oddly-named baseball teams

Represented here are some of the best (named) in baseball. There are teams named for food, occupations, historical figures, insects and animals one wouldn't ordinarily associate with athleticism, and a few things that defy ready explanation. One thing is for sure: the household t-shirt collection is about to get a lot more interesting.

1. Modesto Nuts
2. Bradenton Juice
3. Newark Pepper
4. Lubbock Crickets
5. Savannah Sand Gnats
6. Grand Prairie AirHogs
7. Batavia Muckdogs
8. New Bern River Rats
9. St. Cloud River Bats
10. Leones de Ponce
11. Cincinnati Porkers
12. Rochester Honkers
13. Mayfield Clothiers
14. Madison Hatters (now the Great Lake Loons)
15. Wilson Tobs (as in, Tobacconists)
16. Appleton Papermakers
17. Holyoke Paperweights
18. Evansville Triplets
19. Anchorage Glacier Pilots
20. Thomasville Hi-Toms
21. Wichita Wingnuts
22. Waterbury Frolickers (later the Waterbury Spuds)
23. Casper Ghosts

... and finally, the most inspiring team name of them all:
...24. Fukui Miracle Elephants

Wow. Now that's a great name for a baseball team!