Comments on: Team Names: An Etymological Venn Diagram

By: SpuriousLogic

SpuriousLogic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:57:24 +0000

Why are Tigers in the locality section? Are there a lot of tigers in Detroit?

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:04:15 +0000

Perfectos would be an awful hard name to live up to!

By: WaitWhat

WaitWhat — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:46:23 +0000

I wish they were still the Perfectos. Best baseball team name ever.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:52:17 +0000

The Cardinals name came before the mascot. They were the St. Louis Perfectos for a year and they had red striped uniforms. A sports writer heard a woman say what a lovely shade of cardinal it was, and the name stuck. I’m just glad they’re no longer the Perfectos.

By: AdW

AdW — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:48:56 +0000

I’m pretty sure Cards represent a bird, thus the mascot (cardinal). Interestingly enough, they did start out as the ‘brown stockings’.

By: gdw3

gdw3 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:18:42 +0000

Uh, St. Louis Cardinals mascot is a bird, not a color.

By: ThespianSheldon

ThespianSheldon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:17:44 +0000

I wonder why the Cardinals aren’t in the Animals column.
Seems like a dumb mistake to me.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:09:53 +0000

Yikes! And I was so careful about where to put the “y”! I’ll get that fixed. Thanks!

By: spell check

spell check — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:59:25 +0000

Etymological*

We’re talking about words not insects.