Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees getting a new name!

[vwnut13]

These are the six options:

Blast

The Blast combines the over-the-top fun of MiLB with the tough miners who unearth coal to fuel America's industrial revolution. It's also the sound of the Yankees of tomorrow blasting home runs in front of a packed house at PNC Field.


Black Diamond Bears

Paying homage of the rich coal mining history of the SWB area combined with the ferociousness of the black bear, no one will want to mess with them on the field. The natural setting of PNC Field will be the perfect den for the Black Diamond Bears.


Fireflies

Watch the Fireflies light up the night sky at PNC Field in 2013. The state insect of Pennsylvania is a sure sign of summer time in NEPA. Families will have a glowing good time at the ballpark!


RailRiders

All aboard! We’re not just blowing steam with this one. The SWB express isn’t your ordinary ride on the rails. We’ll be charting our own course as we speed our way into the minds and hearts of NEPA baseball fans. Kids can join the Lil’ Conductors Club or you can shop for your favorite team gear at the Station.


Porcupines

This tough as “Quills” animal is a renegade native to Northeast Pennsylvania. The fighting, resilient spirit of the porcupine is the same spirit indicative to our area. With Pulled Porky-Pine Sandwiches, fans are sure enjoy the fun, creative nature that only Minor League Baseball can bring to the community.


Trolley Frogs

Known as the "Electric City," Scranton is home of America's very first electric trolley car. A trolley frog is not only a mechanical part of a trolley, it takes us into a creative world of frogs, lily pads and snapping tongues.

I guess "Yankees" isn't good enough.

So, what's the best of the worst?

 

[moxacaine]

lol fireflies hahahahah

if i had to guess it will come down to one of these three. And if i had to pick one it would be Rail Riders.

Blast

RailRiders

Porcupines

 

[MisterT]

Ever since my closest team became the Flying Squirrels I gave up any and all hope for team names. Here come the Fireflies! Although, the Blast is a pretty good one.

 

[moxacaine]

Ever since my closest team became the Flying Squirrels I gave up any and all hope for team names. Here come the Fireflies! Although, the Blast is a pretty good one.

lol yes flying squirrels. i hated that

 

[vwnut13]

Since the stadium is in Moosic, they should have became the Moosies

 

[Benson]

I would go with the Schrutes or the Anthracites.
With the Schrutes you would naturally give away Schrute Bucks.

 

[rsmath]

have to go with BLAST - the only thing I could see that could have a cool enough logo developed to actually have some good merchandise sales.

makes sense they'd want to change their name - merchandising the name "YANKEES" when you don't play in the bronx must be a bust dollars-wise.

 

[D-Lite]

All of the choices are terrible. They're not even ironically funny or stupid funny. The Blast is probably the most acceptable, but living near Stanford now with the horrible The Cardinal as the team name (not even the bird, it's a freakin' tree!) I can't accept that type of singular as plural naming.

They should've gone more esoteric/thought-provoking:

The SWB Office
sWB Masons
Scranton WomBats
SWB Lack of Hitting Prospects

Just a thought.

 

[PujolsCollector]

Yeah because the Rail Riders are not going to get made fun of.......
Yeah because the Fireflies are not going to be made fun of......

 

[wheeler281]

It will be the "blast" imo followed by The Trolley Frogs. All the people I know around here are voting blast. Either way can not wait for it to open and happy they were not sold. Having no "home" games this year has been rough. I am waiting to see how much my seasons go up with the renovation

 

[vwnut13]

It will be the "blast" imo followed by The Trolley Frogs. All the people I know around here are voting blast. Either way can not wait for it to open and happy they were not sold. Having no "home" games this year has been rough. I am waiting to see how much my seasons go up with the renovation

Do people actually like Old Forge Pizza?

I bought some at a game at SWB last season and I couldn't even finish it. What I did eat I had to choke down. Horrible.

 

[wheeler281]

Do people actually like Old Forge Pizza?

I bought some at a game at SWB last season and I couldn't even finish it. What I did eat I had to choke down. Horrible.

The game pizza is especially bad. However it is beloved here my many. I myself am not a big pizza fan in general

 

[DaClyde]

They could always just go back to the Red Barons.

 

[tramers]

anti Yankees fans should vote for name they dislike just to mess with Yankee fans