The real problem with the Sox minor leagues

[notin]

The real problem with the Sox minor league system is the lack of really cool team names.

 

The Sox have 6 minor league affiliates, and 3 of them are called the Red Sox. How imaginative! Whose the farm system director - George Foreman?

 

And two of the other 3 are the Drive and the Spinners. Ok a little more creative, but no "Wow" factor. The closest thing the Sox have to a fun minor league name is the Sea Dogs.

 

Meanwhile, other teams have the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs and the Lansing Lugnuts and the Akron Rubberducks.

 

Why don't the Sox have a team name like any of the following:

 

Mongtgomery Biscuits

Batavia Muckdogs

Vermont Lake Monsters

Kannapolis Intimidators

Savannah Sand Gnats

Omaha Storm Chasers

Quad City River Bandits

New Orleans Zephyrs

Chattanooga Lookouts

 

I get some of these have local flavor in their team name. But can't some local flavor or legend about Greenville, Lowell, Salem and Pawtucket to give them better names? I'll allow the Sea Dogs.

 

 

I mean, Pawtucket is the home of Hasbro, and nothing? Red Sox? C'mon!! There are some serious possibilities with Hasbro products alone!!

 

Pawtucket Action Figures

Pawtucket Lite-Brites

Pawtucket Board Games

Pawtucket Batteries (Batteries Not Included)

Pawtucket Hungry Hungry Hippos

 

Heck, just the Pawtucket Toys works for me here.

 

Thoughts?

[moonslav59]

The "Paw Sox" are moving to Worcester in 2021.

 

Should they be named "Sauce"?

 

How about the "Worcester Limburgers?"

 

Worcester Nipmucs? (Tribe that founded the place)

 

Cupids? (Center of Valentine cards)

 

Thumping Hearts? (See above)

 

Monkey Wrenches? (Invented there)

 

Wired? (Wire production)

 

Power Looms? (production center)

 

[notin]

The "Paw Sox" are moving to Worcester in 2021.

 

Should they be named "Sauce"?

 

How about the "Worcester Limburgers?"

 

Worcester Nipmucs? (Tribe that founded the place)

 

Cupids? (Center of Valentine cards)

 

Thumping Hearts? (See above)

 

Monkey Wrenches? (Invented there)

 

Wired? (Wire production)

 

Power Looms? (production center)

 

 

Worcester Polytechnic Institutes? (Working my alma mater in there.)

 

Worcester Cousy's? OK wrong sport. Worcester Tanyan Sturtze's?

 

 

 

The last baseball team in Worcester was called the Tornadoes, after the one tornado that struck the city in like 1953. Still, I'll take that over the Worcester Red Sox...

[moonslav59]

Worcester Polytechnic Institutes? (Working my alma mater in there.)

 

Worcester Cousy's? OK wrong sport. Worcester Tanyan Sturtze's?

 

 

 

The last baseball team in Worcester was called the Tornadoes, after the one tornado that struck the city in like 1953. Still, I'll take that over the Worcester Red Sox...

 

It was the strongest tornado in MA history.

 

Maybe shorten to Poly-Techs and it might work.

 

Modify Cousy to Koozees and maybe...

[notin]

It was the strongest tornado in MA history.

 

..

 

Well, MA doesn't have an extensive tornado history. That's an honor similar to having the fastest Edsel on your street.

 

But I would guess it was pretty bad, considering the books about it were titled "42 Miles of Hell" and "84 Minutes, 94 Lives"...

[notin]

Maybe shorten to Poly-Techs and it might work.

 

 

To shorten it, they would go with Worcester Geeks. Or Worcester Nerds.

 

Or, to keep WPI parlance, Worcester Gweeps...

[moonslav59]

To shorten it, they would go with Worcester Geeks. Or Worcester Nerds.

 

Or, to keep WPI parlance, Worcester Gweeps...

 

I like "Geeks". Any ideas for the mascot or team logo?

[mvp 78]

Construction on Polar Park (planned Home of the Worcester Red Sox starting in 2021) halted, raising questions about timing of Triple-A team’s move from Pawtucket. Pawtucket mayor Donald Grebien doesn’t dismiss idea of extending PawSox lease at McCoy.

[notin]

Construction on Polar Park (planned Home of the Worcester Red Sox starting in 2021) halted, raising questions about timing of Triple-A team’s move from Pawtucket. Pawtucket mayor Donald Grebien doesn’t dismiss idea of extending PawSox lease at McCoy.

 

Okk but this does not solve the original problem in the OP.

 

Unless they unveil a new team nickname and logo, like "Welcome to McCoy Stadium: Home of the Pawtucket Blobfish"

[mvp 78]

Okk but this does not solve the original problem in the OP.

 

Unless they unveil a new team nickname and logo, like "Welcome to McCoy Stadium: Home of the Pawtucket Blobfish"

 

I know it doesn't. I just didn't want to make a new thread about the WooSox potentially playing in the PawSox stadium for a year.

