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7 hours ago, Sodboy13 said:

The buildup to the branding reveal lasted longer than the brand did.

 

 

One? Probably one.

 
Humorous but true.

Well, see ya later Ghost Hounds. We hardly knew ya.

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Hagerstown’s Atlantic League team has selected the name Flying Box Cars.

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

So, is Frederick a totally separate entity and not moving to Hagerstown? Or are these the names for the eventual move to Hagerstown?

Spoke to the person who runs their FB page. This isn’t a one off. They’re sticking around and Hagerstown is its own entity. Hagerstown revealed its name finalists (my last post, last page). 

Hagerstown name finalists

Tin Lizards

Flying Boxcars

Diezel Dogs (yes, spelled like this)

Haymakers

Flying Swans

Not surprising, I saw some of the submitted names and all were on it. Haymakers is the only non embarrassment on the list.

Frederick is going through all this mystery to keep secret a team name they’ll be using for three months .

Also, saw some of the suggested Hagerstown names, and with recent tradition, the ones I’m seeing that will likely be picked are brutal.

These names are even more awful than I suspected they would be. In some “rename the team” abominations, there is almost always at least one name that isn’t a complete embarrassment, and MIGHT be passable. Not here. Every single one of these team names are horrendous.

“If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it” applies here. If you’re gonna fix it, don’t make it far worse.  

Sad reality is, they are going to replace a classic name like Snappers with something off the wall and that sounds completely ridiculous.

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

Tully Monsters? Ok, Im definitely gonna have to cop a hat for my youngest

Looks like the Paddleheads may be a short term name. If Rob Manfred gets his way, they will be one of the 42 teams contracted to "save money." The Connecticut Soon to Be Rebrandeds are also on that 42 team list.

6 hours ago, Brian in Boston said:

Wichita Baseball 2020 unveiled another of its potential team identities back on October 2nd. Rather than revealing a possible team name alongside an illustration, this time just a logo was shared, along with the following message: 

"Alright, we've taken your feedback and most of you have said it's time to get serious. We're switchin' it up a bit. What do you think the name of this logo should be?"

This logo would work for a number of team names - Wichita Windwagons... Wichita Wagonmasters... Wichita Prairie Schooners... Wichita Prairie Clippers.

 
Walt Disney Presents "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" 
Wichita Riverfest - Admiral Windwagon Smith
Wichita Wagonmasters - "The History of the Wichita Wagonmasters"

So, to date, Wichita Baseball 2020 has unveiled Wichita River Riders, Wichita 29ers, Wichita Doo Dahs, Wichita Linemen, and this Wichita Windwagon-inspired design.

Doo Dahs??? Good God....

I actually like the logos for NW Arkansas, even though the name is another of Brandioses' over the top ones.

Hi. I am trying to upload the Altoona Curve's new logo/Allegheny Yinzer rebrand that I am trying to encorporate in my post about it. Can someone please notify me how to do so?

For seven games this season,the Eastern League's Altoona Curve will rebrand as the Allegheny Yinzers.

The team will sport black and yellow uniforms, and the logo is what looks to be the Roberto Clemete Bridge and a steel beam. 

For those wondering, Yinzers is a term used pretty prominently in the Pittsburgh region to define people from the area.

21 hours ago, B-Rich said:

 

 

 

This sounds painfully familiar to the events in New Orleans  vis-à-vis the Baby Cakes-- no fan EVER suggested the name-- which isn't even a thing; it's DERIVED, mind you.  The overwhelming majority of folks here hate it; the owners made their short term merch money from geeks and hipsters FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY who like the "cute" "playful" nickname, and after alienating the fan base,  the owners are now moving the team on to Wichita.

 

Damn, I wish we would have had a Dusty here in New Orleans.

You pretty much nailed it on the head. The team hasn't hid from the fact that they are selling merchandise all over the country, going as far as putting a map with all the states where people have purchased Sod Poodle gear (33 to be exact). Yet, go check out any Amarillo news site on Social Media and check out the comments section, or even the Sod Poodles' own page. The response from the locals is not just against the name-- it's overwhelmingly against it. This isn't spur of the moment either, they have been from the start. The day the names in the organization's fraudlent "Name The Team" contest were unveiled, a petition was put online asking the team to punt and come up with better names. Within 48 hours, the petition generated over 4 THOUSAND signatures. Atop that, if I had a penny for the number of times I have seen someone from Amarillo claiming they refuse to go to the games or spend a penny on anything involving the team, I'd own the franchise myself and rebrand them with something far more normal than the gibberish Brandiose spits out.  Does it mean a damn thing if someone from St. Albans, Vermont, Walla Walla, Washington or Barrow, Alaska owns a Sod Poodles hat, when people in Amarillo are threatening to reject the team as a whole because of it? Trust me, Amarillo isn't exactly a baseball hot bed, and a majority of the fan base hated the tax burden for the stadium being  passed on to them. A majority would have had the deal revoked from Day 1, and would just as soon done without the team because of it. It's comic.. this franchise is saddling them with a tax burden most of them don't want, sticking a name on them most of them hate, and yet they still have the temerity to expect these people to drop their hard earned money to keep them afloat? Good luck with that one. 

New Orleans is a perfect example of what over the top bs naming can do. If changing the name from Zephyrs, an established brand, clean and classic identity, to the nonsensical... err excuse me... let me put this in Brandiose terms.. "fun" moniker brought a handful of new fans through the gates, I'll be shocked. It clearly didn't bring enough in, as you said, the team is uprooting and heading to Kansas. But hey, at least someone in Beckley, West Virginia probably owns a Baby Cakes hat.

4 hours ago, Thaumatrope said:

 

 Were they actually referred to as "sod poodles" or is that just Brandiose brand free association a-la Baby Cakes?

I have many ties to Amarillo, and know many people from there. Before Brandiose brought this idiotic name to the table, none of us have ever referred to, nor ever heard prarie dogs referred  to as sod poodles.

Yet, Tony Ensor and other member of the organization have gone on record multiple times claiming they conducted focus groups, and swear that the name is synonymous with the Panhandle. I don't know exactly where members of said the said focus group were from, but I'd wager that very few of them have ever stepped foot in Amarillo, nevermind lived there.. and if they did, they likely were paid to go with the flow and swallow this crappy name.

49 minutes ago, Thaumatrope said:

 

This man is a GD American hero. 

 

Here's hoping others follow suit and start using the power of trademark registration to keep Brandiose in check.

 

I'm all for novelty and experimentation, but we passed that point years ago.

Oh yeah. That shark was jumped long ago... Now, everytime there is a rebranding and Brandiose is involved, you can guarantee each rebranding will be asinine and more absurd than the last.

I hope Dusty rides this to the fullest and forces the team's hand. Most people in Amarillo hate this dumb ass name anyhow, and hated all the names Brandiose threw out in their farce of a Name The Team contest. Yet, the ownership told the citizens of a city they are trying to build a new business/brand in to basically suck it up and deal with it, they are gonna name the team whatever they want, public opinion be damned.