Comments on: Richmond looks for a name of its own http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andrew http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 Andrew Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:25:15 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3974 Rebels is offensive to descendants of Union Soldiers. Rapids is offensive to slow people. River Dogs — well, the cat lobby would have something to say about that. Blue crabs? Folks allergic to seafood wouldn’t buy it. Rednecks? Offensive to Good ol’ Boys.

]]> By: Ron http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3967 Ron Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:09 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3967 River Dogs

]]> By: Flynn http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3966 Flynn Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:40:17 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3966 The names are so unpopular among the citizens of Richmond that there is a petition circulating to get team management to consider some of the more popular submissions – Rapids, Rebels, etc.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/richmondbaseball

]]> By: mick http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3965 mick Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:35:05 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3965 I also thought River Rats was a good tongue in cheek choice especially since the James River is a prominent geographical feature of the city. I e-mailed this suggestion in to cnbc during their poll, but alas it did not make the cut.

]]> By: scribe http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 scribe Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:39:16 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3963 THE BLUE CRABS

]]> By: Jim Barker http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Jim Barker Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:07:56 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3960 Names suggested for Richmond baseball team are not appropriate. How about PIEDMONTS or FALL LINERS since Richmond is in the foot hills of the mountains from the French pied montagne–foot hills and the James River fall line is at Richmond. PIEDMONTAGNERS sounds classy also.

]]> By: cliff jordan http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3959 cliff jordan Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:46:01 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3959 Not far from Richmond, in Staunton, we have Mary Baldwin College, a 4 year teacher’s school, of high repute. Their team nickname – The Flying Squirrels! So your idea has local history as well.

]]> By: HappyJack http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2009/10/richmond-looks-for-a-name-of-its-own/comment-page-1/#comment-3958 HappyJack Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:31:31 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=221#comment-3958 The Army (of Northern Virginia) might be worth floating out there.

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