Major League Team Name Anagrams Quiz

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1. Whether this new 1990s team had a CROOKED OR SOCIAL roster, they did have Larry Walker who won a NL MVP, and the team went to their first World Series in the 2000s decade. Which team is this?

Answer: Colorado Rockies

The Rockies joined Major League Baseball in 1993 along with Florida Marlins. Unlike the Marlins who won their first World Series in only their fifth season, the Rockies had to wait until their 15th season to reach the promised land in 2007. They were met by the Red Sox, who dished up a four games to none loss to them in the series.

2. This team ruled the World Series turf in the 1970s. The players all wore a CLODLIKE SATAN HAT with their strange colored uniforms. They had two Cy Young Award and MVP Award winners in the decade also. Which team is this?

Answer: Oakland Athletics

The Athletics won three consecutive World Series from 1972-1974 with their kelly green and yellow colored uniforms. Vida Blue and Jim "Catfish" Hunter took the Cy Youngs, and Blue along with slugger Reggie Jackson won MVPs in the decade.

3. If this team only had a NOT AS HATING SON-IN-LAW, then maybe they wouldn't have had to move the franchise. At least they still had the great Frank Robinson at the helm of the team when they planted their feet in their new location in 2005. Which team is this?

Answer: Washington Nationals

The franchise began as an expansion team in 1969 as the Montreal Expos. The Expos found only one playoff series in 1981 in a loss to the Dodgers. Robinson took over the reins of the team in 2002, then the team moved in 2005 with Frank still at the helm.

4. This team existed by name for only one season in Major League baseball in the new American League in 1901. They changed their team name a few more times, and finished out the 20th Century with five World Series appearances while winning two. What was this 1901 American League team name that had ELEVEN DULL CABS?

Answer: Cleveland Blues

The Cleveland Blues was the emergence of the American League's Cleveland Indians in 1901. They became the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902, the Cleveland Naps in 1903, then came the Indians name in 1915. In 1920, the franchise experienced their first World Series win over the Brooklyn Robins. Their other win in the century was against the Boston Braves in 1948.

5. It was like a TOILSOME RARE BOIL that this franchise went to only one World Series in their first 50 seasons, and even lost that one. They also lost 100 games in a season seven times before they packed their bags and moved to a different city. The franchise finally bagged a World Series crown in the 1960s as which team name?

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

The Orioles franchise began as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901, then became the dismal St. Louis Browns in 1902. The Browns' only World Series appearance was against crosstown rival NL Cardinals in 1944 in a four games to two loss. The franchise moved to Baltimore in 1954, and matched the Browns' 1953 record of 54-100 in their first season.

The franchise finally won it all in 1966, while skunking the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to none. The Orioles would appear in four World Series between 1966-1971.

6. With their close-knit followers SCORNING AS FANATICS only could, their new team in the 1950s would give them a very memorable 1962 season. Which team was this that lost their first World Series in California?

Answer: San Francisco Giants

The Giants and the Dodgers moved to the West Coast from New York in 1958. The National League pennant race was between them both in 1962, and ended after a three-game playoff with the Giants being victorious. San Francisco met the Yankees in the World Series and lost.

The 1962 season saw Dodger Don Drysdale win the Cy Young, and Maury Wills win the MVP Award for his 104 stolen bases. That playoff series was most memorable to Dodger fans also, as the Giants' groundskeepers kept the infield dirt more than moist to help slow down the speedy Wills.

7. With SMEARIER TALENTS on their roster, this team began their endeavors in the 1970s, and it would not be until 1995 that they saw their first playoffs. In 30 seasons from existence, the team had never been to a World Series, although they won 116 games in one of those seasons. Which team is this?

Answer: Seattle Mariners

The Mariners began it all in 1977. It was 1991 when they had their first winning season. In 2001, the Mariners went 116-46, 21 games better than the next best team (Yankees 95-65), but they lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.

8. It was like a DITTO REGISTER in the 1900s decade because this team just kept coming back to the World Series. They went to three consecutive World Series, but lost those three consecutive series also. Which hardluck team was this that had two 25-game winners and a 20-game winner?

Answer: Detroit Tigers

With pitchers Bill Donovan and Ed Killian winning 25 games, they also had George Mullin who won 20. The Tigers had the bats also in the names of Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and Claude Rossman. However, they just could not bag a World Series title in 1907, 1908, or 1909.

They lost to the Cubs twice, then the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Tigers would have to wait until 1935 to win their first World Series crown when they defeated the Cubs four games to two.

9. This team was an early National League team that began in the 1880s. They had NICER INDICANTS than their season records showed throughout their franchise history. Except for their first-ever league pennant in their inaugural season, they would not see another for three decades until 1919. Which team is this?

Answer: Cincinnati Reds

The Reds began it all in 1882 in the American Association. The won that league pennant with six teams in the league. They joined the National League in 1890. Cincinnati's first National League pennant was actually an unfortunate one. They were the National League's best in 1919, but met the Chicago White Sox in the World Series which became known as the Black Sox Scandal, for some Chicago players betting on the series.

10. This team didn't know who or even where they were. It was like LUKEWARM BEERWISE liquids because Major League Baseball kept moving them around like chess pieces. In 30 seasons, they played in four different divisions. Who is this team?

Answer: Milwaukee Brewers

The franchise began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969, but were run out of town after their 64-98 last place finish in the American League West. The franchise moved and became the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970. In 1972, baseball moved them into the AL East. Major League Baseball moved them again in 1994 to the AL Central. If that weren't enough, the franchise was placed in the National League Central Division in 1998.

Source: Author Nightmare

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