Ten Least-Intimidating Baseball Team Names

Baseball is a sport that revolves around sportsmanship and strategy and intimidation is not usually a big part of its storied history. The team names in baseball are not meant to strike up fear in opponents but provide a sense of accomplishment from their past. Players can be intimidating but team names constantly fall short. Here is a list of the ten least intimidating team names in Major League Baseball.

10. Tie. White Sox and Red Sox. From their early days it was meant to be a representation of the color of socks the teams would wear. Let us be honest as well, the idea of different colored socks is not exactly the most intimidating visual, unless you are in an important interview.

9. Rays. Tampa Bay used to be called the Devil Rays which made the name a little more intimidating but when they dropped Devil, the Rays became a symbol of Floridian sunshine, just what every person is afraid of, sunburn.

8. Twins. Minnesota's team is named after the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, two neighboring cities with near similar makeups and populations. It seems so much less intimidating since the other famous Minnesota team is called the Vikings, named for ancient plunderers.

7. Mets. In keeping with the city theme, the Mets full name is the Metropolitans. Another team named after just a nickname for a city, plus the Mets play their home games in Queens, New York, not exactly the most threatening name.

6. Orioles. The state bird of Maryland is no less intimidating than the team has been the past ten years, a perpetual .500 team with tendencies to drop below that mark and have their two biggest stars being linked to steroids. Now leave Camden Yards and try to walk back to a hotel late at night, that is a horse of a different color.

5. Dodgers. Formerly of Brooklyn this storied franchise moved out to Los Angeles in the 1950's and kept the beloved nickname of the former city. Shortened from Trollydodgers, the team lost the nickname of the "Lovable Losers" when they beat the Yankees in the 1955 World Series. At least they have some championships under their belts.

4. Cubs. One of the oldest and most storied franchises in professional sports, the Cubs seem to be the little brother of the other Chicago animals, the Bears. With a nickname like the Cubbies one cannot help but think of small bears or those boxes you put your lunches in in kindergarten.

3. Cardinals. Also the name of the NFL team who once hailed from the same city, how can a beautiful spring bird strike fear in the hearts of opponents? At least Blue Jays are considered to be the bullies of the bird world.

2. Padres. San Diego loves their teams, but the Padres are far from being an intimidating name especially since it is translated from the Spanish, father. Not to mention the word Padre often refers to a priest, just a divine messenger from God.

1. Angels. If Padres were No. 2, then the Angels have to be No. 1. How can a team that has the ultimate good as their mascot be considered intimidating? Unless you lied under oath to Congress about performance enhancing drugs.