MilSox

For the uninitiated, booyah is a type Belgian chicken stew. Green Bay has a strong, but often overlooked Belgiain heritage. But given how controversial the team's move to Ashwaubenon was locally, this was a very peculiar direction for them to go in. I suggested the name Fox River Foxes. I thought it only made sense for them to name the team regionally and pay homage to its baseball history. The logos are an upgrade, but I've had it with Brandiose's goofy, gimmicky names.

This is an unpopular opinion?

A recoloring of the logos would make sense. They wore colors very similar to the Rangers throughout the 80s and 90s. Let's hope this "remaster" doesn't meant much more than that.

Let me make it clear that I don't actually want three LA area teams. I'm just realistic about what sports business has become, especially in regards to the LA market. Where the Clippers are profitable just by being a Staples Center tenant even though they're a pop culture punchline, and the Chargers forced their way in regardless of any demand or accommodations for them.

That never stopped the NBA or NFL from loading more teams into the LA market than should reasonably be there.

I totally see them trying to get a new stadium in LA. Which makes things that much more interesting for the A's and Rays prospects, should either of them attempt to move. Any chance either of them end up in Anaheim?

Another fact... the NL East is the only of the current six divisions that has never hosted either team. Both have been members of the AL West, and NL Central. The Brewers were in the AL East and AL Central. The Astros have been in the NL West.

You're not alone. I couldn't bring myself to care about the Admirals when they had that stupid cartoon skeleton. After the last rebrand though, I'm a fan again.

The black seemed tacked on with the rest of the uniform. At least they eventually got it right with the red shells. Wouldn't mind this coming back. With so much red and white in the Big Ten now, it only make sense for when they play Nebraska or when one of the other red teams (Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland) decided to wear white shells.

"Mondo" and "Topless." Doesn't have to be exact, just something close enough to them.

There is, I'm not denying that. But how does that actually connect to the Milkmen identity apart from being a baseball team and vaguely referencing the era when the Braves played here? If they were going for Braves nostalgia, it wouldn't have been hard to call the team the Milwaukee Hammers. Which also would have been a much stronger connection to the actual Milwaukee of the 1950s.

Given how quick the Braves were to leave town not even a decade after winning those pennants, I'd say any nostalgia for them is bittersweet overall. Besides, it's not like Milwaukee is Memphis, which actually produced its share of 50s icons (Elvis, BB King) and still has tangible relics from heyday of that era (Beale Street, Sun Records). The 50s nostalgia for Milwaukee is the equivalent of those tacky malt shops that popped up in every suburban shopping mall in the 80s. I could see a name like Custard Kings or Creams (Cream Citys?) working if they absolutely had to choose something dairy themed. But Milkmen is a reach, plain and simple. They botched the branding on this one.

Ironically, "Goodlanders" still would have been a better name for this club.

Even this is a stretch. The idea that the 1950s had some sort of lasting impression on Milwaukee is pure Hollywood fiction for the most part. The Braves left, the breweries Milwaukee was known for at the time are no more for the most part, and people are still shocked to learn our mayor at the height of the red scare was a socialist. Ironically, this is a team that plays in Franklin, which incorporated in the 1950s because it didn't want to be part of Milwaukee.

They're going with the slogan "Baseball that's udderly different." I think there's a market for a lower level of pro baseball in Metro MKE. But I can't say this brand makes me, a lifelong city of Milwaukee resident, want to support this team.

As I said in the other thread, the Milkmen name feels out of place for Milwaukee. Granted, this might be a best case scenario considering many of the other names. This was botched from day one. At least the logo isn't terrible.

I have very mixed feelings about this. I'm glad they branded as Milwaukee, but the dairy industry has always been a more Northern WI thing. It'd be like a Phily team naming itself after the steel industry or a NYC team naming itself in reference to Niagara Falls.

I swear, every one of these lists I've seen lately makes me wonder if these teams have nothing but contempt for their players and fans.

I know Fort Wayne is exclusively part of the Purdue system now, but how does the blue even fit in? Also, I hate hyphenated names. Its been 50 years since most teachers colleges were joined to a flagship school by state sponsored shotgun weddings. Can't they stand on their own names by now?

George Blanda played NFL games against Sammy Baugh and Walter Payton.

Make it stop...

It's been an incredibly contentious issue locally. The Bullfrogs essentially leveraged GB and Ashwaubenon against one another to get the best deal. And there's the perception (right or wrong) is that Ashwaubenon has been undermining development in the rest of Brown County for years. I don't think it's entirely a coincidence that the team has decided to at least flirt with the idea of renaming the club now. They never hinted that would be the case when a new Green Bay facility was still on the table.

I just submitted "Fox River Foxes" as the new name. The Timber Rattlers have one of the best selling brands in MiLB and won't be reviving the Foxes identity anytime soon. Since the Bulldogs are moving out of Green Bay proper, but to another town on the river; they may as well use this as an opportunity to tie the entire region's baseball history together. And Foxes has the added bonus of being a very Northwoods-y animal.

They're moving to Ashwaubenon, a GB suburb known for its proximity to Lambeau (literally across the street). Fox Valley Foxes, maybe? Ever since the original Foxes became the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, I've been waiting for the Foxes to return.

I thought they were keeping the Sky Sox name! By what standards are any of these names even remotely as good? I hope baseball fans in Colorado Springs raise hell about this until they agree to keep the Sky Sox.