Meet the Richmond Flying Squirrels

[antelope19]

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/professional/professional_baseball/article/flying_squirrels_picked_as_new_baseball_team_name/299518/

Flying Squirrels was announced this afternoon as the nickname for the new Richmond Double-A baseball franchise.

Also under consideration as finalists were Rhinos, Flatheads, Rock Hoppers and Hush Puppies. The new team will begin playing at The Diamond next season and is affiliated with the San Francisco Giants.

The nickname was picked by franchise owners and managers in conjunction with their marketing partner. It was submitted in a name-the-team contest that drew approximately 6,000 entries. Team management selected five finalists. Hush Puppies joined the competition as a wild-card entry.

Hambones, one of the finalists, was removed from consideration because a hambone is the foot-stomping, thigh-slapping dance brought here by enslaved West Africans and later performed at minstrel shows.

Team officials made the announcement at the downtown offices of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which was a sponsor of the contest.

The Eastern League franchise moved from Norwich, Conn., on Sept. 23. There, the team nickname was the Defenders, a nod to the defense industry in Connecticut.

Opening day at The Diamond is April 15.

:lol:

Richmond, lol.

[gah]

Is this because they were the Braves?

[blatboom]

protect ya face!




(that name is ridiculous.  but hey it's AA ball)

[antelope19]

It's better than the hush puppies!  It'll be fun to watch babseball in Richmond again. 

[antelope19]

I would assume they will break ground on a new stadium soon?

[blatboom]

I would assume they will break ground on a new stadium soon?

pffft.

The new team will begin playing at The Diamond next season

no new stadium in the works.

[antelope19]

I would assume they will break ground on a new stadium soon?

pffft.

The new team will begin playing at The Diamond next season

no new stadium in the works.

I didn't realize/had forgotten that the old staium is called the diamond.  They better take that creepy-ass indian down! 

[blatboom]

I would assume they will break ground on a new stadium soon?

pffft.

The new team will begin playing at The Diamond next season

no new stadium in the works.

I didn't realize/had forgotten that the old staium is called the diamond.  They better take that creepy-ass indian down!

I hear they're replacing him with this guy

[shoreline99]

Our local team is the Bluefish.



We may not have a great team, but we've got Tommy John as a manager...

[inourdr]

It's a dumb name but definitely not the worst in Minor League Baseball... That honor goes to the Montgomery Biscuits.

[mehead]

"& gravy" would have made that name tolerable

[blatboom]

going to the home opener tonight.  We're gonna scratch our way to the top!!

[thatfargone]

That's a pretty damn boss logo.

[gah]

That's a pretty damn boss logo.

Yeah, we got the Norfolk Tides  :|

[blatboom]

That's a pretty damn boss logo.

Yeah, we got the Norfolk Tides  :|

yeah but that's a dope park.  The Diamond is a certified dump.