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Aberdeen IronBirds*
Acereros de Monclova*
Akron Aeros*
Albuquerque Isotopes*
Alexandria Aces*
Altoona Curve*
Amarillo Dillas*
American Defenders of
   New Hampshire*
Arkansas Travelers
Asheville Tourists*
Auburn Doubledays*
Augusta GreenJackets*
Bakersfield Blaze*
Batavia Muckdogs*
Bay Area Toros*
Beloit Snappers
Billings Mustangs*
Binghamton Mets*
Birmingham Barons*
Bluefield Orioles*
Boise Hawks*
Bowie Baysox*
Bowling Green Hot Rods*
Brevard County Manatees*
Bridgeport Bluefish*
Bristol White Sox*
Brockton Rox*
Broncos de Reynosa*
Brooklyn Cyclones*
Buffalo Bisons*
Burlington Bees*
Burlington Royals*
Calgary Vipers*
Camden Riversharks*
Capitales de Quebec*
Carolina Mudcats*
Casper Ghosts*
Cedar Rapids Kernels*
Charleston RiverDogs*
Charlotte Knights*
Charlotte Stone Crabs*
Chattanooga Lookouts*
Chico Outlaws*
Clearwater Threshers*
Clinton LumberKings*
Colorado Springs Sky Sox*
Columbus Clippers*
Connecticut Defenders*
Corpus Christi Hooks*
Dallas Aviators*
Danville Braves*
Dayton Dragons
Daytona Cubs*
Delmarva Shorebirds*
Diablos Rojos del México
Dorados de Chihuahua*
Dunedin Blue Jays*
Durham Bulls*
Edinburg Coyotes*
Edmonton Capitals*
El Paso Diablos
Elizabethtown Twins*
Erie SeaWolves*
Eugene Emeralds*
Evansville Otters*
Everett AquaSox*
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks*
Florence Freedom*
Fort Myers Miracle*
Fort Wayne TinCaps*
Fort Worth Cats*
Frederick Keys*
Fresno Grizzlies*
Frisco RoughRiders*
Gary SouthShore RailCats*
Gateway Grizzlies*
Grand Prairie Air Hogs*
Great Falls Voyagers*
Great Lakes Loons*
Greeneville Astros*
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Greenville Drive*
Guerreros de Oaxaca*
Gwinnett Braves*
Hagerstown Suns*
Harlingen WhiteWings*
Harrisburg Senators*
Helena Brewers*
Hickory Crawdads*
High Desert Mavericks*
Hudson Valley Renegades*
Huntsville Stars
Idaho Falls Chukars*
Indianapolis Indians*
Inland Empire 66ers of
   San Bernardino*
Iowa Cubs*
Jacksonville Suns*
Jamestown Jammers*
Johnson City Cardinals*
Joliet JackHammers*
Jupiter Hammerheads*
Kalamazoo Kings*
Kane County Cougars*
Kannapolis Intimidators*
Kansas City T-Bones*
Kingsport Mets*
Kinston Indians*
Lake County Captains*
Lake Elsinore Storm*
Lake Erie Crushers*
Lakeland Flying Tigers*
Lakewood BlueClaws*
Lancaster Barnstormers*
Lancaster JetHawks*
Lansing Lugnuts*
Laredo Broncos*
Las Vegas 51s*
Lehigh Valley IronPigs*
Leones de Yucatán*
Lexington Legends*
Lincoln Saltdogs*
Long Beach Armada*
Long Island Ducks*
Los Potros de Tijuana*
Louisville Bats*
Lowell Spinners*
Lynchburg Hillcats*
Mahoning Valley Scrappers*
Memphis Redbirds*
Midland RockHounds*
Midwest Sliders*
Mississippi Braves*
Missoula Osprey*
Mobile BayBears*
Modesto Nuts*
Montgomery Biscuits*
Myrtle Beach Pelicans*
Nashville Sounds*
New Britain Rock Cats*
New Hampshire Fisher Cats*
New Jersey Jackals*
New Orleans Zephyrs*
Newark Bears
Norfolk Tides*
Northwest Arkansas Naturals*
Ogden Raptors*
Oklahoma RedHawks*
Olmecas de Tabasco*
Omaha Royals*
Oneonta Tigers*
Orange County Flyers*
Orem Owlz*
Palm Beach Cardinals*
Pawtucket Red Sox*
Pensacola Pelicans*
Peoria Chiefs*
Pericos de Puebla*
Petroleros de Minatitlán*
Piratas de Campeche*
Portland Beavers
Portland Sea Dogs
Potomac Nationals*
Princeton Rays*
Pulaski Mariners*
Quad City River Bandits*
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Reading Phillies*
Reno Aces*
River City Rascals*
Rochester Red Wings*
Rockford RiverHawks*
Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz*
Rome Braves*
Round Rock Express*
Sacramento River Cats*
Salem Red Sox*
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes*
Salt Lake Bees*
San Angelo Colts*
San Antonio Missions*
San Jose Giants
Saraperos de Saltillo*
Sarasota Reds*
Savannah SandGnats*
Schaumburg Flyers*
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees*
Shreveport-Bossier Captains*
Sioux City Explorers*
Sioux Falls Canaries*
Somerset Patriots*
South Bend Silver Hawks*
Southern Illinois Miners*
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs*
Spokane Indians*
Springfield Cardinals*
St. George RoadRunners
St. Lucie Mets*
St. Paul Saints*
State College Spikes*
Staten Island Yankees*
Stockton Ports*
Sussex Skyhawks*
Sutalnes de Monterrey*
Syracuse Chiefs*
Tacoma Rainiers*
Tampa Yankees*
Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo*
Tennessee Smokies*
Texarkana Gunslingers*
Tigres de Quintana Roo*
Toledo Mud Hens*
Traverse City Beach Bums
Trenton Thunder*
Tri-City Dust Devils*
Tri-City ValleyCats*
Tucson Toros*
Tulsa Drillers*
Vancouver Canadians*
Vaqueros Laguna*
Vermont Lake Monsters*
Victoria Seals
Visalia Rawhide*
Washington Wild Things*
West Michigan Whitecaps*
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
West Virginia Power*
Wichita Wingnuts*
Williamsport Crosscutters*
Wilmington Blue Rocks*
Windy City ThunderBolts*
Winnipeg Goldeyes*
Winston-Salem Dash*
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers*
Worcester Tornadoes*
Yakima Bears
York Revolution*
Yuma Scorpions*
 		Each rule has a basic value -- most are positive, but there are a handful of negative-value rules for doing good things. Second, violations may be termed "egregious". Some rules have set guidelines for egregious violations (see the "Region" rule as an example), while for others it's simply a matter of me deciding that the team broke the rule worse than most teams. For egregious violations, the value of the penalty is 2x+1 — i.e., x + (x+1). Violations can be doubly-egregious, in which case the value is of the penalty is 3x+3 — i.e., x + (x+1) + (x+2). In some cases violations can be triply-egregious or even worse.

