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Posted 2023 April 8
I am going to try to avoid making the obvious typo in this review.
Apologies in advance if I fail.
A few years ago, when this team was called the Tampa Yankees, my review
was basically a long explanation of why calling a team in Tampa (a
remarkably snowbird-free city for the Florida peninsula) the
Yankees was a terrible idea. In the last paragraph I suggested
picking a name that was less likely to piss off the locals.
Be careful what you wish for.
As you've probably guessed from the logo, a tarpon is a kind of fish.
Tarpons have been spotted all over the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia
to South America to the west coast of Africa. Apparently no one's
really sure what their actual range is, because they're not caught as a
food fish in any significant numbers and let's face it, humans don't
really give a shit about fish that they can't eat. From what I can find
they're not particularly spectacular or intimidating fish, and as
previously noted they're not very tasty. They're just, you know, fish.
Were it not for the cruel tongue twister formed by the name Tampa
Tarpons, or at least the alliteration in the name, I'm sure no one
would have ever thought to name a sports team after them. But this
isn't the first team with that name. It's not one of those names that's
been used for half a dozen different short-lived teams (largely because
Tampa hasn't had that many teams), but there was another team called the
Tampa Tarpons from 1957 to 1988. I suppose that's as good a reason as
any to use this name once the Tampa Yankees decided to change their
name.
As for the logo, well, what do you
expect? The team is named after fish, and the logo has a fish. The
fish in this logo doesn't look specifically like a tarpon as opposed to
any other fish, but that may have something to do with the fact that
actual tarpons don't look specifically like a tarpon as opposed to any
other fish. Look at the picture to the right if you don't believe me.
That's a fairly generic looking fish.
So that's what we're left with. A logo with a generic fish and a name
that you can't say ten times fast. Well, they can't all be winners.
But at least I got through this article without making the obvious typo.
Because you'd all snicker like a bunch of junior high school kids if
I'd ever accidentally typed Tarpa Tarpons instead.
Final Score: 57 points.
Penalties: Alliteration, 5 pts; Equipment, 13 pts; Cartoon, 47 pts; Name, 10 pts.
Bonuses: None.
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