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Tim likes pro baseball, but there are six teams that he likes quite a bit more than all the others. The following list depicts five of those teams. Can you determine who the sixth team is, as well as the reason why Tim prefers these six teams over the competition? Good luck!
Tim likes the Angels, Nationals, Orioles, Rangers, and Yankees.
He also likes one other team, for the same reason he likes these five.Which team is it, and why?
If you need help, here’s a list of all the MLB teams; the solution
can be found on that page as well, if you look closely enough.
Here is the SOLUTION.
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Horrible puzzle since the rangers play at “The ballpark in Arlington” not “Rangers Ballpark”.
AUTHOR’S NOTE:
From Sandy, the horrible puzzle writer: Wyatt, you might want to check the Rangers’ official site. They consistently refer to the place as Rangers Ballpark in Arlington: http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/tex/ballpark/index.jsp
posted by Wyatt on 6-29-2009 at 9:10 am
The Orioles play at Camden Yards. And no one ever likes the Orioles AND the Yankees…
posted by Caitlin on 6-29-2009 at 9:32 am
I’m a Yankee fan but Joe and Don are still my favorite manager and coach.
We were just at YANKEE Stadium for a tour on Saturday.
posted by Sue on 6-29-2009 at 9:49 am
Spoken like a true Red Sox fan Caitlin, lol. i’m a die-hard Orioles fan btw. more to the topic, it’s also worthy to note that all these teams have links to the original teams when the league first formed.
posted by Steven on 6-29-2009 at 9:53 am
Caitlin, I double-checked my list against the info at MLB.com. They refer to it as “Oriole Park at Camden Yards,” so I had to include it in the list. I know fans call it Camden Yards, but wanted to at least explain why it was included.
http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/ballpark/index.jsp
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-29-2009 at 9:53 am
@ Caitlin: The Orioles play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It’s referred to as Camden Yards for short, just like the state of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations is referred to as simply Rhode Island.
@ Sandy: Where on the page was LAD? I’m more interested in that part of the puzzle since I clearly missed it!
posted by BioloBri on 6-29-2009 at 9:53 am
The O’s play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards…
posted by Karthik on 6-29-2009 at 9:54 am
Bri, the question listed five of the six teams that Tim liked, and asked for the name of the sixth – that’s where the Dodgers came in. (Hope I’m answering the right question there!)
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-29-2009 at 9:58 am
correction on my post…the angels are the only team of the group that can’t trace their origins back to the beginning of MLB. however, 1966 was a long time ago.
posted by Steven on 6-29-2009 at 10:04 am
Ooooooh I totally misread that! I thought by “this page” you meant mental_floss! I knew the answer but was frustrated by my apparent lack of observational skills. Oops!
posted by BioloBri on 6-29-2009 at 10:15 am
Gotcha, Bri. I changed the text from “this page” to “that page” to make it clearer. Thanks for the heads-up!
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-29-2009 at 10:28 am
I thought the answer were the teams with the most empty seats for home games. Red Sox 8 – Yankees 0 with 10 games to paly.
posted by G Burns on 6-29-2009 at 11:02 am
I got Chicago Cubs because these are all the cities in which Tim lived. This is a fact.
posted by Jen on 6-29-2009 at 11:47 am
huh…you know I’ve lived in Baltimore for almost 6 years now and I didn’t know that. Thank you mental_floss, for my daily tidbit of knowledge.
posted by Caitlin on 6-29-2009 at 12:22 pm
Sandy, you just don’t understand. Orioles’ fans cannot be Yankees’ fans.
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 6-29-2009 at 12:56 pm
i’m noticing quite a few Orioles fans here lol. Back in 1991 and before, Baltimore wouldn’t have been on that list. it was in ‘92 when they moved into Oriole Park in Camden Yards. Before then, they played in Memorial Stadium.
posted by Steven on 6-29-2009 at 4:03 pm
My dad has a Memorial Stadium brick, Steven.
I love Camden Yards though. It’s so pretty. And we get the Crab Shuffle and the condiment race, two of the best games in MLB.
posted by Caitlin on 6-29-2009 at 4:09 pm
I definitely never would have gotten this without the list of all the teams and info. I did notice that the last syllable of all the teams was composed of four letters, but thought of at least two teams (Gi-ANTS and Pa-DRES) that fit, so I knew that wasn’t it. Plus, that would be a horribly ridiculous reason to root for a team. GO BRAVES!!!!
posted by John on 6-29-2009 at 9:06 pm