Draconator Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 34 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Jazz in New Orleans before Utah kinda started it. Oldest. Another trivia question. All MLB teams use initials as logo, except 2 teams. Name the two teams with out letters in their primary logo. Really only one team. But that's debatable... Blue Jays? 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Draconator said: Blue Jays? Orioles too... But they use "O" ...I think Jay's use a "T" BUT both are secondary logos IIRC... Honorable mention: "M" "b" is the baseball mitt in Brewers logo: Edited June 2 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote
Mr. WEO Posted June 2 Posted June 2 2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Sure they do! Says right on their jerseys AND in the ESPN box score. That's their proper name. Oh... And btw... They are from Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Athletics.😏 That's relatively a new phenomenon, last 30 years in sports going non-plural. X in Sox acts as the plural. IMO 1 Quote
US Egg Posted June 2 Posted June 2 3 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Oh... And btw... They are from Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Athletics.😏 In the wgaf department, they hung out in Kansas City for a decade before heading to Oakland 1 1 Quote
BigDingus Posted June 2 Posted June 2 16 hours ago, Draconator said: I just trained Claude.AI in this. I asked it this question. First, it gave me the answer of Penguins. I corrected it, then it guessed Rockies, then Celtics. Then it said it didn't know the answer, and asked me if I knew. When I typed in Bills, it replied that it can now help other users with that same question. lol Ask it "What number under 1,000 has the letter "A" in it?" and watch it say something stupid. Then ask it "How many "R's" are in the word strawberry?" and see if it claims "2" just like most AI does. Curious to see if your own trained AI throws out random nonsense for these questions like so many others do 😅 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 2 Posted June 2 3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said: You think you won. BUT, abbreviated two-letter names with a possessive comma & s doesn't make the cut. Americans are too fat, stupid and NOT very ATHLETIC anyway to follow that simple rule, so maybe you did win this argument.😉 2 Quote
nuklz2594 Posted June 2 Posted June 2 pacific ocean has 3 c's but spoken differently taco cat...palindrome 1 Quote
nedboy7 Posted June 3 Posted June 3 On 6/1/2026 at 8:12 PM, Draconator said: I just trained Claude.AI in this. I asked it this question. First, it gave me the answer of Penguins. I corrected it, then it guessed Rockies, then Celtics. Then it said it didn't know the answer, and asked me if I knew. When I typed in Bills, it replied that it can now help other users with that same question. lol The future is bright. We’re gonna be just fine! 1 Quote
JP51 Posted June 3 Posted June 3 On 6/2/2026 at 8:21 AM, Gregg said: Here is a better trivia question. Name the 9 teams in the 4 major US leagues whose names don't end with the letter "S" NBA - Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz NHL- Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild, Tampa Bay Lightning MLB - Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox NFL - NONE. Every team's name ends with the letter "S" now that Washington went from Football Team to Commanders. Nice! Quote
Gregg Posted June 3 Posted June 3 9 minutes ago, JP51 said: Nice! I was actually corrected by another poster. Its 11 not 9. I forgot the Utah Mammoth and Seattle Kraken. 1 Quote
Don Otreply Posted June 3 Posted June 3 How about our drafted rookie E-Orr he is alphabetical too, plus it’s a Winnie the Pooh reference, 👍 Quote
gonzo1105 Posted June 3 Posted June 3 49ers On 6/2/2026 at 8:16 AM, Mr. WEO said: No one calls them the Athletics though. No fan has ever said "I've got tickets to the Athletics game", "are you going to watch the Athletics vs the Yankees tonight?", etc. I mean there are a lot of teams like that but it doesn’t mean that’s it’s not their actual name. My New York Knickerbockers are playing tonight 1 Quote
Mr. WEO Posted June 3 Posted June 3 (edited) 5 hours ago, gonzo1105 said: 49ers I mean there are a lot of teams like that but it doesn’t mean that’s it’s not their actual name. My New York Knickerbockers are playing tonight My point, yes. They are no longer known as the Knickerbockers. Not by fans or the organization itself, which presents and markets them exclusively as the "Knicks". Also, OP clearly said team nickname, not team official name.. Edited Wednesday at 10:01 PM by Mr. WEO Quote
BillsPride12 Posted Wednesday at 08:19 PM Posted Wednesday at 08:19 PM On 6/2/2026 at 8:21 AM, Gregg said: Here is a better trivia question. Name the 9 teams in the 4 major US leagues whose names don't end with the letter "S" NBA - Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz NHL- Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild, Tampa Bay Lightning MLB - Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox NFL - NONE. Every team's name ends with the letter "S" now that Washington went from Football Team to Commanders. Even though it was only a minor league Soccer team I always liked the team name Buffalo Blizzard Hypothetically speaking if we ever got another major league Sports team(I know it's not happening) I would be fine with them using the Blizzard as the team name Quote
reddogblitz Posted Wednesday at 08:46 PM Posted Wednesday at 08:46 PM 23 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: You think you won. BUT, abbreviated two-letter names with a possessive comma & s doesn't make the cut. Americans are too fat, stupid and NOT very ATHLETIC anyway to follow that simple rule, so maybe you did win this argument.😉 Not sure why you decided to get all nasty on this, but does raise a question I've had for a long time. Why is it A's? A's what? The apostrophe denotes as you point out possessive. Again A's what? Why not just A or if you have to make sure it 's plural, As? I guess they made their own contraction? Weird. Glad my team doesn't do this. 1 Quote
Draconator Posted Wednesday at 09:07 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 09:07 PM 18 minutes ago, reddogblitz said: Not sure why you decided to get all nasty on this, but does raise a question I've had for a long time. Why is it A's? A's what? The apostrophe denotes as you point out possessive. Again A's what? Why not just A or if you have to make sure it 's plural, As? I guess they made their own contraction? Weird. Glad my team doesn't do this. Imagine my pain. And by the way, my two A's jerseys, one has Oakland, and the other has Athletics Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted Wednesday at 11:13 PM Posted Wednesday at 11:13 PM 2 hours ago, reddogblitz said: Not sure why you decided to get all nasty on this, but does raise a question I've had for a long time. Why is it A's? A's what? The apostrophe denotes as you point out possessive. Again A's what? Why not just A or if you have to make sure it 's plural, As? I guess they made their own contraction? Weird. Glad my team doesn't do this. Nasty? I was keeping it real, sorry sunshine...😉😜 Abbreviation for: Athletics As (one letter short of As*... 😆) Doesn't look right... Comma I guess is NOT mandatory but looks better. Kinda like Wegmans Vs. Kohl's... It's up to the choice. 1 Quote
reddogblitz Posted Thursday at 07:42 AM Posted Thursday at 07:42 AM 10 hours ago, Draconator said: Imagine my pain. And by the way, my two A's jerseys, one has Oakland, and the other has Athletics Yeah and you have arguably one of the best baseball movies about your team, the Oakland Athletics. Quote
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