FLYING SQUIRRELS
The name has been chosen. Now discuss.
The name has been chosen. Now discuss.
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Ross Catrow
Founder and publisher of RVANews.
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You know, I’m okay with it. I would not have been okay with Hambones or Flatheads. Rhinos would have been stupid. So, considering the list we had I think they made the right decision. Plus, could be a fun mascot or maybe someone in a squirrel wingsuit(http://www.vimeo.com/1778399)?
My dog is going to hate this team. Also, this will be my write-in vote for the governor’s race.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I have yet to see a flying squirrel in the city limits. Is that why we got the name in the hopes of attracting some to the region?
If I gave a crap about baseball in the first place, I’d be disappointed. As it is, I’ll just pretend that they’re the Richmond Redtails and still won’t go to the games.
If they follow through with the “outside the box” marketing and management style this team could be a hit. If they pander to city officials and Richmond blue bloods, the squirrel will be piloting a lead balloon.
Damn Jay, the Richmond Blue Bloods would have been a perfect name.
this is terrible. im moving. this city is full of morons.
Wow I can’t understand people taking this so personally. I was little miffed by the original selections but now I’m cool with the idea. I think in the end this will be good for baseball and Richmond as a whole since we obviously take ourselves a little too seriously sometimes… chewy.
OK, every home game can we release hundreds of flying squirrels from the top of the diamond to glide down onto the field and into the stands??? That would be awesome. Way cooler than releasing doves.
In the end it’s just baseball… boring boring baseball.
I was thinking they’d shoot the squirrels into the stands from T-shirt cannons.
We actually had huge problems with Flying Squirrels living in the walls when I was a kid, but I have never seen one downtown. I think they should have called the team the Richmond Dudes. Or the Richmond Baseball Experts.
MidloMama. Thanks for that visual. I can’t quit laughing about that one.
Guys, what’s important is that NBC 12 had a list of other weird minor league names and Albuquerque named their team “The Isotopes”. Why couldn’t we have just used an obscure pop-culture reference like they did?
COME ON!!
We can have so much fun with spins on the Flying Squirrels. Just think: Richmond Nut Huggers or Richmond Ball Snatchers, or my favorite Richmond Nutcrackers!
I talked to 2 kids about it and they seemed to like it, and isn’t baseball for kids anyway.
There is no way I will attend a AA, Giants affiliated, NY owned, Squirrels game.
Petersburg Generals, here I come.
If they wanted to name the team after a rodent I would think the Rats would have been more appropriate.I hear the Diamond is full of them.
That’s okay. I was looking for a reason to move anyway.
Are they going to have Bullwinkle as a mascot?
Not Bullwinkle, but his sidekick, Rocket J. Squirrel. At least that is all I could picture– a squirrel in a jet pack or on a rocket booster… UGH! But at least it does have some potential for fun even if it the fans making fun of the whole thing!