http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/professional/professional_baseball/article/flying_squirrels_picked_as_new_baseball_team_name/299518/
By JOHN O'CONNOR
Published: October 15, 2009
Flying Squirrels was announced this afternoon
as the nickname for the new Richmond Double-A baseball franchise.
Also under consideration as finalists were Rhinos, Flatheads, Rock
Hoppers and Hush Puppies. The new team will begin playing at The
Diamond next season and is affiliated with the San Francisco Giants.
The nickname was picked by franchise owners and managers in
conjunction with their marketing partner. It was submitted in a
name-the-team contest that drew approximately 6,000 entries. Team
management selected five finalists. Hush Puppies joined the competition
as a wild-card entry.
Hambones, one of the finalists, was removed from consideration
because a hambone is the foot-stomping, thigh-slapping dance brought
here by enslaved West Africans and later performed at minstrel shows.
Team officials made the announcement at the downtown offices of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, which was a sponsor of the contest.
The Eastern League franchise moved from Norwich, Conn., on Sept. 23.
There, the team nickname was the Defenders, a nod to the defense
industry in Connecticut.
Opening day at The Diamond is April 15.
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