The First Elocutionist strikes again:
Obama Hails The ‘Miami Heats’
When I was a much younger man, naming all the professional teams whose name did not end in "S" was a manageable trivia question. Both "Sox" and the Jazz were on the short list, and I forget the rest.
Now, who knows? But I wonder if the Heat-Thunder final was the first No-S championship in a major professional sport?
GOOD POINT: myiq2xu asks "Are you sure the press corpse heard him correctly?"
SPOILER ALERT: The Red Sox never met the White Sox in the World Series, obviously. In the NBA, the Jazz and the Magic never met in the Finals. In the NHL, the Stanley Cup was contested in int amateur days by various matchips of clubs and universities, but in the NHL the Avalanche haven't met the Lightning. And the NFL Super Bowl list offers nothing.
The Providence Steam Roller won the 1928 NFL Championhip, but they won based on best record.
OK, I think Obama has called out attention to an interesting factoid. Unless soccer fans want to chime in. Or Japanese baseball...
NOT EXACTLY 'MAJOR', BUT... The 1984 Chicago Sting v. the Toronto Blizzard. Trivia fans can guess the sport.
Are you sure the press corpse heard him correctly?
Posted by: myiq2xu | June 27, 2012 at 08:13 AM
He's just not that smart.
Posted by: MarkO | June 27, 2012 at 08:42 AM
Happy Day, Janet. Enjoy.
Posted by: MarkO | June 27, 2012 at 08:44 AM
Sure to out the unfamiliar is the north London football (i.e., soccer) team Tottenham Hotspur. Not Hotspurs. But, for short, Spurs, not Spur.
Posted by: NPJ | June 27, 2012 at 08:50 AM
C'mon, he's too busy being Presidents to worry about basketballs.
Posted by: GregMan | June 27, 2012 at 08:56 AM
NPJ,
Yeah. Too bad Tottenham Hot Spur v. Arsenal have never been in a FA Cup final. Only semi-finals. But then Arenal are known as the Gunners and that would disqualify even if they ever did meet in a final.
Posted by: Jim Eagle | June 27, 2012 at 08:56 AM
Obama on the "outs"!
Posted by: stonedome | June 27, 2012 at 09:04 AM
I would have guessed Obama to be a Bullses fan.
We already know he is a strong advocate of Bullses-shit.
Posted by: Soylent Red | June 27, 2012 at 09:05 AM
Hey JIB,
Some guy on TV is up to his chest in water. You okay where you are?
Posted by: Jane | June 27, 2012 at 09:06 AM
Oops, I just saw your post in the next thread JIB.
Posted by: Jane | June 27, 2012 at 09:08 AM
In soccer there the Houston Dynamo
Posted by: Mark in Houston | June 27, 2012 at 09:09 AM
I will be pedantic, as Tottenham were my Prem team while the Southampton Saints were in lower divisions these past few years (Saints are back in the top flight now!). The name of that proper North London Club is the Tottenham Hotspur-- that is the Club's name. When refering to the Club's players on the pitch (plural players), they are the Spurs that day. Simple really. There's a less clear analogy to the fraudulent North London pea shooters club, but no need to go into that.
Posted by: NK | June 27, 2012 at 09:11 AM
LA Galaxy
Posted by: matt | June 27, 2012 at 09:11 AM
He scooped up money in atlanta before moving on to miami yesterday.
Is it officially campaigning yet or are we still paying all the costs of jetting around?
Can you imagine what it would do to his cash flow if he was really paying what it costs Romney's campaign for him to travel?
Posted by: rse | June 27, 2012 at 09:12 AM
... and the mighty New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc. That's the proper name of the club.
Posted by: NK | June 27, 2012 at 09:13 AM
And there is always United. Also referred to occasionally as the Red Devils.
Happy birthdays Janet and JVerner!
Posted by: matt | June 27, 2012 at 09:15 AM
Sometimes both the proper name and the nickname are both singular-- Juventus, FC has as its most common nickname "the old lady."
Posted by: NK | June 27, 2012 at 09:20 AM
He says he's a White Soxes fan, but we all know Obama secretly supports the Reds.
Posted by: Soylent Red | June 27, 2012 at 09:26 AM
"And there is always United. Also referred to occasionally as the Red Devils."
Except for the DC version of United (and other versions around the world, like Newcastle).
Posted by: A.S. | June 27, 2012 at 09:31 AM
I think Obama is beginning to feel the heats...
Posted by: Gary Smith | June 27, 2012 at 09:41 AM
He's LeBrons, Babies. He Can Play On This Levels. He Got Some Games.
Posted by: Ignatz | June 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM
myig2Xu: That was all net from DOWNTOWN!
