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    Dumb, pedantic question: Do people in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area commonly refer to it as Tidewater? I know there was a Tidewater Tides affiliate of the Mets years ago that is now the Norfolk Tides. But that's really the only wide reference to that term i can recall. The failed bid at an NHL team in the '90s went by Hampton Roads Rhinos. The ABA team in the region went by Virginia Squires. Call it what you want, of course. Just throwing that labeling out there for discussion. (Not that it looks like it matters. Still way behind in the voting.)
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    We might be saying the same thing here, but the reason this pairing has become such a big deal is because it converges two highly sought-after demographics onto one platform. Some marketing to the NFL can expect to get an audience of devoted sports fans willing to spend money on their team. Add Taylor Swift to the mix, and now you've increased the chance that you're also marketing to a young, fanatical audience of pop star fans. The value of that marketing opportunity goes up considerably. So suddenly we now see people wearing Chiefs-colored sweatshirts that say "Go Taylor's Boyfriend." And we see diehard football fans who don't understand the hoopla and annoyed by the incursion.
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    I've heard this similar sentiment from fans of the Cowboys or Steelers or, well, any team that has won multiples of Super Bowl titles, except none recently. As a Vikings fan whose team lost their fourth Super Bowl three months after I was born and haven't been back since, despite having some incredible teams, I cannot relate with fans of any franchise that has an expectation of winning Super Bowls. On an unrelated note, Ken Anderson should be in his own Ken Anderson Tier and have his own Ken Anderson wing in Canton. /ducks
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    A drunken tailgater giving the finger with one hand and whipping batteries at opposing fans with the other.
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    Condors.
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    The entire Juice set is phenomenal. Well done!
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    As I've gotten older, I've come to prefer the '47 Brand "cleanup" style, which is a snapback. I only buy fitted if it's an on-field authentic.
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    I have that hat and wear it often. The '47 Brand also made a version of the batting helmet design using the updated logo last year, but they only sold it in the team store. (I was already buying too much at the Target Field team store and later regretted not getting it while I was there.)
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    Juice, by a mile. I think the Snowbirds concept is inventive, but a snowbird to me isn't a bird. It's a retiree from a cold-weather city. Maybe give the bird a walker and have them playing canasta?
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    What is this “expansion list” and who keeps it?
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    I don't understand this sentiment at all. If I'm a baseball fan in a market without its own team and suddenly I learn that one's going to play there, albeit temporarily, I'd be beyond excited. I'd go to as many games as possible because it's a helluva lot easier than taking a flight or planning a road trip to Denver, Phoenix, Seattle or San Francisco, which would be the closest MLB cities from SLC. That's just accounting for the convenience of it all. Now say you're a city, like SLC, that thinks it's big enough and deserves to be a big-league city. In addition to being a baseball fan who is excited to see some games played locally, you've added a component of civic pride to the equation. It's even more powerful if you think going to those games, and showcasing that civic pride, increases the chances of getting your own team full-time. If you're SLC, there's absolutely ZERO risk in this and all upside.
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    That's exactly why Salt Lake is so willing to be a temporary host. The MLB may not want them now, but a year or two of performing as strong hosts of a vagabond MLB team would do a lot to change the minds of big-league brass.
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    Sacramento. Call them the NorCal Condors.
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    Wolves
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    If you try really hard, you could take a leap and guess that the new road uniforms were inspired by the early 1950s road uniforms of the Washington Senators before that franchise relocated to Minnesota. I'm not saying that's the case, because the differences are vast, but it wouldn't surprise me. If anything, I'd prefer the Nats do what the Yankees and Dodgers have done and go with a simple, single-layer "WASHINGTON" road uniform as if the franchise dates back to the early 1900s.
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    Nobody's denying that Bennett, McClendon, et. al, had an agenda in attempting to procure a team of their own. Speaking only for myself, I was responding to a comment that a market playing the role of stopgap host for a nomadic franchise isn't a good indicator of their capability of hosting a full-time franchise. In the case of OKC, no matter the intent of the business leaders, you can't claim the fans came out to support the franchise out of some subsersive plot to steal another market's franchise. They came because they wanted to, thereby aiding the notion that they can be a good pro sports market. No doubt, the OKC owners deserve all of the hatred directed their way by Seattle fans. But you can't deny that OKC showed up even when the team wasn't theirs.
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    I'm elated for Joe Mauer. I love seeing a homegrown prospect reach the Hall.
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    I agree. It's hard to deny that the design, particularly during the Griffey era, was and remains attractive. It's just become too muted and drab. In general, I've always liked the Mariners look, save for the weird blue-and-yellow transitionary period between the Trident M and the Compass S (Let's call it the Harold Reynolds era), and the more recent past, when they leaved heavily on the Navy jerseys. Part of me wishes the current S logo wasn't so good so we could wish back the Trident M logo. I loved that logo.
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    Now I see the fancy language.
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    I'll use this opportunity to point out that I still don't see any fancy language.
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    The crawdads concept is by far the best. I appreciate the sentiment around "plunder," but I find the name awkward, as if it should be "plunderers." It makes me think, "what's a plunder" in the same way I once asked of Minnesota's hockey team, "what's a wild?"
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    True but Namath-era Jets sounds a lot better than the Mark Sanchez-era Jets or the Rex Ryan-era Jets. Maybe split the difference and call it the Butt Fumble-era Jets.
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    The way you describe it, I think I'll try putting a white outline around myself. Seems as if it would make me look younger and more vibrant.
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    ... only to replace them with a road uniform design they wore for all but 7 of their 27 World Series titles.
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    But it certainly wouldn't hurt if SLC residents were to adopt a temporarily nomadic A's franchise as their own for a couple seasons, not to prove a point but just because they happened to enjoy the experience. I seriously doubt the people of OKC showed up to support the Hornets to carry out some organized regional strategy to prove they were a major-league market. And they probably didn't need the experience of hosting the Hornets to show they had a good fan base. But it sure seemed to help the cause.
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