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#60339	08/05/2018 6:23:29 am	Mar 18th, 2037	Ignore
Tabula Rasa Joined: 06/24/2017 Posts: 8 Inactive	Hello Guys, The reason I'm writing this post is because I'm looking for some of your creative input. I'm currently busy organizing a new amateur baseball club in the town of Harlingen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlingen,_Netherlands) in my home region (Friesland, the Netherlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland).Baseball in our country is (despite our still recent world cup succes) not a very big sport. Currently there isn't a baseball club in the region. We just had our first practice and more than thirty people showed up! Right now where actively thinking about a name ouf our new club and I've sent some promotional ads to the local newspaper for the readers to think of an original name. Suddenly I thougt: Why not also try to get some good names from the Bucsdugout community, because you guys where so welcoming to me in the last few months that I joined! You guys played, watched or followed baseball for your whole life so you might have a great idea for a cool, original name for a club (unfortunatly I cannot name the club Pirates, because there is already a club by that name in the Netherlands). I'm hoping to get a name that's easy to market. If you need some background on Harlingen or Friesland I added the wikipedia links for information. I'm looking forward to reading your ideas! Greetings,
#60340	08/05/2018 6:45:27 am	Mar 18th, 2037	Ignore
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I suppose the obvious suggestion doesn't have a baseball theme--The Harlingen Freeze, although that sounds more like a hockey team. I'm trying to come up with something with a heart theme, too, but nothing has hit me yet. I'm guessing your flag has the hearts because your province looks like one? Bizarre and fascinating. By they way, I can't believe you found your hometown in Texas! And congrats on your promotion to V. Good luck in your quests.
#60341	08/05/2018 8:45:49 am	Mar 18th, 2037	Ignore
Tabula Rasa Joined: 06/24/2017 Posts: 8 Inactive	Thanks for the reply! Yeah it's great that there is also a Harlingen in Texas - The founders must have come from my region. The red icons in the Frisian flag aren't hearts but a lily leaves and they represent the old seven districts of the province.
#60345	08/05/2018 11:29:37 am	Mar 18th, 2037	Ignore
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Fascinating. At any rate, the angle and shape of them look exactly like your province on the map. That can't be a coincidence. Are those associated to lily pads? If so, maybe the Frisian Frogs or Froggers? Or for a different lily association there's The Beetles. For a baseball theme that only historical fans would know there is The Frisian Fricks. Or you could turn it around if you're looking for humor and be The Frick Frisians or Frickin' Frisians. Look up Ford Frick. He had a long and storied career in many baseball roles, including Commissioner, and is in the Hall of Fame.
#60354	08/05/2018 10:18:51 pm	Mar 20th, 2037	Ignore
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	Something else just rang a bell in my memory--Bert Blyleven. He was born in the Netherlands. There aren't many Hall of Famers from outside the West. To have a Dutch-born representative is pretty unique. You might want to check out his career and see if something strikes a fancy for you. Updated Sunday, August 5 2018 @ 10:19:07 pm PDT
#60364	08/06/2018 3:33:50 pm	Mar 23rd, 2037	Ignore
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 626 Denver Broncos IV.4	Many ball clubs use an animal as a mascot. Yours appears to be a holstein. Unfortunately that is a cow and could be seen as bad. You tell me... Maybe you can find a bird that is native or famous in the area? Blue Jay, Oriole, Cardinal are all used in the United States. Look at Japan, you've got Hawks and the unfortunate fish-named Hiroshima Carp which is too damn close to crap for me though admittedly that describes a lot of my favorite team's recent play. Recently, in the United States soccer league anyway, names like Galaxy, Revolution are being used that do not follow naming trends of history.
#60365	08/06/2018 3:45:54 pm	Mar 23rd, 2037	Ignore
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1130 Deerfield Beach Rats V.7	The Blue Jays are actually Canada. </CompletelyMissingThePoint>
#60579	08/22/2018 8:44:30 pm	May 25th, 2037	Ignore
BigBaseballBoy11 Joined: 08/20/2018 Posts: 6 Inactive	Hmm... What about fat cows? jk jk. Maybe if you do a bird, from that Netherlands area, like the Hawfinch?
#60583	08/23/2018 4:01:09 am	May 25th, 2037	Ignore
tokuchi Joined: 02/11/2017 Posts: 36 Smyrna Sounds V.7	Hey good luck with your project. I wish there were this type of initiatives here as well. The minor league teams are a nice source of original mascots. Two of them that seem fitting are the Harlingen Tides and the Harlingen Hooks. Updated Thursday, August 23 2018 @ 4:02:17 am PDT

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