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Name the 8 current MLB teams

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:42:44

That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Recrudescence

Follow up to the follow up: Smallest city with 2 franchises from the power 4.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:00:16, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

Bonus points if you can name #1 and #2.

...and we're not counting East Rutherford, NJ.

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

my guesses are

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:07:45, in reply to "Follow up to the follow up: Smallest city with 2 franchises from the power 4."

Milwaukee and St. Louis.

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Bonus points if you can name #1 and #2.
...and we're not counting East Rutherford, NJ.

*Wrong buzzer on both*

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Milwaukee and St. Louis.

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Bonus points if you can name #1 and #2.
...and we're not counting East Rutherford, NJ.

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

(sp)

Posted by tvillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=tvillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:05:48, in reply to "Follow up to the follow up: Smallest city with 2 franchises from the power 4."

Salt Lake City.

Ding! #2?

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:08:06, in reply to "(sp)"

I got it wrong when first asked because they're still the Arizona Coyotes to me DAMMIT!

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

dotz

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:08:59, in reply to "Ding! #2?"

Buffalo.

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I got it wrong when first asked because they're still the Arizona Coyotes to me DAMMIT!

Ding!*

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:09:30, in reply to "dotz"

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Buffalo.

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I got it wrong when first asked because they're still the Arizona Coyotes to me DAMMIT!

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

follow up trivia

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:21:43, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

What is the smallest market in the country with one of the big four pro sports teams, and what is the largest market with none?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Green Bay, Austin*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:22:33, in reply to "follow up trivia"

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What is the smallest market in the country with one of the big four pro sports teams, and what is the largest market with none?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Technically, the second answer is Riverside

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:26:17, in reply to "Green Bay, Austin*"

since it's considered a separate metro, and since Austin now has a MLS team, I probably should have phrased it as big 5 sports.

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What is the smallest market in the country with one of the big four pro sports teams, and what is the largest market with none?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

MLB Trivia- Which team is named after a livestock show?*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:16:37, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Kansas City Royals.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:59:04, in reply to "MLB Trivia- Which team is named after a livestock show?*"

These are some of their prototype logos from '68 that they didn't use.

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

Are you taking the position that New York is not New York City?*

Posted by apusikam <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=apusikam' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:11:31, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Correct, the Yankees and Mets are not named after new your city*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:52:53, in reply to "Are you taking the position that New York is not New York City?*"

Recrudescence

C'mon man*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 14:08:22, in reply to "Correct, the Yankees and Mets are not named after new your city*"

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I'm calling BS.*

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"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

So... this whole thing is horseshit, basically.

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:55:53, in reply to "Correct, the Yankees and Mets are not named after new your city*"

The Angels... don't count, despite being in a different county... the Mets and Yankees do despite... being in New York - the city.

Make it make sense.

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

Seemingly... pretty sure New York, NY is the actual city.

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:15:26, in reply to "Are you taking the position that New York is not New York City?*"

Let me check the 100s of thousands of addresses to confirm though.

Or, they're using Bronx and Queens despite them being boroughs of New York.

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:16:01, in reply to "Seemingly... pretty sure New York, NY is the actual city."

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Let me check the 100s of thousands of addresses to confirm though.

Or, they're using Bronx and Queens despite them being boroughs of New York.

Tampa Bay is also a stretch if he's counting that one*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:13:49, in reply to "Are you taking the position that New York is not New York City?*"

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Slightly different though... there's literally no city named Tampa Bay.

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:16:18, in reply to "Tampa Bay is also a stretch if he's counting that one*"

New York, not New York City, is the actual name of the city.

It's all kind of dumb though. The goalposts have airline status in this thing.

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

it's also in St. Pete and not Tampa*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:25:35, in reply to "Slightly different though... there's literally no city named Tampa Bay."

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New York, not New York City, is the actual name of the city.

It's all kind of dumb though. The goalposts have airline status in this thing.

Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

also true*

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:54:47, in reply to "it's also in St. Pete and not Tampa* "

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New York, not New York City, is the actual name of the city.

It's all kind of dumb though. The goalposts have airline status in this thing.

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

easily the worst stadium I have ever been to

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:28:07, in reply to "it's also in St. Pete and not Tampa* "

much worse than the Oakland Collisseum or Veteran's Stadium, which were also awful.

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New York, not New York City, is the actual name of the city.

