William Hyde
August 19th, 2008, 01:03 AM
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The Birmingham Niggers are a professional American Minor League Baseball team from the windswept steppes of Birmingham, Alabama. Most news outlets consider the name offensive, and refuse to advertise any upcoming games or print any statistics for the team. These statistics are remarkable, however; since most other teams forfeit any games scheduled with the team, in protest of their name, The Niggers hold an amazing undefeated record. In recent history, the team considered changing their name to the New York Niggers.
"I don't understand the fuss [about the name]," says team manager Albin Whitely. "It's part of our team's history and heritage."
They have a long-standing, albeit one-sided, rivalry with the Mississippi Crackers.
History:
Founded in 1898 in Birmingham by Nathan Bedford Forrest, who also founded the Ku Klux Klan, the name was selected to "harken back to the spirit of the hard-working, fun-loving negro". The team has been all white since its inception to minor league play. Forrest spared no expense in hiring the players for his team; he once quipped "Some teams have 'cracker jack' players, we've just got 'crackers!'"
The Niggers joined the NCAA (Niggers, Coons & African-Americans) League but of course, nobody would play them. The only exception was in the mid 1960s when the Cleveland Steamers cited interest in playing against the team; the Steamers won, but were disbanded a few years later.
Of late there have been moves by the owners to instead claim that the team is actually named after Guy Gibson's (of Dam Busters fame) pet dog, though they have thus far been unsuccessful (possibly as Americans don't realize that anyone else was in World War II).
Read more along with illustrations & photos at:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Niggers
The Birmingham Niggers are a professional American Minor League Baseball team from the windswept steppes of Birmingham, Alabama. Most news outlets consider the name offensive, and refuse to advertise any upcoming games or print any statistics for the team. These statistics are remarkable, however; since most other teams forfeit any games scheduled with the team, in protest of their name, The Niggers hold an amazing undefeated record. In recent history, the team considered changing their name to the New York Niggers.
"I don't understand the fuss [about the name]," says team manager Albin Whitely. "It's part of our team's history and heritage."
They have a long-standing, albeit one-sided, rivalry with the Mississippi Crackers.
History:
Founded in 1898 in Birmingham by Nathan Bedford Forrest, who also founded the Ku Klux Klan, the name was selected to "harken back to the spirit of the hard-working, fun-loving negro". The team has been all white since its inception to minor league play. Forrest spared no expense in hiring the players for his team; he once quipped "Some teams have 'cracker jack' players, we've just got 'crackers!'"
The Niggers joined the NCAA (Niggers, Coons & African-Americans) League but of course, nobody would play them. The only exception was in the mid 1960s when the Cleveland Steamers cited interest in playing against the team; the Steamers won, but were disbanded a few years later.
Of late there have been moves by the owners to instead claim that the team is actually named after Guy Gibson's (of Dam Busters fame) pet dog, though they have thus far been unsuccessful (possibly as Americans don't realize that anyone else was in World War II).
Read more along with illustrations & photos at:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Niggers