OT-Richmond's new baseball team will be called...
...the Flying Squirrels!!!
That beat out four other options: Rock Hoppers, Hush Puppies, Rhinos, and Flatheads.
It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but I'll give it some time to see if it grows on me. I'm just glad pro ball is back here in Richmond.
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Well, they need to use this as their logo.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 15, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah and they should be a Rockies affiliate
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Oct 15, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and their mascot....
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by carmen_fanzone on Oct 16, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The could have called themselves the Wild Wolpertingers, which might have been worse...
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
by eths on Oct 15, 2009 4:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We are getting a professional team in Woodstock, IL in 2011.
I was so bummed when they chose the name K-Nines. Woodstock is where they filmed the movie Groundhog Day so I was hoping for them to be called the Groundhogs or Woodchuck Chuckers or something groundhog related.
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by katie casey on Oct 15, 2009 4:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This Could Be The K-Nines Logo
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
by memphiscub on Oct 16, 2009 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hm, I'm not a fan of "K-Nines" as a name.
I guess it will reflect well on the pitching staff – the batters not so much. Plus, it will leave them open to all sorts of dog jokes. Still, baseball is baseball. Those games should be fun.
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by dat cubfan daver on Oct 16, 2009 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to go throw up now
At least whenever I go to the Diamond I can say “well bust my acorn nut, the Squirrells just hit a HR”
I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!
by Chanman25 on Oct 15, 2009 5:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What were they thinking...?
When the Times-Disgrace was taking suggestions for the team’s name, I put my thinking cap on, and I came up with Burgesses. As in, the House of Burgesses, Virginia’s pre-Revolutionary legislature. I thought it sounded historical.
I don’t know what knucklehead came up with the five finalists. Flying Squirrels is probably the best of a bad situation. But that doesn’t make it good; it’s still bad.
by allyngibson on Oct 16, 2009 6:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Burgesses wouldn't make a very good logo, though.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 7:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you could convert that into a baseball-playing Burgesses, no?
Perhaps a pitcher in mid-windup with a robe?
Plus, if they were the Burgesses, they could have ‘colonial night,’ with the wigs and whatnot.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I couldn't convert that.
But maybe someone with better Photoshop skills than I do, could do it.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Oct 16, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I certainly couldn't either.
I let others handle the graphics. Though here are some examples from the Harrisburg Senators which may have worked well.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Oct 16, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about this Burgess?
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Oct 16, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are no filibusters in baseball!
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by dat cubfan daver on Oct 16, 2009 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frat boys everyone just found a new favorite team.
Who hasn’t seen a “flying squirrel” before?! That or “hey I’ve got some gum stuck to my leg.” All classics…
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Oct 16, 2009 12:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it's because I was never in a fraternity...
…but I have no idea what you’re talking about.
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by dat cubfan daver on Oct 16, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't either...
…and I would explain further, but I’m not sure it’s appropriate for BCB. It’s not a pretty sight and I hope you never have to see it.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Oct 16, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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