
Once A Jeter, Always a Jeter
Explosive Rentaria

And nothing like a classic....
Leave It To Weaver

by RangerFan87 on Feb 16, 2007 1:18 PM EST reply actions

awesome.

One of RangerFan87's should take home a prize. Those are great.

by yukon on Feb 16, 2007 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

Works best in Head to Head Leagues....

Off in the Woods

Not may opponents are going to post "I am going to beat Off in the Woods this week!"

Or "I can't wait to beat Off in the Woods this season!"

A few other Classics:

Craven Moorehead
Heywood Jablowmi
Herbie Versmelz

by shotinla on Feb 16, 2007 1:48 PM EST reply actions

"This week I play With Myself"
"I beat With Myself"

Good stuff.

by woyme on Feb 16, 2007 11:40 PM EST reply actions

Free Bob Hamelin

Although "Free Bill Buckner" may have a sentimental side to some. Since my Cards won the Series I am beginning to be OK with "Free Don Denkinger". Then again, maybe not.

by acr on Feb 17, 2007 1:39 AM EST reply actions