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25 Funny Minor League Baseball Teams That Sound Fake But Are 100% Real

I really hope the Modesto Nuts have a good season.

The MLB may have better players. But the minor leagues are far superior when it comes to team names.

Washington Nationals? Oakton Athletics? Minnesota Twins? Yawn. Give me some names that aren’t afraid to have fun with it. Like the Modesto Nuts, the El Paso Chihuahuas, or the Rocket City Trash Pandas. If the team name doesn’t sound like something a 13-year-old made in a video game, throw it out and start over.

Here are 25 awesome minor league team names so outlandish they sound fake, but they’re 100% real.

1. Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

2. Biloxi Shuckers

3. Montgomery Biscuits

4. Hickory Crawdads

5. El Paso Chihuahuas

6. Tulsa Drillers

7. Eugene Emeralds

8. Columbia Fireflies

9. New Hampshire Fisher Cats

10. Greensboro Grasshoppers

11. Hillsboro Hops

12. Sugar Land Skeeters

13. Cedar Rapids Kernels

14. Chattanooga Lookouts

15. Lansing Lugnuts.

16. Modesto Nuts

17. Lehigh Valley IronPigs

18. Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

19. Binghamton Rumble Ponies

20. Richmond Flying Squirrels

21. Omaha Storm Chasers.

22. Fort Wayne TinCaps.

23. Rocket City Trash Pandas

24. Hartford Yard Goats

25. Amarillo Sod Poodles

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