(please see BIZARRO MLS message elsewhere on this board for an explanation of what it is). I gave the BMLS commissioner a phone call today (he was in Barbados para-sailing when he took my call), and he has grudging agreed to entertain franchise nickname changes for several of the BMLS teams. So here's your chance! Suggest new nicknames for these city's BMLS franchises. No promises that the commissioner will adopt your suggestion, but maybe if he has enough pina coladas he just might. Here are the cities available for renaming nicknames: Baltimore Buffalo Cleveland Milwaukee Pittsburgh Indiana New Orleans San Francisco St. Louis Happy nicknaming!
As the PR representative of the marketing arm of the San Diego franchise, I wish to inform you that we don't wish to be called the Sockers, as that is an inferior brand of (indoor) soccer. The San Diego Flash, the San Diego Mission or the San Diego Border Honchos would suffice.
lol not too keen on suggestions, are ya? i'd have to say it's often a good notion to roll with things instead of getting your diapers tied in a knot
I took the suggestion to change team names, and to have game scores, and to have ties. Evidently I have to take all the suggestions, take orders like a short order cook. Like counting TDs in box scores all autumn. No thanks, dude! It's all yours, do a good job with it.
Baltimore Rockets (as in Red Glare) Buffalo Knights (The Natural was filmed in Buffalo) Cleveland Stokers (as in USA club circa 1967) Milwaukee Choppers (as in Harley-Davidson) Pittsburgh Miners Indiana Racers New Orleans Creoles San Francisco Gulls (alcataz is Spanish for sea gull) St. Louis Browns (Veeck, as in wreck)
1) Bays 2) Soldiers 3) Rocks! 4) Bulls (America's Dairyland) 5) Stoners 6) Racers 7) Voodoo 8) Hearts or Fog 9) Steamers
Buffalo Soldiers... ha, i like that one. same with the Cleveland Rocks. you know, now that i think about it, Hearts would be a cool name for San Fran. i also like the Racers, and the Voodoo (even though that's a bit cheesy MLS-type name). i'm still gonna say St. Louis Crusaders, though. Gotta play off of the name of the city (St. Louis - aka Louis IX of France - was the head of one of the Crusades - the 3rd one, i think.)
Team name Knowing what it is going to take to get a stadium in chicago the team should change its name to the Chicago Kickbacks.
I sent this to the Nike Marketing Department and they wrote me back. "Mr. Pakovits, As you know, we at Nike harbor an utter abhorrance of naming teams after animals, persons or physical objects. We prefer team names that represent abstract concepts. Therefore, we submit the following for your consideration: Baltimore Wet Buffalo Riposte Cleveland Ennui Milwaukee Fratricide Pittsburgh Osteopathy Indiana Parlimentarianism New Orleans Misconduct San Francisco Surprise St. Louis Collision Thank you for contacting Nike where we do NOT use sweatshop, you hear? Sincerely, Obstrepious Thud Assistant Director of Marketing"