[mvp 78]

If I had to rename the teams:

 

Worcester Spags

Pawtucket Hot Wieners

Portland Black Bears

Salem Warlocks

Greenville Blue Herons

Lowell Spinners

[notin]

If I had to rename the teams:

 

Worcester Spags

Pawtucket Hot Wieners

Portland Black Bears

Salem Warlocks

Greenville Blue Herons

Lowell Spinners

 

Nice, but no WOW factor. We need some Iron Pigs/Sand Gnats style wow factor here.

 

Warlocks is good, except the team is in Salem, Virginia...

[mvp 78]

Nice, but no WOW factor. We need some Iron Pigs/Sand Gnats style wow factor here.

 

Warlocks is good, except the team is in Salem, Virginia...

 

That's why I didn't go with Witches.

[Thunder]

If I had to rename the teams:

 

Worcester Spags

Pawtucket Hot Wieners

Portland Black Bears

Salem Warlocks

Greenville Blue Herons

Lowell Spinners

 

Portland can't use that because of the University of Maine

[Thunder]

Also, I'm biased but Hartford Yard Goats is an awesome name, and it ties in some history to the region

 

I had a spreadsheet of every MILB team on my old laptop. Wish I still had it. I would go through and list some of my favorites. The only ones that come to mind are the Amarillo Sod Poodles and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes

[mvp 78]

Portland can't use that because of the University of Maine

 

Portland Big Black Bears

[Thunder]

Portland Big Black Bears

 

Portland Bears would probably work, but it's boring

[notin]

Portland Bears would probably work, but it's boring

 

The only issue I have is Portland is the one semi-exciting farm name the Sox already have. They do need to purge the name “Red Sox” from all the levels below MLB and work on upgrading there...

Edited April 3, 2020 by notin

[Slasher9]

Portland Lobsters?

[Thunder]

Portland Lobsters?

 

There's already the Celtics' G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws. Might be too similar

[notin]

Portland Lobsters?

 

Sea Dogs is ok.

 

Salem and Pawtucket/Worcester are the ones that need help...

[notin]

I think I’d be ok with Worcester Polar Bears. Rename Polar Park “The North Pole: Home of the Polar Bears.”

 

Polar Soda more than gets their money’s worth for advertising revenue.

[mvp 78]

@salemredsox

The year is 2008.

 

We are no longer affiliated with the Houston Astros and new names for the club are being tossed around as we join Boston’s MiLB line-up.

 

The Salem Red Sox is off the table.

 

The team takes the field in 2009 as the Salem ???

 

What would you have named us?

 

The million dollar question.

[notin]

@salemredsox

The year is 2008.

 

We are no longer affiliated with the Houston Astros and new names for the club are being tossed around as we join Boston’s MiLB line-up.

 

The Salem Red Sox is off the table.

 

The team takes the field in 2009 as the Salem ???

 

What would you have named us?

 

The million dollar question.

 

The Salem Virginia Big-Eared Bats.

 

After the state bat of Virginia, and with the double entendre of having a baseball term in it’s nomenclature...

[notin]

So to update, if I was given the chance to rebrand a few teams in the Sox minor league system

 

Stays the same:

Portland Sea Dogs

Greenville Drive

Lowell Spinners

 

Changes:

Worcester Polar Bears

Salem Big-Eared Bats (Or possibly Same Virginia Big-Eared Bats, as that's the actual name of the state bat. Yes, Virginia has a state bat.)

 

Needs help:

Gulf Coast Red Sox

[mvp 78]

Every Gulf Coast team is called Gulf Coast "Parent Club" for whatever reason.

[notin]

Every Gulf Coast team is called Gulf Coast "Parent Club" for whatever reason.

 

Boring, but tradition is tradition.

 

In that case, I'm done. Unless you have better names than Polar Bears and Big-Eared Bats, which is flat out not likely.

 

I need to get John Henry on the phone ASAP...

[jacksonianmarch]

I know Worcester very, very well. Let’s rattle off some possible names for a team from Paris of the ‘80s

 

The Worcester Needles

The Worcester Crash

The Worcester Bullets

The Worcester Smack

 

Or we can take a name from anything west of Worcester and east of Springfield

 

The Worcester Cow-Tippers

The Worcester Incest

The Worcester ATV’s

 

I’m intrigued as to how they’ll market New England’s second largest city. Worcester badly needs this and the money pumped in by Henry to revitalize an area that’s rife with gang violence could be huge for the city. I love Worcester, don’t get me wrong. It’s just fallen on hard times

[Bellhorn04]

Worcester Saucehounds

[notin]

I know Worcester very, very well. Let’s rattle off some possible names for a team from Paris of the ‘80s

 

The Worcester Needles

The Worcester Crash

The Worcester Bullets

The Worcester Smack

 

Or we can take a name from anything west of Worcester and east of Springfield

 

The Worcester Cow-Tippers

The Worcester Incest

The Worcester ATV’s

 

I’m intrigued as to how they’ll market New England’s second largest city. Worcester badly needs this and the money pumped in by Henry to revitalize an area that’s rife with gang violence could be huge for the city. I love Worcester, don’t get me wrong. It’s just fallen on hard times

 

Cow Tippers? How long has it been since you’ve been to Worcester?

 

And it does have nice areas, although I am willing to bet no larger city has a pornographic theater next door to the public library (which I actually discovered while visiting the library.)