  1. Region (8 pts) — The place name is a region, not a city (e.g., "Hudson Valley"). Automatically egregious if the region in question is a state. Automatically doubly-egregious for regions larger than a state. Automatically egregious for each other team in the same league in the same region.

  2. Reference (10 pts) — The name includes a direct reference to some aspect of baseball, such as part of the field ("Diamond Jaxx"), equipment ("Bats"), etc. Each additional reference is egregious. The word "Sox" is its own penalty and thus does not count, but if the word preceding "Sox" is a reference, it gets the penalty in addition to rendering the "Sox" penalty egregious. (For example, if a team was named "Diamond Sox", the total penalty for the name would be 29 points: "Sox" is made egregious since it is preceded by a word that isn't a color, so 12 + (12+1) = 25; the word "Diamond" earns four points of its own for being a reference; 25 + 4 = 28).

  3. Singular (15 pts) — The nickname is singular or collective (e.g., "Avalanche").

  4. Sox (20 points) — The word "Sox" appears in the nickname. Automatically egregious if preceded by any word other than a color.

  5. Wordplay (23 pts) — Any form of wordplay is involved in the name. This includes names that have an obvious baseball reference where the logo implies some other meaning (such as the mammal as a logo for the Louisville Bats).

  6. Ers (26 pts) — The nickname is a made-up word ending in "-ers" (e.g., "66ers").

  7. Software (27 pts) — The name has capital letters appearing in the middle of a word as if it were a software product (e.g., "RailCats"). Egregious if there are two capital letters appears in the middle of the word; doubly-egregious is there are three; et cetera.

