Suggestions for team names

Scottiedog · 08-04-2013, 12:08 PM

If you were placing teams in Vancouver, Canada and Portland,Oregon what would be two realistic names for them in your opinion?
Thanks in advance.

awick · 08-04-2013, 12:12 PM

The most obvious choices are... Mounties and Beavers.

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 08-04-2013, 12:34 PM

Vancouver's traditional industries are logging and shipping, plus its historical origin as the western terminus of the transcontinental railway. It now has a very large film industry.

Names I've used for Vancouver teams: Thunderbirds, Captains (see George Vancouver), Seahawks, Strikers (slightly tongue-in-cheek nod to both the job of laying down railway track and Vancouver's history of labor/social movements), Stars.

D-BacksJosh · 08-04-2013, 12:40 PM

Vancouver Grizzlies
Portland Pilots

Orioles1966 · 08-04-2013, 01:47 PM

Vancouver-Canadians,Gulls,Vipers,Stars
Portland-Breakers,Storm,Buccaroos,Pythons

canaveral · 08-04-2013, 02:39 PM

Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver Cruisers.
Portland X-men (I don't know why, it just sounds cool).

Manny42 · 08-04-2013, 05:33 PM

I've used the Vancouver Mounties, Mountaineers, Pacifics, Steelheads and Thunderbirds.

For Portland I've used Moose, Loggers, Timberjacks, Pines and Explorers

Scottiedog · 08-04-2013, 06:10 PM

I like Mounties, Stars and Thunderbirds for Vancouver. All three pay homage to the city in some fashion or another.
I'm not sure for Portland still....Pilots is kinda cool. I just ain't sure any other ideas for either one?
Btw, thanks guys for the suggestions you already posted.

awick · 08-04-2013, 09:22 PM

Portland is known as the City of Roses. And it once had a real minor league club known as the Rosebuds. The Portland Rosebuds -- has a nice sound to it too. Maybe Citizen Kane/Orson Welles could be the owner...

The Game · 08-04-2013, 09:33 PM

Mounties & Roses.

MizzouRah · 08-04-2013, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by D-BacksJosh

Vancouver Grizzlies
Portland Pilots

Grizzlies came to mind for me too and for Portland I think of the basketball team, the Trail Blazers. Maybe shorten it Portland Blaze.

cavebutter · 08-05-2013, 03:40 PM

I always use the Portland Roses.

Orioles1966 · 08-05-2013, 03:45 PM

Isn't the Portland Pilots the college team name?

D-BacksJosh · 08-05-2013, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orioles1966

Isn't the Portland Pilots the college team name?

Indeed!

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Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,118	Vancouver's traditional industries are logging and shipping, plus its historical origin as the western terminus of the transcontinental railway. It now has a very large film industry. Names I've used for Vancouver teams: Thunderbirds, Captains (see George Vancouver), Seahawks, Strikers (slightly tongue-in-cheek nod to both the job of laying down railway track and Vancouver's history of labor/social movements), Stars. __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason

08-04-2013, 06:10 PM	#8
Scottiedog All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a van...down by the river! Posts: 745	I like Mounties, Stars and Thunderbirds for Vancouver. All three pay homage to the city in some fashion or another. I'm not sure for Portland still....Pilots is kinda cool. I just ain't sure any other ideas for either one? Btw, thanks guys for the suggestions you already posted. __________________ President Ronald Wilson Reagan "Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem. " ******** Giovani della Casa "I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative”**

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cavebutter All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,163	I always use the Portland Roses. __________________ MySQL, MyStruggle - A self-indulgent blog about my attempts to roll my own MySQL Database with OOTP Logo Gallery

08-04-2013, 12:12 PM	#2
awick Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lansing, NY Posts: 313	The most obvious choices are... Mounties and Beavers.

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D-BacksJosh Banned Join Date: May 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 875	Vancouver Grizzlies Portland Pilots

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Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Vancouver-Canadians,Gulls,Vipers,Stars Portland-Breakers,Storm,Buccaroos,Pythons

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canaveral Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Space Coast FL Posts: 194	Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver Cruisers. Portland X-men (I don't know why, it just sounds cool).

08-04-2013, 05:33 PM	#7
Manny42 Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 417	I've used the Vancouver Mounties, Mountaineers, Pacifics, Steelheads and Thunderbirds. For Portland I've used Moose, Loggers, Timberjacks, Pines and Explorers

08-04-2013, 09:22 PM	#9
awick Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lansing, NY Posts: 313	Portland is known as the City of Roses. And it once had a real minor league club known as the Rosebuds. The Portland Rosebuds -- has a nice sound to it too. Maybe Citizen Kane/Orson Welles could be the owner...

08-05-2013, 03:45 PM	#13
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Isn't the Portland Pilots the college team name?