The Las Vegas [Area] 51s are pretty cool, too. Right down to the space alien face on the sleeves.
--Deb Since the majors already have the rockies, let's name the next new team the bullwinkles... --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Rose Ellen Auerbach <auerb...@armory.com> wrote: > From: Rose Ellen Auerbach <auerb...@armory.com> > Subject: Re: (noise) Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a ballplayer out of my hat! > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 2:45 PM > That is almost, but not quite, as good as > the Albuquerque Isotopes. > > --Rose > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM, > Richard de Give <rduhg...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
