Indianapolis Nicknames considered by the Selection Committee

Eugene Church · 02-02-2005, 02:55 PM

Here are all of the names considered by the City Nickname Selection Committee...I thought you might like to know a little about the selection process.

"ROUNDERS" was chosen because of its ties to an English forerunner and ancestor of baseball...the game of "rounders"...circling the "posts" (or "bases" in baseball) is called a "rounder" and is award one point in the game...similar to a baseball "run".

Also chosen because Indianapolis is the home of the Indianapolis 500 racing event....where the Cars go "round and round and round"...hence "Rounders". This connection may be a little bit of a stretch, but I will include it here for your edification about the selection process.

Each committee member submits as many suggestions as they would like.
This usually gives us 20 to 30 suggestions.
We then rank all the suggestions in order from best to last...#1 is given 1 point...#10 is given 10 points....#20 is given 20 points.
We then pare this list down to about 15 names...nicknames with the 15 lowest scores.

We then pare this list down to about 15 names.
We rank this list in order from #1 to #15...#1 is given 1 point...#2 is given 2 points...#3 is given 3 points....#15 is given 15 points.
The nickname that gets the lowest number of points is selected as the favorite.

Sprockets (Auto/Cars)
Chieftains (Indians)
Speedsters (Fast Cars)
Invaders (Flows nice with the city name.)
Motor Kings (Fast Cars)
Drivers (Cars)
Roadsters (Fast Cars)
Speed Kings (Fast Cars)
Speed Sox (Fast cars and baseball mix)
Rallies (Rally is a racing term)
Rally Sox (play on above)
Stags (John Deere)
Kickapoos (Indian tribe)
Bucks (Indian heritage)
Engineers (railroad industry)
Smoke (RR)
Express (RR)
Railers (RR)
Senators (Capital)
Solons (Capital)
Lawmakers (Capital)
Governors (Capital)
Aggies (Farming)
Farmers (Farming)
*Cardinals (state bird)...LivnLegend said to not use any current Major sport nicknames
Crossroaders (slogan: "Crossroads of America")
Steelmen (steel industry)
Maulers
Boilermakers
Injuns (play on words: slang for Indians...sounds like "engines" for Indy 500)
Ingines or Injines (play on words again: related to Indy 500 ("engines") and Indians.
Sparkplugs (racing/baseball term)
Speed Demons (racing/baseball term)
Rounders (forerunner/ancestor of Baseball/racing around and around a track)
Indys (reference to Indy 500 and also Indian heritage)
Archers (Indians/alliteration with "a" in "apolis"))
Arrows (Indians/alliteration with "a" in "apolis"))
Midwesterners
Hoosiers
Speed
Wolfpack

Le Grande Orange · 02-02-2005, 03:01 PM

Well, I think Rounders, while at first glance an odd choice, does make for a clever tie-in with the Indianapolis 500 race. As you said in the other thread, the cars race 'round and 'round the oval.

I think it works.

canadiancreed · 02-02-2005, 03:02 PM

somethign involving corn? (guess I posted in the wrong thread)

TC Dale · 02-02-2005, 03:12 PM

Little history about the Arrows. The Indianapolis organization that was thinking about bidding for a expansion team was going to use the Arrows as their nickname, borrowing from the Indian heritage that the state has a large history of.

So if anyone does use it, I would love to see it with the North American Indian motif.

Of course Chicago and Cincinnati kiboshed the Arrows ever becoming a reality, and the dream died back in the 1990's I believe... Was a nice thought tho.

canadiancreed · 02-02-2005, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TC Dale

Little history about the Arrows. The Indianapolis organization that was thinking about bidding for a expansion team was going to use the Arrows as their nickname, borrowing from the Indian heritage that the state has a large history of.

So if anyone does use it, I would love to see it with the North American Indian motif.

