What if: the Padres Weren't Called the Padres?
by Jsn L on Jan 25, 2012 2:56 PM PST
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San Diego Clippers
San Diego Missions
Not original names now, but you know…back then…
I know there was a list of names the city voted on way back in the PCL days but I can’t quite find it.
As long as we're going with former San Diego sports team names, there's always the Rockets.
But it’s not good enough. If you were to come up with a brand new name for the team, it should really mean something. It should put fear into the hearts of your enemies while bringing joy to your fans. It should represent the highest ideals of what a San Diego athlete should be. Yeah, that’s right: the San Diego Gwynns.
The Awesomeners
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
The Padres were called that because the minor league team was called Padres.
The original team was the Hollywood Stars. Bill lane renamed it himself after the naming contest, but he could have left the team name as Stars. Other teams have moved and kept the old team names. The L.A. Chargers kept their name when they moved here, the Houston Rockets didn’t change the team name when they left San Diego, and the Clippers didn’t change when they left either.
If Bill Lane hadn’t chosen Padres, it probably would have been Friars, or Missions, or since San Diego was a seaport, something nautical like Clippers, Seafarers, Ensigns or Bo’suns.
Then again, when Lane brought the Stars to San Diego in 1936, Convair aircraft had just arrived, and San Diego’s biggest industry was the tuna fleet and canneries. The team could have been called the Wings, Flyers, Aeros or Pilots, or the Canners, Scalers, Steamers or Tunas. We might just be thankful Padres was chosen.
Unicorns
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
by Friar Fever on Jan 25, 2012 6:01 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
The Blues was once a contender I believe
Also I think at one time the San Diego team name was The Bears. If the team changed their name today they might go with a military theme like the Delta Force or Recruits or something Jet Fighter-y,
It's Quentin time.
The Aces?
The San Diego TOP GUNNERS?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 25, 2012 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Seal team sixes
Fire Bud Black.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. -- Vince Lombardi
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 25, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
The Chargers
That way we can have a cool football/baseball confusion situation like the New York Giants and the New York Giants had from 1925-1957.
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
No, we need something complementary like Detroit or Chicago.
The San Diego Batteries!
by Darklighter on Jan 25, 2012 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The San Diego Thunder?
I’m picturing a mascot that runs around and stomps a lot.
25 years as a baseball fan and I'm still confused by the infield fly rule
San Diego Surf
We would have a shitty logo with a wave inside a pentagon.
by soulSD on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
San Diego Brown Sox
www.FriarsOnCardboard.blogspot.com
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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 26, 2012 12:57 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
shortened name could be
the San Diego Jacks as in homeruns.
by kevintheoman on Jan 26, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
To me it still seems somewhat sacrelige
for the Padres to be associated with JITB, considering the original owner was Ray Kroc.
Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981
Ray Kroc wasn't the original owner, just the most notable one.
by Darklighter on Jan 27, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I think he was neither
Sources tell me that Kroc was McDonalds.
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
Wait....
I got mixed up with what was being said. Now, I feel dumb and my stupidity only saddens me. I knew I shouldn’t have even logged in tonight.
I miss baseball….
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
by Friar Fever on Jan 27, 2012 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I always liked the San Diego Qs (Conquistadors)
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by TheAxManCometh on Jan 26, 2012 11:22 AM PST reply actions
another old basketball team name
but it might be off putting to native american fans/sponsors
It's Quentin time.
Conversely, something Marine related?
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by TheAxManCometh on Jan 26, 2012 11:23 AM PST reply actions
They also had the nautically named Orix Blue Wave until a few years ago
Which mercifully is not the name of a team there today after they merged with the Osaka Buffaloes. It would just be cruel to have that for a name given what happened to Japan this past spring.
I agree...
I always liked the ‘Fighters’ as a name; The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham ‘Fighters.’
"The Internet?! Is that thing still around?"
I've always been partial to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp myself
It’s the only fish I’ve ever caught and they probably have the nicest of all Japanese ballparks.
That said my “Japanese team” is ironically enough the Yomiuri Giants from Tokyo. My dad got me a cap from the Tokyo Dome when I was a kid and I adopted them as my team, despite my undying, blood pressure raising, burning, loathing, hatred of their American namesakes. I even get to watch Yomiuri play from time to time thanks to the wonders of our modern world.
any park with a grass infield
gets my support. (as far as NPB goes)
by kevintheoman on Jan 26, 2012 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
ahhhh did a little research
its the lack of dirt basepaths that is the annoying part of Japanese parks. I knew there was something wrong with them, but couldn’t fully remember I guess. In any case, that stadium looks nice.
by kevintheoman on Jan 26, 2012 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah most of their stadiums came of age right when our stadiums were at their worst
During the Astroturf and island bases era. And they’re in no hurry to replace them.
I want to learn more about Japanese Baseball stadiums
we should do a separate Fan Post
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
by Ron Mexico on Jan 27, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Well it is the only stadium over there designed on the "American model"
That is unless you don’t count Yokohama Stadium’s bastardization of the idea… (which I don’t)
Where are the bullpens?
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by staceyaugmon4HOF on Jan 28, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Under the infield.
The pitchers are transported to the mound via elevator.
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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 28, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I like to think of them as the Nippon 'Ham Fighters'
…and then float off to an imaginary wonderland where 25 Japanese guys smash a large collection of honeybaked hams with baseball bats…
contented sigh
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
by Johnny UT on Jan 26, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Kinda like if
the band that did “Walkin’ On Sunshine” reunited and did a show in New Orleans.
www.FriarsOnCardboard.blogspot.com
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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 26, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If we were the Marines
it would just be too similar when seeing it in print, to the HATED MARINERS!!!
Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981
by Nater Tater on Jan 26, 2012 8:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What about the San Diego Destroyers...
or something else nautical by nature.
"The Internet?! Is that thing still around?"
Wow, so many suggestions, so many public relations nightmares.
San Diego Seamen. An up-and-coming team!
Something surfy...
San Diego Swell?
San Diego Whitecaps?
San Diego Breakers?
San Diego Duck Divers?
San Diego Rip Tide?
I’ve taken this too seriously haven’t I?
Riptide is (was?) taken by the local second-tier Arena Football team
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 26, 2012 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
How about the Vigilantes
The city motto is Semper Vigilans (Latin for “Ever Vigilant”)
This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
I was thinking along the same lines...
San Diego Sands
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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 26, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
They've already got the jerseys in storage
Bring Back The Sand!
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
At this point anything but Padres would just seem lame
That said, San Diego Stars (given the team’s heritage in the PCL), or something nautical would make the most sense. That said any kind of name change would probably get the same response the quickly aborted and “we aren’t really considering it” Astros renaming got in Houston (which was 95%+ negative from the locals).
I've always found that too generic. North Stars was cool for the Minneapolis hockey team
but “Dallas Stars” has always struck me as boring and plain.
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 26, 2012 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
stars would bug me
it would be a constant reminder that the team had history in LA/Hollywood
by kevintheoman on Jan 26, 2012 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
Military could've been done easy
San Diego Stars and have the nautical star be a prominent part of the uni. Maybe a single nautical star on the cap. The colors would have to be blue, scarlet and gold.
The Vegas Stars were the replacement PCL Hollywood Stars after the original became the Padres.
When The Doggers moved in, the PCL had to move out. The original PCL Padres still exist,
I think. They’ve moved to different cities and changed their team name several times. I think
they got as far east as Iowa at one point. It’s just like when the Vegas Stars ended their
association with the Padres, the Padres got an association with another PCL team and moved
it to Portland to become the Beavers, then The Tucson Padres, and soon to be the El Paso Armadillos.
Those minor league teams move around a lot.
by wegotballsley on Jan 30, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
wikipedia says Hollywood Stars and Las Vegas Stars are "unreleated"
The PCL team that was the padres goes as follows:
Sacramento Sacts/Senators (1903) → Tacoma Tigers (1904–1905)→ Sacramento Senators (1905) → Fresno Raisin Eaters (1906) → Sacramento Solons (1909–1914) → Salt Lake Bees (1915–1925) → Hollywood Stars (1926–1935) → San Diego Padres (1936–1968) → Eugene Emeralds (1969–1973) → Sacramento Solons (1974–1976) → San Jose Missions (1977–1978) → Ogden A’s (1979–1980) → Edmonton Trappers (1981–2004) → Round Rock Express (2005–present)
The PCL team that was the LV Stars goes as follows:
Portland Beavers (1919–1972) → Spokane Indians (1973–1982) → Las Vegas Stars (1983–2000) → Las Vegas 51s (2001–present)
BEAT L.A.!
by kevintheoman on Jan 30, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
side note
Raisin Eaters is an awesome name.
BEAT L.A.!
by kevintheoman on Jan 30, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
That'll happen when they just move them to another parish each time they get charged.
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by TheThinGwynn on Feb 1, 2012 3:17 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Local Attractions
It’s a port city, so nautical themes are always up for debate— Seafarers, Navigators, Breakers, Cruisers, etc. Or play off the military theme with Aces, Top Guns, etc. (Perhaps name it after a piece of military hardware— the FA-18 Hornet and A-10 Thunderbolt/Warthog would be good namesakes).
Then we’ve got the Zoo and Sea World— doesn’t offer much, in that many other teams have good animal names already and “Whales” or “Pandas” isn’t particularly ripe. We won’t even go into Legoland.
Aaaaand that’s really all I’ve got. Unless we want to venture into turf such as “Banditos”, “Vigilantes”, or other stereotypically Western themes.
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The Otters or Harriers...
although the Harrier is also known as the Carolina Lawn Dart.
"The Internet?! Is that thing still around?"
How about Ospreys?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 27, 2012 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
San Diego Tomcats
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
by Ron Mexico on Jan 27, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I like this name a lot...
I can already picture the logo.
"The Internet?! Is that thing still around?"
Honey Badgers???
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by TheAxManCometh on Jan 27, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The Anchormen
Scotch, Scotch, Scotch
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by cubbuster on Jan 26, 2012 10:54 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Name 'em after Jerry:
San Diego Colonels
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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 26, 2012 11:37 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Kentucky Objects
it’s like the only thing they have
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by TheAxManCometh on Jan 27, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
Well, that and Oxycontin.
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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 27, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
we don't have Soldiers (or many) in San Diego
we have Marines and Seamen
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
This is true
but I’m willing to overlook that to wear the camo unis full time.
by SoCalBoltFan on Jan 27, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The Chickens
named for our most famous citizen
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
by Hormel on Jan 27, 2012 3:25 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I think we keep it hispanic
The San Diego Immigrants
The San Diego Migrant Workers
The San Diego Border Crossers
The mascot would be a mule
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 28, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
coyotes
for human trafficking
BEAT L.A.!
by kevintheoman on Jan 29, 2012 6:05 AM PST up reply actions
Hispanic? The Quesadillas! The Frijoles! The Chalupas! The Empanadas!
Dang! Now I’m hungry.
by wegotballsley on Jan 30, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
marauders
Oh internet, what a wicked web you weave.
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