Help Richmond Name its new AA team!

Carlton_Willey · 10-06-2009, 12:35 PM

Here's the newspaper article from today's front page. If you read closely, you'll notice the name has likely already been picked. But vote anyway, this is America!

Baseball team&#39s name game cut to five finalists | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Direct link to voting page:

Name the Team | Richmond Times-Dispatch

gnomez · 10-06-2009, 01:24 PM

Go Flatheads! Logo should be a mix of a screwdriver and a fish.

bubba22plus · 10-06-2009, 01:36 PM

As said before, OMG Richmond Rhinos.

Malleus Dei · 10-06-2009, 02:54 PM

All five of those names are OMG names.

silvam14 · 10-06-2009, 02:56 PM

I'm pulling for Hambones

BMW · 10-06-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Carlton_Willey

Here's the newspaper article from today's front page. If you read closely, you'll notice the name has likely already been picked. But vote anyway, this is America!

Baseball team&#39s name game cut to five finalists | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Direct link to voting page:

Name the Team | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Which do you think is the one already chosen? The Richmond Chief Operating Officer Todd Parnells?

Curious, because I couldn't figure it out.

Just a note, I hate the Montgomery Biscuits. If we need to have more high-calorie fatty food items as team mascots, I'll be sad.

Malleus Dei · 10-06-2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by silvam14

I'm pulling for Hambones

Leave your eating habits out of this, Sil!

Malleus Dei · 10-06-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW

If we need to have more high-calorie fatty food items as team mascots, I'll be sad.

What are you, a dietitician in real life?

Le Grande Orange · 10-06-2009, 03:04 PM

How about the Richmond I-hope-this-team-doesn't-leave-town-like-the-last-one-did?

BMW · 10-06-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

What are you, a dietitician in real life?

I've been stress eating from work. I don't need any menu suggestions from minor league baseball.

Mmmmmmmm. Hambone.

norva13x · 10-06-2009, 03:15 PM

I personally would love to see what the Flying Squirrels logo would look like.

BMW · 10-06-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by norva13x

I personally would love to see what the Flying Squirrels logo would look like.

Cross marketing with Rocky from Rocky and Bullwinkle could reap massive profits.

CaptainObvious · 10-06-2009, 05:08 PM

If it was up to the Internet, Richmond Rollers would win.

Carlton_Willey · 10-06-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW

Which do you think is the one already chosen? The Richmond Chief Operating Officer Todd Parnells?

Curious, because I couldn't figure it out.

Just a note, I hate the Montgomery Biscuits. If we need to have more high-calorie fatty food items as team mascots, I'll be sad.

I dont' know which one it is, either, but the comment about 'not necessarily the winner' makes me think they've made a choice already but want some pub.

On the local radio driving home, they interviewed Parnell. I got the impression it is going to be Rhinos or Flying Squirrels because those names offer the best marketing possibilities, according to him.

Parnell mentioned Hambone comes with its own song already, but he seemed more taken by the idea of a hat with a rhino horn.

Carlton_Willey · 10-06-2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

If it was up to the Internet, Richmond Rollers would win.

It was, and it lost in the first round. These are the finalists.

BMW · 10-06-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

If it was up to the Internet, Richmond Rollers would win.

The Richmond Ric Flairs would win, hands down.

Shinobu · 10-06-2009, 10:17 PM

If these are the finalists, I would hate to see the rejects. Jeez, it's just embarrassing...

Eugene Church · 10-06-2009, 11:46 PM

Not a very impressive list.

Malleus Dei · 10-07-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BMW

I've been stress eating from work. I don't need any menu suggestions from minor league baseball. Mmmmmmmm. Hambone.

You need better glasses, my label says "Hall of Famer."

IRL I played college and semi-pro ball, but never played in the minors. I could see in college who among the guys I played with was going to go on to make it in the pros and who wasn't, and that I wasn't one of the one who was going to make it.

Malleus Dei · 10-07-2009, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BMW

Cross marketing with Rocky from Rocky and Bullwinkle could reap massive profits.

On the linked site somebody suggested the promotion "Bust a nut with the Flying Squirrels."

10-06-2009, 12:35 PM	#1
Carlton_Willey Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 354	Help Richmond Name its new AA team! Here's the newspaper article from today's front page. If you read closely, you'll notice the name has likely already been picked. But vote anyway, this is America! Baseball team&#39s name game cut to five finalists \| Richmond Times-Dispatch Direct link to voting page: Name the Team \| Richmond Times-Dispatch __________________ Marilyn Monroe had gone off on a USO tour, and upon seeing DiMaggio again excitedly told him of her trip. "Joe, there were a hundred thousand people there and they were all cheering and clapping; you've never seen anything like it." "Yes, I have," DiMaggio responded.

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silvam14 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dedham, MA Posts: 10,118	I'm pulling for Hambones __________________ Senior "Nancy Boy" of the OOTP Boards _______________________________________________

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bubba22plus All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Equestria Posts: 808	As said before, OMG Richmond Rhinos. __________________ OOTP Resident Brony

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Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	How about the Richmond I-hope-this-team-doesn't-leave-town-like-the-last-one-did?

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norva13x Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 476	I personally would love to see what the Flying Squirrels logo would look like.

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CaptainObvious Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: internet Posts: 122	If it was up to the Internet, Richmond Rollers would win.

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Shinobu Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Morgantown, West Virginia, USA Posts: 104	If these are the finalists, I would hate to see the rejects. Jeez, it's just embarrassing...

10-06-2009, 11:46 PM	#18
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,193	Not a very impressive list.