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Richmond's new baseball team - We need your help!

ProShooter

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Richmond has finally gotten a new baseball team and the team is holding a "name the team" contest. The 5 names they chose are absolutely idiotic and have no ties to Richmond. There is a huge public outcry over the names chosen, like Hambones and Flatheads.
I submitted the name Richmond Artillery and the name is catching on amongst alot of people. It is a name that has huge ties to Richmond's history. There is one opportunity left - CNBC has gotten involved and is taking suggestions for a wild card name.They will then select from the 6 names.Please take a moment and email "Richmond Artillery" as your choice of baseball team names to sportsbiz@cnbc.com. Names must be submitted by 9pm tonight. Send an email from every email address that you have! Send this to everyone you know!


Thanks!

Jim
 

curtiswr

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There are plenty of "rock hoppers" in Richmond I'm sure... depending on how you want to interpret the name... :uhoh:
 

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ProShooter wrote:
Richmond has finally gotten a new baseball team and the team is holding a "name the team" contest. The 5 names they chose are absolutely idiotic and have no ties to Richmond. There is a huge public outcry over the names chosen, like Hambones and Flatheads.
I submitted the name Richmond Artillery and the name is catching on amongst alot of people. It is a name that has huge ties to Richmond's history. There is one opportunity left - CNBC has gotten involved and is taking suggestions for a wild card name.They will then select from the 6 names.Please take a moment and email "Richmond Artillery" as your choice of baseball team names to sportsbiz@cnbc.com. Names must be submitted by 9pm tonight. Send an email from every email address that you have! Send this to everyone you know!


Thanks!

Jim
If Artillery wins, will Grapeshot be the mascot?
 

TFred

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I don't mean to scoop ProShooter, but the article has been published, and, well, sadly it appears that just like the team management, anyone who has any responsibility for actually naming this team or providing the names from which to choose... is a complete moron.

Darren Rovell, the journalist behind the effort for CNBC came up with a "top ten" which were almost universally stupid, and then decided to submit as his 6th choice, a name that had only one entry...

The Richmond Hush Puppies.

It disgusts me to read what is undoubtedly the most important reason that a really great name such as Artillery never had a snowball's chance:

When we considered what name we would submit, we had to take into account the local community, the mascot possibilities and political correctness.
In hindsight, it should have been plainly obvious that an organization such as CNBC would never touch a military/firearm related name with a 10 foot pole.

No matter which one finally wins, they've ensured it will be the laughingstock of visiting baseball teams for years to come.

What a sad, sad day for baseball.

TFred
 

ProShooter

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TFred wrote:
I don't mean to scoop ProShooter, but the article has been published, and, well, sadly it appears that just like the team management, anyone who has any responsibility for actually naming this team or providing the names from which to choose... is a complete moron.

Darren Rovell, the journalist behind the effort for CNBC came up with a "top ten" which were almost universally stupid, and then decided to submit as his 6th choice, a name that had only one entry...

The Richmond Hush Puppies.

It disgusts me to read what is undoubtedly the most important reason that a really great name such as Artillery never had a snowball's chance:

When we considered what name we would submit, we had to take into account the local community, the mascot possibilities and political correctness.
In hindsight, it should have been plainly obvious that an organization such as CNBC would never touch a military/firearm related name with a 10 foot pole.

No matter which one finally wins, they've ensured it will be the laughingstock of visiting baseball teams for years to come.

What a sad, sad day for baseball.

TFred



My internet was down all morning........I finally heard "hush puppies"........@#$%^ hush puppies.

I am beside myself.
 

Repeater

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TFred wrote:
It disgusts me to read what is undoubtedly the most important reason that a really great name such as Artillery never had a snowball's chance:

When we considered what name we would submit, we had to take into account the local community, the mascot possibilities and political correctness
I guess the Richmond Negroes never had a chance then.

Or the Richmond Militia.
 

Infidel

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ProShooter wrote:
TFred wrote:
I don't mean to scoop ProShooter, but the article has been published, and, well, sadly it appears that just like the team management, anyone who has any responsibility for actually naming this team or providing the names from which to choose... is a complete moron.

Darren Rovell, the journalist behind the effort for CNBC came up with a "top ten" which were almost universally stupid, and then decided to submit as his 6th choice, a name that had only one entry...

The Richmond Hush Puppies.

It disgusts me to read what is undoubtedly the most important reason that a really great name such as Artillery never had a snowball's chance:

When we considered what name we would submit, we had to take into account the local community, the mascot possibilities and political correctness.
In hindsight, it should have been plainly obvious that an organization such as CNBC would never touch a military/firearm related name with a 10 foot pole.

No matter which one finally wins, they've ensured it will be the laughingstock of visiting baseball teams for years to come.

What a sad, sad day for baseball.

TFred



My internet was down all morning........I finally heard "hush puppies"........@#$%^ hush puppies.

I am beside myself.
Well maybe we can have an OC event at a game (with mouths gagged!!). They might get the message!? Ya never know! :?
 
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