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Atlanta Crackers
Atlanta Grays (Civil War)
Atlanta Scarlets (Gone With The Wind)
Pittsburgh Grays (for the great Negro team, the Homestead Grays... Homestead, PA is near Pittsburgh)
Milwaukee Warriors (in honor of the Indian tribes that settled the area)
"Milwaukee" is an Indian word meaning "good, beautiful, pleasant land"
There is also a secondary alliteration with the "w's" in Milwaukee and Warriors.
It is a very euphonic name.
Cincinnati Centurions (in honor of the city's namesake Cincinnatus, the great Roman Consul and Dictator... a model of virtue and simplicity... Cincinnatus gave up his absolute power after winning a war and returned to his farm)
Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-24-2009 at 05:35 PM.
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