The franchise heard our frustration and officially scrapped those awful name choices. It feels like a huge weight is off our shoulders now that we can finally get a team identity we actually respect. I will be watching closely to see what they come up with for the new list.
August 28, 2018
Final supporters
Amarillo Professional Baseball has chosen five finalists from over 3,000 entries in the "Name the Team" sweepstakes. These finalists are the Boot Scooters, Bronc Busters, Long Haulers, Sod Poodles, and the Amarillo Jerky. ALL OF THESE NAMES ARE HORRIBLE, to put it succinctly. They are embarrassing. They are hackneyed. We need to get the team name right.
We, the undersigned, hereby petition Amarillo Professional Baseball to go back to the drawing board and choose five better finalist options.
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Seeing this kind of energy tells me I am not the only one who refuses to let our hometown team take the field with a nickname this embarrassing. We have gathered enough momentum to prove that Amarillo deserves a brand we can actually be proud of instead of one that makes us a laughingstock.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 30, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018
Seeing the count climb toward five thousand proves that I am not the only one embarrassed by these options. Please post this on your social media feeds right now so the organization sees we refuse to accept these names.
3,935 Comments
Coming from someone who loves baseball and was excited to purchase season tickets, until yesterday, I'm all for family friendly, but the parents are the ones who take the kids to the games, and these names don't get me excited to cheer at a game.
Look around the Minor Leagues and notice a trend in team names: El Paso Chihuahuas, Albuquerque Isotopes, etc. Fun, sure, but not absurd and loving tributes to their host cities. Go away and don't come back until you've got some serious suggestions.
This reminds me the of the time I was working the AGN Sports Desk and we waited in anticipation for the name of the new Hockey Team. GUERILLAS. These baseball team names are worse. I mean, the Amarillo Prairie Dogs is better than the Amarillo Sod Poodles.
Why not “Amarillo Yellowtoppers” or “Toppers” for short? Grain fields are golden across the plains, Amarillo is located in the geographical “TOP” of Texas, and “Amarillo” in Spanish is “yellow”. Come on, anything but the before mentioned 5 names
I’ve been involved in sports my entire life. Never have been so embarrassed than by the selection of the five possible team names selected as the “best out 3,000 entries”. Like another person stated... I checked to see if it was April 1st. No such luck.
YELLOW CITY BOMBERS! Sounds a lot better and represents Amarillo a little better! Sod Poodles is a sad name!
That name sucks.
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The franchise heard our frustration and officially scrapped those awful name choices. It feels like a huge weight is off our shoulders now that we can finally get a team identity we actually respect. I will be watching closely to see what they come up with for the new list.
August 28, 2018
Final supporters
Amarillo Professional Baseball has chosen five finalists from over 3,000 entries in the "Name the Team" sweepstakes. These finalists are the Boot Scooters, Bronc Busters, Long Haulers, Sod Poodles, and the Amarillo Jerky. ALL OF THESE NAMES ARE HORRIBLE, to put it succinctly. They are embarrassing. They are hackneyed. We need to get the team name right.
We, the undersigned, hereby petition Amarillo Professional Baseball to go back to the drawing board and choose five better finalist options.
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Seeing this kind of energy tells me I am not the only one who refuses to let our hometown team take the field with a nickname this embarrassing. We have gathered enough momentum to prove that Amarillo deserves a brand we can actually be proud of instead of one that makes us a laughingstock.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 30, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018
Seeing the count climb toward five thousand proves that I am not the only one embarrassed by these options. Please post this on your social media feeds right now so the organization sees we refuse to accept these names.
3,935 Comments
All 5 of these names are down right horrible. Neither I nor my grandparents have ever even heard a prairie dog be called a “sod poodle” and we’ve all lived in the Amarillo area our whole lives. Try giving us some better options because these 5 SUCK.
Coming from someone who loves baseball and was excited to purchase season tickets, until yesterday, I'm all for family friendly, but the parents are the ones who take the kids to the games, and these names don't get me excited to cheer at a game.
Look around the Minor Leagues and notice a trend in team names: El Paso Chihuahuas, Albuquerque Isotopes, etc. Fun, sure, but not absurd and loving tributes to their host cities. Go away and don't come back until you've got some serious suggestions.
This reminds me the of the time I was working the AGN Sports Desk and we waited in anticipation for the name of the new Hockey Team. GUERILLAS. These baseball team names are worse. I mean, the Amarillo Prairie Dogs is better than the Amarillo Sod Poodles.
Why not “Amarillo Yellowtoppers” or “Toppers” for short? Grain fields are golden across the plains, Amarillo is located in the geographical “TOP” of Texas, and “Amarillo” in Spanish is “yellow”. Come on, anything but the before mentioned 5 names
I’ve been involved in sports my entire life. Never have been so embarrassed than by the selection of the five possible team names selected as the “best out 3,000 entries”. Like another person stated... I checked to see if it was April 1st. No such luck.
YELLOW CITY BOMBERS! Sounds a lot better and represents Amarillo a little better! Sod Poodles is a sad name!
That name sucks.
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All 5 of these names are down right horrible. Neither I nor my grandparents have ever even heard a prairie dog be called a “sod poodle” and we’ve all lived in the Amarillo area our whole lives. Try giving us some better options because these 5 SUCK.