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 Yellon on Oct 15, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

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

http://www.instantrimshot.com/

"hey

by jesus christos on Oct 15, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

and their mascot....

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Oct 16, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions

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

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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"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 15, 2009 4:19 PM CDT reply actions

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

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 daver on Oct 16, 2009 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions

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

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