Worst Team Slogan 2009

[ctcf]

I try to do this every season, I don't know if I got this in last year. Some great ones this year...

 

Slogans like these make me appreciate the fact that people actually get paid to come up with these things. This year I was sad to see that perennial contender, The Colorado Rockies, decided to go without a slogan. Truly heartbreaking. However, there were some solid entries.

 

The A's (my personal pick) who want to inform you that they are in fact the Athletics and do indeed play baseball.

The Pirates, winners of the "three things that don't go together" game.

The Rangers, with the slogan that sounds like it was taken from the box of a sex toy.

The White Sox - I'd really love to see those traditions defined. Toothlessness better be on that list.

[CubbieBum]

I actually really like the Mariners. I voted Dodgers because not only is it a really dumb one but it would be better with 'our' not 'my.'

[SouthSideRyan]

Atlanta.

 

Who could forget the magic of historic Turner Field, where so many great memories have been forged through it's storied past.

[imb]

marlins win. how could their PR department let that go through when everyone knows they draw like 6000 per game

[Drew Doughty]

Atlanta.

 

Who could forget the magic of historic Turner Field, where so many great memories have been forged through it's storied past.

 

This. I just stopped reading after I got to that one. "Turner Field, where...Sammy Sosa hit some ding dongs in the home run derby!"

[Andy]

I rather badly wanted to vote for K.C. (welcome to the next 40 losing seasons in a row!), but Turner Field is one of the dumbest parks in baseball (and is only 13 years old so they have no way of replacing it) and has basically no great moments on its resume apart from some World Series losses to New York.

 

There's no problem with Cleveland's - it's a little "Who's Your Tiger?"-ish, which I think was the best recent slogan.

[TruffleShuffle]

Built for fun is really stupid. I voted for that.

[TruffleShuffle]

marlins win. how could their PR department let that go through when everyone knows they draw like 6000 per game

 

their slogan the last two years was "Marlins - You Gotta Be Here!" maybe next year they'll just go with "Marlins: Please, For the Love of God, We're Begging You to Come to a Baseball Game!"

[TruffleShuffle]

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[ctcf]

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__23/ept_sports_mlb_experts-942565361-1239200158.jpg?ymeWkEBD6j6CGpvz

 

I'd like to take this time to note that the marketing kids at my school have a reputation for not being so bright. It appears that this may be a nationwide trend.

[Derwood]

I voted for the Nationals, because it doesn't even make sense.

 

The best on the list is the White Sox, as it opens them up for so many easy jokes.

[javy knows my name]

Built for fun is really stupid. I voted for that.

 

It is, but it also rang sort of true for me. "Built for fun," to me, means a team with a ton of guys who can hit the crap out of the ball and nothing else. That's been the Rangers since I've followed baseball.

 

I voted for the Mariners' because it was too try-hard and cheesy

[dew1679666265]

I voted for the Nationals, because it doesn't even make sense.

 

The best on the list is the White Sox, as it opens them up for so many easy jokes.

 

Yeah, I voted Nats too. "Get your Red on" might make a little bit of sense (but still be terrible) if it were the Reds using it, but with the Nationals using it it really makes no sense.

[Omar]

"Get Your Red On" would actually be pretty decent for the Reds.

[rawaction]

I voted for the Angels, but it was a toss-up between them and the Nats. I don't even know what those slogans mean.

[biittner77]

Dodgers - "This is My Town - Dodgertown, USA"

Wasn't Dodgertown their ST facility in Florida that they closed down?

Nationals - "Get Your Red On"

 

Maybe they are changing their name to Red Bulls

 

Tigers - "Always A Tiger" That what she said

 

Twins - "...and Twins"

[ctcf]

I voted for the Angels, but it was a toss-up between them and the Nats. I don't even know what those slogans mean.

 

The Angels' is like the Hulk is talking about their fans.

[Schwarber Fan]

Pirates 2007:

 

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/307/wewill.th.jpg

 

:-))

[Careless]

Marlins - "It's Where You Wanna Be!"- wanna be is used exclusively, as far as I'm aware, as wannabe, a person who wants to be something they can't realistically hope to be.

Braves - "The Magic of Turner Field" ... Right.

Dodgers - "This is My Town - Dodgertown, USA" I don't hate this one as it's an obvious reaction to having your home market annex a competitor

Indians - "Are You IN the Tribe?" IN?

Rangers - "Built for fun." no comment

Royals - "Welcome to the next 40 Years of Kansas City Baseball" this sounds like a horrible idea for a slogan for a team that has a really good chance to miss .500

White Sox - "There are traditions. And there are White Sox Traditions" Dumb writing, but not "Drink Young" type funny stupid.

I'd like to take this time to note that the marketing kids at my school have a reputation for not being so bright. It appears that this may be a nationwide trend.

It is. they're smarter than education, ethnic/gender studies, and sociology students [not an exhaustive list], but that leaves many dozens above them.

 

And it's a really weird situation where you have super-genius math/physics/chem academics discovering things, genius engineers building things, very intelligent executives overseeing the production, and the somewhat above average guy fighting another marketing guy like himself to get his company's product market share.

[Schwarber Fan]

Royals - "Welcome to the next 40 Years of Kansas City Baseball"

 

I think this is just a way of saying "Whew, we didn't lose our team in the economic recession"

[Vanilla Ice]

Get your red on! makes no sense at all

[Butterscup1679666578]

I went with the Royals. I feel that 40 years is a completely arbitrary number that they pulled out of thin air.

[laurens]

I went with the Royals. I feel that 40 years is a completely arbitrary number that they pulled out of thin air.

 

The Royals were founded in 1969, which is 40 years ago. I would hardly call that an arbitrary number.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Nationals - "Get Your Red On"

 

Did whoever coined this one not understand how it could confuse a lot of fans?

[Guest]

The Nationals are the worst followed closely by the White Sox

 

What a passive-aggressive organization. Rinesdorf needs some help.