Of course Chicago and Cincinnati kiboshed the Arrows ever becoming a reality, and the dream died back in the 1990's I believe... Was a nice thought tho.

they went with colorado and arizona over indy? wow that sucks

as for nicks....that's a lot fo selections, too.....many......choices

Eugene Church · 02-02-2005, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

they went with colorado and arizona over indy? wow that sucks

as for nicks....that's a lot fo selections, too.....many......choices

Yeah, coming up with choices is a lot easier...it is not easy to narrow it down to just one name.

knuckler · 02-02-2005, 05:29 PM

This was the hardest city for me so far. I'm not sure why, perhaps because so many racing ones have been used.

02-02-2005, 03:12 PM	#4
TC Dale Global Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,978	Little history about the Arrows. The Indianapolis organization that was thinking about bidding for a expansion team was going to use the Arrows as their nickname, borrowing from the Indian heritage that the state has a large history of. So if anyone does use it, I would love to see it with the North American Indian motif. Of course Chicago and Cincinnati kiboshed the Arrows ever becoming a reality, and the dream died back in the 1990's I believe... Was a nice thought tho. __________________ ----------------------------------

02-02-2005, 02:55 PM	#1
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,205	Indianapolis Nicknames considered by the Selection Committee Here are all of the names considered by the City Nickname Selection Committee...I thought you might like to know a little about the selection process. "ROUNDERS" was chosen because of its ties to an English forerunner and ancestor of baseball...the game of "rounders"...circling the "posts" (or "bases" in baseball) is called a "rounder" and is award one point in the game...similar to a baseball "run". Also chosen because Indianapolis is the home of the Indianapolis 500 racing event....where the Cars go "round and round and round"...hence "Rounders". This connection may be a little bit of a stretch, but I will include it here for your edification about the selection process. Each committee member submits as many suggestions as they would like. This usually gives us 20 to 30 suggestions. We then rank all the suggestions in order from best to last...#1 is given 1 point...#10 is given 10 points....#20 is given 20 points. We then pare this list down to about 15 names...nicknames with the 15 lowest scores. We then pare this list down to about 15 names. We rank this list in order from #1 to #15...#1 is given 1 point...#2 is given 2 points...#3 is given 3 points....#15 is given 15 points. The nickname that gets the lowest number of points is selected as the favorite. Sprockets (Auto/Cars) Chieftains (Indians) Speedsters (Fast Cars) Invaders (Flows nice with the city name.) Motor Kings (Fast Cars) Drivers (Cars) Roadsters (Fast Cars) Speed Kings (Fast Cars) Speed Sox (Fast cars and baseball mix) Rallies (Rally is a racing term) Rally Sox (play on above) Stags (John Deere) Kickapoos (Indian tribe) Bucks (Indian heritage) Engineers (railroad industry) Smoke (RR) Express (RR) Railers (RR) Senators (Capital) Solons (Capital) Lawmakers (Capital) Governors (Capital) Aggies (Farming) Farmers (Farming) Cardinals (state bird)...LivnLegend said to not use any current Major sport nicknames Crossroaders* (slogan: "Crossroads of America") Steelmen (steel industry) Maulers Boilermakers Injuns (play on words: slang for Indians...sounds like "engines" for Indy 500) Ingines or Injines (play on words again: related to Indy 500 ("engines") and Indians. Sparkplugs (racing/baseball term) Speed Demons (racing/baseball term) Rounders (forerunner/ancestor of Baseball/racing around and around a track) Indys (reference to Indy 500 and also Indian heritage) Archers (Indians/alliteration with "a" in "apolis")) Arrows (Indians/alliteration with "a" in "apolis")) Midwesterners Hoosiers Speed Wolfpack Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-03-2005 at 12:21 PM.

02-02-2005, 03:01 PM	#2
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,642	Well, I think Rounders, while at first glance an odd choice, does make for a clever tie-in with the Indianapolis 500 race. As you said in the other thread, the cars race 'round and 'round the oval. I think it works.

02-02-2005, 03:02 PM	#3
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	somethign involving corn? (guess I posted in the wrong thread) __________________ PT21 PT22

02-02-2005, 05:29 PM	#7
knuckler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,347	This was the hardest city for me so far. I'm not sure why, perhaps because so many racing ones have been used.