Gotta love minor league baseball…
The Portland Beavers baseball team is feeling the heat of the Oregon State Beavers. Nothing official, but when you think of baseball in Oregon your first thought is the two time defending national champion Oregon State baseball team. When you think of a team named the Beavers that plays baseball, your first thought is the two time defending national champion Oregon State baseball team.
I guess the owner of the minor league team in Portland, named the Beavers is sick of this and is letting the fans vote on what the new name of the team should be. It’s been narrowed down to five and it appears the fans get to decide from there. Not a bad promotion, especially to help with always being confused with the amazing university to the south. Here’s the problem though, all the names are horrible.
- Portland Beavers (keep the same name)
- Portland Green Sox (because Portland is a bicycle friendly, flex car driving, energy saving, recycling-crazy, Ralph Nader-loving place [their words not mine, but they are true])
- Sockeyes (A tough name, a tough fish. Really. Is a sockeye that tough? Is it that tough of a name?)
- Thorns (Playing on the City of Roses thing here. Interesting that they also say "or like razor-sharpened cleats on Ty Cobb’s shoes as he slid into home." Ty Cobb was one of the dirtiest players to have ever played the game, is that really what you want to associate your team with?)
- Wet Sox (Because obviously it rains alot in Portland and Sox is a traditional baseball name)
Wow, tough choices there. I love minor league baseball because the owners can try everything to create fan interest. Crazy promotions, give aways, contests, etc. The problem is, those usually last one night, not for years to come.
[Portland Beavers name the team site]
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Oddly enough, I like some of those names…in the same order that you hate them.
My two favorites are teh Wet Sox and then Green Sox.
I am not sure about changing the name, but those are fun names…probably better for a weekend or week long series.