  8. Misspell (29 pts) — Something in the team name is misspelled (e.g., "Diamond Jaxx"). Automatically egregious if the misspelling occurs in the place name. The word "Sox" is its own penalty and thus does not count.

  9. Compound (34 pts) — The nickname is a made-up compound word (e.g., "RiverDogs"). This penalty does not apply to any nickname involving the word "Sox", since this is dealt with under the "Sox" penalty.

  10. Alliteration (5 pts) — More than one word (usually but not always the place name and nickname) start with the same sound and/or letter (e.g., "Jamestown Jammers", "Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings").

  11. Script (7 pts) — The city or team name appears in cursive lettering.

  12. Scenery (11 pts) — Some form of scenery (mountains, waves, etc.) appears in the logo. This penalty does not apply when it is directly related to the nickname, but does if it is related to the location name.

  13. Offspring (12 pts) — The team logo borrows heavily from the parent team's logo and/or the team has the same name as the parent team. (e.g., "Mississippi Braves").

  14. Equipment (13 pts) — Baseball equipment appears in the logo (e.g., the ball in the Tulsa Drillers' logo) in any context other than being used by a baseball player (there is a separate "Player" penalty to handle such instances).

  15. Diamond (16 pts) — A diamond appears in the logo. This can be either a baseball diamond, a simple rotated square, or even a drawing of a gem.

  16. Obvious (17 pts) — The word "baseball" appears in the logo to remind people at the game what sport they are watching.

  17. Letter (24 pts) — A letter is one of the main features of the logo. This may be a single letter, a pair of letters (as with the Wilmington Blue Rocks), or the entire name (as with the St. Paul Saints).

  18. Humanoid (30 pts) — Human features (hands, teeth, etc.) have been given to something that isn't human (e.g., the Toledo Mud Hens). Usually this happens to animals, but it can also happen to weather phenomena, letters, etc. In most cases, when something that isn't an animal earns this penalty, it will be egregious (weather phenomena always will). When the object in question is a mythical creature (such as the dragon in Dayton's logo), it is my discretion whether this rule applies.

  19. Colorful (31 pts) — The logo either has too many colors in the logo, or inappropriate colors. What constitutes "too many" and "inappropriate" are judgment calls.

  20. Irrelevance (39 pts) — The dominant feature of the logo has nothing to do with the nickname (e.g., the nutria in the New Orleans Zephyrs' logo).

  21. Cartoon (47 pts) — The logo features a cartoon character (e.g., the duck in the Long Island Ducks' logo). Note that stylized renderings of animals (such as the bird in the St. George Roadrunners' logo) are not cartoons.

  22. Player (51 pts) — A baseball player appearing in the logo is worth a minimum of 51 points. Egregious for use of any non-standard equipment (for example, the two-by-four being used as a bat in the Clinton LumberKings' logo), although this won't apply to clothing (for example, the naval outfit worn by the player in the Lake County Captains' logo) as long as the clothing a) relates to the nickname and b) isn't too ridiculous. Any equipment that is being used by the player will not count toward the "equipment" logo, but it is possible to have unrelated equipment earn this penalty (e.g. the second baseball in the Traverse City Beach Bums' logo).

  23. Name (10 or -10 pts) — This can be a penalty or a bonus. If my general reaction to a name is to say "Yuck!" (e.g., the Lansing Lugnuts"), then four points are added to the score; if my general reaction is to say "Cool!" (e.g., the Dayton Dragons), then four points are subtracted.

  24. Logo (12 or -12 pts) — Same as above, but for logos. You want examples? Okay, how about the Asheville Tourists for a penalty and the Charlotte Knights as a bonus.

  25. Local (-6 pts) — The name has a valid connection to the town (e.g., "South Georgia Peanuts"). This one is subjective and I do get the final say, but feel free to drop me a line if you think I'm unaware of the significance of a name. Please note that in rare instances I may turn this into a penalty if I feel the name is spectacularly inappropriate for the city (such as the Tampa Yankees)

  26. Graphic (-9 pts) — A nine-point bonus is given to any team whose logo has absolutely no letters in it.

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