OT: Richmond Flying Squirrels

GameraRPZ · 20 Oct 2009, 04:06 PM

A new Eastern League minor league baseball team. I have read that more than a few people hate the name. I myself kinda like it. With a unique and marketable logo they might just have hit a homerun with this one. Beats the hell out of "Sockers" or "Thunder" IMO.

NSL2004 · 20 Oct 2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by GameraRPZ

A new Eastern League minor league baseball team. I have read that more than a few people hate the name. I myself kinda like it. With a unique and marketable logo they might just have hit a homerun with this one. Beats the hell out of "Sockers" or "Thunder" IMO.

Why would you call a baseball team the Sockers?

GameraRPZ · 20 Oct 2009, 04:53 PM

Better than calling an indoor soccer team "the Sockers" or an indoor football team "the Thunder" How's that? I hate generic names and / or logos.

NSL2004 · 20 Oct 2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GameraRPZ

Better than calling an indoor soccer team "the Sockers" or an indoor football team "the Thunder" How's that? I hate generic names and / or logos.

I wouldn't call Sockers a generic name. It's been used several times in San Diego and by at least one team in Chicago and one team in Midland, Texas. It can't be generic. It isn't even really a word.

Thunder and Lightning have been used extensively. Partly because they are so cool. In fact, Baltimore has had a Thunder (NLL) AND a Lightning (CBA).

GOAL41 · 20 Oct 2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by NSL2004

I wouldn't call Sockers a generic name. It's been used several times in San Diego and by at least one team in Chicago and one team in Midland, Texas. It can't be generic. It isn't even really a word.

Thunder and Lightning have been used extensively. Partly because they are so cool. In fact, Baltimore has had a Thunder (NLL) AND a Lightning (CBA).

Um no, it was the Chicago Shoccers, AISA.

Rich P · 20 Oct 2009, 08:59 PM

Um, yes...there was (is) a Chicago Sockers club team that played a year or two in the PDL. I'm not sure if the club program is still around.

GameraRPZ · 20 Oct 2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NSL2004

I wouldn't call Sockers a generic name. It's been used several times in San Diego and by at least one team in Chicago and one team in Midland, Texas. It can't be generic. It isn't even really a word.

Thunder and Lightning have been used extensively. Partly because they are so cool. In fact, Baltimore has had a Thunder (NLL) AND a Lightning (CBA).

Thunder and Lightning are cool? Um, according to who? Boring, yes.......