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Originally Posted by JayBBluejay
...or Pilots [I know this was the nickname of the 1-year fiasco Seattle MLB team in 1969 before they went bankrupt and moved to Milwaukee to become the Brewers, but it would fit Carolina for North Carolina was the state where the Wright Brothers made the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk and the maritime/boating industry of the Atlantic Coast and the rivers of the Carolinas).
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Charlotte is quite far from Kitty Hawk or the coast (easily 6 hours). It is basically in the foothills of the Appalchian Mtns. I don't think I would use the above logic to name a Charlotte team. It would be like calling an Atlanta team the Crabs because Georgia has a coastal region.
The region seems to identify with stock car racing or has a history with the tobacco, textile, and furniture industries. That would be a start. Just don't call them the Intimidators, please....that name drives me nuts.
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