With just under a year to go before
Victoria sees the return of baseball to RAP, there is bound to be a flurry of
activity surrounding the new WCL team as it builds itself a head office, on-field
staff, and the rest of a baseball operations team.
It shouldn’t be too long before we start to
see some fan-building activities as well, as a promotions team comes on board
and starts to build interest. The first order of business is likely a team
naming activity, with input from Victoria baseball fans to help pick the name.
As Gus mentioned in his post, not sure if that means fans will be invited to
submit their ideas, or if we will only get to vote on a shortlist.
We here at the blog are never ones to wait for
instructions, we like to jump the gun and make our own path and this time is
no exception! Come along with us and submit your own opinions on team names.
There have been a few suggestions made on Gus’s post. Marmots, Islanders, Tide, Thunder, and more. Those are perfectly fine suggestions, they just aren’t mine. Here’s my take on the
team name: Please welcome to town, the Victoria Gulls!
Yes the Gulls! What better to represent our
city that the water fowl that is everywhere. You can’t spend a day in
Victoria without at least once looking upward fearing the gull’s wrath (even if
it’s good luck to be targeted). Yes the mighty gull is a force to be reckoned
with.
The Gulls name in baseball is
fairly unique. There was once a PCL team in Salt Lake City called the Gulls, it’s
been defunct since 1984. There are the Newport, RI Gulls who do play in the New
England Collegiate Baseball League. Still, Victoria’s Gulls would be the only Gulls
team within 4000km.
So the Gulls in my world follow the colour
scheme of the ChiSox. White, black, and grey – just like a Gull. Check out
their uni below:
You see – the "V" in Victoria is a Gull in
flight! Nice tie-in, I know. And for the team logo, incorporate a sight seen on the top
of every light post and telephone pole in town. The mighty gull at rest:
So that’s my take on it. I can see the souvenir
t-shirts and hats already - the ones with the fake poop on the brim and sleeve...
The game-day posters with the visitor’s logos plastered with a white mess... The on-field
promotions where two lucky fans toss eggs back and forth until someone gets
plastered with one... Yes, the Victoria Gulls are a full on and off field
experience!
Okay so it’s not like we need more
suggestions after all that, but what the heck - take your best shot! Add your
comments. Team names, jersey ideas, mascots, promo ideas... Let’s have
them all! Who knows, maybe one will be so good, we can make choosing the name
only a formality...
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