Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium

Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by walthamstow on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:20AM (#49408230)

Wait til you see the names of the actual teams in the Japanese baseball league.

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by inopinatus on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:44AM (#49408406)

Real pro cycling teams:

    SmartStop-Mountain Khakis p/b Jittery Joe's

    Bodysol EuroMillions Pôle Continental Wallon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCI_WorldTeam#2026 for this year's crop of linoleum manufacturers, insurance firms, and sportswashing petro-states.

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by tokai on Sunday August 23, 2026 @10:56AM (#49409342)

Those two teams are/were not professional. Not that you are wrong about naming conventions.

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by noitpmeder on Sunday August 23, 2026 @09:08AM (#49408568)

I mean F1 teams are literally named directly after their corporate owners too (who are not necessarily the ones designing the engines/...) and people seem to love that.

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by walthamstow on Sunday August 23, 2026 @09:10AM (#49408587)

One German football team is named after a pharmaceuticals multinational.

(A special case, it was the workers team for the Bayer plant, like Woolwich Arsenal or 'Locomotiv' of many Slavic cities)

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by sofixa on Sunday August 23, 2026 @09:24AM (#49408684)

At least that one started as a worker's club. The worse offender is named after an energy drink.

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by Azurealistic on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:35AM (#49408348)

Any examples?

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by haunter on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:50AM (#49408444)

Most of the NPB teams are corporate owned and named

- Chunichi Dragons > Chunichi Shimbun (news corporation)

- Hanshin Tigers > Hanshin Electric Railway

- Tokyo Yakult Swallows > Yakult Honsha (yes, the probiotic milk beverage company)

- Yokohama DeNA BayStars > DeNA (ecommerce/mobile games/online services)

- Yomiuri Giants > Yomiuri Shimbun (media conglomerate)

- Chiba Lotte Marines > Lotte Holdings (related to the South Korean Lotte Corporation mostly known for their confectionery and ice creams)

- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks > SoftBank (I think everyone knows them on HN)

- Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters > Nippon Ham (food processing)

- Orix Buffaloes > Orix (investment banking)

- Saitama Seibu Lions > Seibu Railway

- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles > Rakuten (I think everyone knows them on HN)

But that's not a Japanese only thing, the Korean (KBO) and Taiwanese (CPBL) baseball leagues are the same

Kia Tigers, KT Wiz, LG Twins, Lotte Giants, Samsung Lions

CTBC Brothers, Rakuten Monkeys, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, Fubon Guardians

And not even a baseball thing only the football teams in the region are the same

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by filoleg on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:46AM (#49408421)

They basically embed company names directly into team names.

Here is a couple of examples: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

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Re:Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium by masfuerte on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:42AM (#49408390)

This Indian cricket team is splendidly named:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune_Warriors_India

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