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Or the Memphis Tams who were owned by Charlie Finley..
To accentuate the "new" direction of the team, Finley held a special contest to find a better team nickname. Over 20,000 postcards were received during the course of the contest. The winner collected a $2,500 prize for coming up with the dubious nickname, "TAMS." Finley thought the new nickname was appropriate because the Memphis franchise supposedly had fans in [T]ennessee, [A]rkansas, and [M]ississippi. Finley wasted no time in making the Tams the most "colorful" team in the league. The logo of the team became a strange green, white, and gold tam-o-shanter (above). The colors were meant to mimic the colors of the Oakland A's (and the NHL Golden Seals) - Finley wanted a consistent image for his sports "empire," even though the Tams were several thousand miles away from his California teams.
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