It's all kind of dumb though. The goalposts have airline status in this thing.

I agree it's slightly different

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:17:58, in reply to "Slightly different though... there's literally no city named Tampa Bay."

as is Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. As pointed out, it's not even the same county.

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New York, not New York City, is the actual name of the city.

It's all kind of dumb though. The goalposts have airline status in this thing.

I guess if you really want to get technical, the formal name of NYC is "The City of New York".

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:18:47, in reply to "I agree it's slightly different"

Anybody going that deep into pedantry should jump off a bridge.

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

True story*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:20:51, in reply to "I guess if you really want to get technical, the formal name of NYC is "The City of New York"."

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Anybody going that deep into pedantry should jump off a bridge.

MLB Trivia- How many MLB teams are named after mammals (aside from humans)

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:06:46, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

and what are they?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Tigers, Cubs, Giants? I assume giants are mammals.*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:08:53, in reply to "MLB Trivia- How many MLB teams are named after mammals (aside from humans)"

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and what are they?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Tigers and Cubs are the 2*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:13:54, in reply to "Tigers, Cubs, Giants? I assume giants are mammals.*"

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and what are they?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Pirates *

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:10:09, in reply to "Tigers, Cubs, Giants? I assume giants are mammals.*"

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and what are they?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Don't take offense, better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go

Pirates are human. I was assuming the mythological definition of "giant"

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:12:46, in reply to "Pirates *"

not just like Gheorge Muresan or whatever.

There's also the question of whether angels are technically mammals or not. I say no, although I'm not familiar enough with scripture to know whether an angel has ever given birth to another angel, and if so, whether that birth was live or via egg.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

I totally missed the “aside from humans” thing *

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:13:24, in reply to "Pirates are human. I was assuming the mythological definition of "giant""

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Don't take offense, better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go

Royals. Is a Philly a person from Philadelphia?*

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:11:32, in reply to "Pirates *"

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and what are they?

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Don't take offense, better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go

I know the trick answer since I saw it online (sp)

Posted by OB25 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=OB25' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 13:00:30, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

The city name is Tampa and not Tampa Bay.

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

minnesota, arizona, tampa bay, colorado, LA Angels, Texas Rangers,...

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:46:19, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

...Washington isn't a city... so that's 7.

8th would be the As...

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

Not LA

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:47:20, in reply to "minnesota, arizona, tampa bay, colorado, LA Angels, Texas Rangers,..."

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...Washington isn't a city... so that's 7.

8th would be the As...

Recrudescence

Pretty sure the Angels are still in Anaheim.*

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:48:15, in reply to "Not LA"

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

And Atlanta plays outside of Atlanta, not included in the 8*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:50:27, in reply to "Pretty sure the Angels are still in Anaheim.*"

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Recrudescence

Right... Marietta... so... one way or the other... it's either 6 or 8*

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:51:40, in reply to "And Atlanta plays outside of Atlanta, not included in the 8*"

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Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

The count...

Posted by uofi1998 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=uofi1998' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:55:52, in reply to "Right... Marietta... so... one way or the other... it's either 6 or 8*"

Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego

New York
Philadelphia
Miami

New York
Boston
Baltimore
Toronto

Chicago
Kansas City
Detroit
Cleveland

Seattle
Houston

Not (9... or 7)
As
Marietta Braves
Anaheim Angels
Tampa Rays
Phoenix Diamondbacks
Denver Rockies
Minneapolis Twins
Washington DC
Arlington Rangers

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

8, you’re missing two*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:52:47, in reply to "Right... Marietta... so... one way or the other... it's either 6 or 8*"

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Recrudescence

Queens is a borough of NYC... so no on the Mets.*

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Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

They're technically not in LA if that matters.*

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on May 29, 2026, 12:47:53, in reply to "Not LA"

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...Washington isn't a city... so that's 7.

8th would be the As...

You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

Not even in the same county.*

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...Washington isn't a city... so that's 7.

8th would be the As...

Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?

Do you mean teams like the Minnesota Twins, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, & Texas Rangers?*

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:45:37, in reply to "Name the 8 current MLB teams"

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Don't take offense, better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go

Marlins are no longer Florida, they are the Miami Marlins. But yes*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 29, 2026, 12:46:38, in reply to "Do you mean teams like the Minnesota Twins, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, & Texas Rangers?*"

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That are not named after their city.

Excluding the A’s

Recrudescence

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