Bleujayone Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The independent Canadian-American Baseball League has announced they are putting a new team in Sussex, NJ. Sussex's Skylands Park used to be home to the New Jersey Cardinals of the New York-Penn League before they moved it to become the State College Spikes for the 2006 season. This new team will replace the Elmira Pioneers. A "Name Your Team" contest is being held on their website to help picks its new identitiy.The Contest deadline is January 20th so you don't have much time to submit a name!http://www.sussexprofessionalbaseball.com/ We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Well, glad to see a new team going into. Skylands park is a greak minor league ball park. Considering the stadium is in the middle of farmland I would probably go with some type of farm theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBear Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Jersey is the Garden State, how about the Gardeners? Nice mascot in overalls, swinging a hoe instead of a bat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I got it!The Sussex Pistols "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminD Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I got it!The Sussex Pistols Nice. I was going to offer the Sussex Aholics, now that the "name that team, bad pun/joke division" has been kicked off. "Start spreading the news... They're leavin' today... Won't get to be a part of it... In old New York..."In order for the Mets' run of 12 losses in 17 games to mean something, the Phillies still had to win 13 of 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 Here are the 20 finalists. None of the names are anything I'd write home about. Whta the heck is a "supernaut" anyway?Most of the names are either already taken by other teams (either pro or college) and/or not very applicable to New Jersey. The winner will be named on Jan. 25th.http://www.sussexprofessionalbaseball.com/GeneralsBobcatsHighlandersSupernautsRattlersSkyhawksMustangsCornhuskersWildStormMinersCoyotesMountaineersCopperheadsSwarmStallionsCougars (I picture a spooky logo of a middle-aged bar hag)ThunderhawksBarnCatsBruins We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoAdmirals Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Well, I live in Sussex. Sussex, Wisconsin. The local baseball team here is the Cardinals so that would have been my choice. However, using the 20 finalists, I'd go with Highlanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminD Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 ?Highlanders? Mountaineers?As a proud native New Jerseyite, the state is many things. But with a maximum elevation of 1801 ft. (granted, it is High Point, in Sussex Co.), mountainous is one thing we're not. The Appalachian chain snakes through the northwest corner of the state, but we're not the Colorado of the East.I don't get why there are so many "Western" nicknames - Coyotes, Mustangs, Rattlers, Copperheads... Yeah, there's some open land, some snakes and some agriculture, but this isn't exactly the Ponderosa or the Southwestern Desert.While we're at it, can we toss the ambiguous singular nicknames (Wild, Storm)? Please?Meh... given what's left, I'd take Generals. "Start spreading the news... They're leavin' today... Won't get to be a part of it... In old New York..."In order for the Mets' run of 12 losses in 17 games to mean something, the Phillies still had to win 13 of 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmitt Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Cornhuskers sounds like a fit. The stadium is deisgned to look like a barn in addition to the miles of crops that are grown up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez Street Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Highlanders @DavidStreeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Cornhuskers sounds like a fit. The stadium is deisgned to look like a barn in addition to the miles of crops that are grown up there.Even considering all that, I don't think you can get past the very obvious association with the Univ. of Nebraska. I would go with Highlanders despite the lack of real Highlands (maybe just because I really like that name).I don't get why there are so many "Western" nicknames - Copperheads... I don't think Copperheads is a particularly Western nickname. For the record, I had a friend growing up (hard to believe, I know, but I did have several, in fact) who was bitten by a copperhead in North-Central Maryland (not exactly the Old West).The American Copperheads, including the Northern Copperhead & Southern Copperhead subspecies, are common over much of their range. These Copperhead snakes are found most often in rocky, wooded and mountainous regions throughout the Eastern Gulf States, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio and most of the southeastern United States extending from northern Florida all the way into Massachusetts. Source -- http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/american-copperhead.cfmOkay, that description of habitat does not exactly scream "New Jersey", but it is not completely inappropriate. Coyotes, Mustangs, Stallions . . . those sound out of place. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017   /////    Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29a Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Sussex Chuck Norris' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 If Chuck Norris were to multiply himself, then you would have to deal with a heard of Chuck Nori NCFA Sunset Beach Tech - Octopi  ΓΔΒ!  Going to college gets you closer to the real world, kind of like climbing a tree gets you closer to the moon. "...a nice illustration of what you get when skill, talent, and precedent are deducted from 'creativity.' " - James Howard Kunstler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfiji Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 To Call them the Sussex Chuck Norris's (or Norri) would be a recipe for disaster....in a sense you would have 9 Chuck Norris's in one place at one time...the sheer awesomness of which would cause the earth to implode in on itself. How could you possibly contain this as a mascot: Plainsman Parking Lot. Auburn Baseball Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 The new name has been chosen;The Sussex (County) Skyhawks Meh.No doubt because the stadium is called Skylands ParkLogo and team colors pending....http://www.sussexskyhawks.com/ We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUNKAFIED Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Elmira lost their team? First my Bangor Lumberjacks, now one of the most storied names in minor league baseball.Sad.The chief export of Chuck Norris is overhyped internet cliches.I've met him. He's actually not a very big guy. However, he could kick my ass, so maybe he should be referred to as "The Bite-Sized Terror". Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminD Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I've met him. He's actually not a very big guy. However, he could kick my ass, so maybe he should be referred to as "The Bite-Sized Terror". Most action movie heroes aren't. I met Schwarzenegger, and he's not even 6 feet tall. Kinda disappointing.Speaking of kinda disappointing... Skyhawks? Not terrible, not great. I know for the non-New Jersyites out there, corn comes from Iowa and Nebraska. Except it grows all over New Jersey, and it's actually very good summer corn. I hear Skyhawks, I think of a failed football team in a failed football league with 2 different, yet equally wretched, color schemes... "Start spreading the news... They're leavin' today... Won't get to be a part of it... In old New York..."In order for the Mets' run of 12 losses in 17 games to mean something, the Phillies still had to win 13 of 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krona Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 skyhawks? as opposed to..........? a flightless hawk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez Street Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 @DavidStreeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mings Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Unnecessary lightning bolt, S's should be the same, and highlights that arent needed in the wordmark. Besides that its really not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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