Remember Kominsky Park? His inability to name a single member of the White Sox, past or present? The Special Olymics?
Free advice to our leader: stay away from sports.
Posted by: Jim O'Sullivan | June 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM
The is only one United, and Ferguson is their prophet.
Posted by: matt | June 27, 2012 at 10:16 AM
--The Special Olymics?-
Are there any Special Olympic events for people without arms?
If so, I'll bet even they could bowl better than a 37.
Posted by: Ignatz | June 27, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Ah a ManU - Bot; Ferguson may be their profit, but the team debt will be their doom.
Posted by: NK | June 27, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Ferguson as 'profit'? I wish I could say I meant that as a clever double entendre. "prophet"
Posted by: NK | June 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM
I always thought Sox was plural, just a different spelling of Socks.
Posted by: David Pinto | June 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Ah yes, but they are "The Spurs"....
Posted by: Wilbur | June 27, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Happy Birthday dear Janet and Happy Birthday sweet Verner.
Posted by: glasater | June 27, 2012 at 11:19 AM
The first one I remember encountering as a kid was the NASL's Chicago Sting.
Posted by: kb | June 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM
1984 Chicago Sting vs Toronto Blizzard
Posted by: kb | June 27, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Happy Birthday, Verner.
Posted by: Clarice | June 27, 2012 at 11:58 AM
HB Verner
Posted by: Captain Hate | June 27, 2012 at 12:07 PM
'First Elocutionist'! *snort*
Posted by: RebeccaH | June 27, 2012 at 12:41 PM
2011 MLS Cup Final: LA Galaxy vs Houston Dynamo. No Galaxies or Dynamos were spotted. And the first Cup, in 1996, was DC United vs. LA Galaxy. Not a plural in sight.
Posted by: Jacksonian | June 27, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Newcasle Utd. are known as the Magpies.
Posted by: Kevin B | June 27, 2012 at 12:54 PM
myiq2xu:
Shouldn't that be press corpses?
Posted by: Soopergenius | June 27, 2012 at 01:28 PM
So how will Carneys spins this ones?
Posted by: Stephanie | June 27, 2012 at 02:45 PM
--So how will Carneys spins this ones?--
He'll lecture us that Barry has no time for trivial sports matters.
Seriously, after Barry jabbers on and on about it and messes it up, that's exactly what Carney will say.
Posted by: Ignatz | June 27, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The Chicago Sting was not a sports team, they played soccer. This is America, here soccer is a hobby, not a sport.
Posted by: max | June 27, 2012 at 03:09 PM
Were they part of his March Madness brackets
Posted by: narciso | June 27, 2012 at 03:12 PM
The Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in '96
Posted by: Pjdean55 | June 27, 2012 at 03:13 PM
The Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in '96
And 2001.
They beat the Panthers in '96 and Devils in '01.
Posted by: hit and run | June 27, 2012 at 03:28 PM
That sound clip a few years ago flubbing an answer after stating loudly that he was a Chicago White Sox fan really outed our President as a poseur. How could a fan not be able to name a single player of his favorite team--past or present? I'll forgive the Cominskey park flub. That little sound bite proved to me the MarkO thesis--he's not that smart. LUN at 1:28
Still, if he gets re-elected, he's likeable enough.
Posted by: peter | June 27, 2012 at 03:46 PM
As a Boston fan, I'm glad my teams have plural names. Altho you can say Thomas is/was a Bruin or KG is a Celt but it's awkward to say Pedroia is a Sox... my brain wants to say he's a 'Sock' altho ick you just can't do that.
Posted by: Carole | June 27, 2012 at 03:55 PM
Shouldn't LeBron and the Miami team promptly change their name to Heats, to accord with the president's wishes, however unwitting? Hasn't he shown us via his revelatory oratory what the team name actually should be?
Posted by: OSweet | June 27, 2012 at 04:02 PM
Obama SUCK.
Posted by: Gus | June 27, 2012 at 06:35 PM
Check out the video wherein Rob Dibble asks the Anointed One who his favorite White Sox players were. His answer, while meandering and long, got nowhere near a name. GO BIG BARRY O!
Posted by: moonpie 49 | June 27, 2012 at 07:18 PM
It just occurred to me that Obama may be working on a path to victory in November involving all 57 states.
Posted by: Neo | June 27, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Rolls Tides Rolls!
Posted by: Beasts of England | June 28, 2012 at 12:29 AM
Kinda roll off the tongues...
Posted by: Beasts of England | June 28, 2012 at 12:31 AM
Quick, name all the college football team names that are singular.
I'll even give you the first one: my Crimson Tide.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy | June 28, 2012 at 08:32 AM