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The “nationals” Baseball Team? Name Options?

Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 11/22/2004 at 8:09 PM ET 500 Points
It was announced today that the “Nationals” will be the new name for Washington D.C.’ s baseball team. The Nationals? -- A quick office poll determined nobody liked The Nationals name.

Our office suggestions include:
The Feds
The Deficits
The Eagles
The Congressmen (The Senators name is owned by the Texas Rangers)
The 202’s

And my favorite: The West Wings

So, the question is what would you name the new baseball team. Who knows with enough public outcry maybe the powers that be will change their minds.

“Washington Nationals selected as name of D.C. Major League Baseball team”
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  • Posted by SRyan ;] on 11/22/2004 at 8:57 PM Accepted
    I've got it!

    The Bushwhackers
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 11/22/2004 at 10:06 PM Author
    Rikki -- nice input, the Washington Cherry Blossoms – I can see it.

    Shelley -- you’re too funny, 2008 is just around the corner.
  • Posted by telemoxie on 11/22/2004 at 11:11 PM Accepted
    I would prefer the Bandits (named after all the "beltway bandit" contracting firms) or "Commandos" or "Regulators" - but certainly not "Nationals".
  • Posted on 11/23/2004 at 6:27 AM Accepted
    The Washington Presidents?
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 11/23/2004 at 6:55 PM Author
    Great stuff, personally I’m liking Partisans, Beltway Bandits, Presidents, Filabusters (Filibusters) and Potomacs.

    Lots of good creative – MLB should have come here first.

    Others …
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 11/23/2004 at 8:21 PM Author
    Here’s an update:

    Renaming the Expos originally was intended as a task for the club's new owner. However, the club's buyer still is weeks away from being determined, season-ticket sales already have started and the holiday shopping rush is imminent. So MLB executives decided to conduct the process themselves.

    The task involved a broad collection of surveys, focus-group data, internal research and input from D.C. officials, most notably Mr. Williams.

    Nationals beat out a dozen other candidates to be the team name, Miss Occi said. "The positives just kept coming up again and again. We looked at a lot of other names, but Nationals stood out rather quickly," she said.

    The Nationals still await D.C. Council approval for financing of the new ballpark, as well as ratification by MLB owners of the move from Montreal. Both steps are expected in the next three weeks.

    Source: https://washingtontimes.com/national/20041123-122233-5966r.htm
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 11/29/2004 at 2:47 PM Author
    Thanks to all for participating, lots of thoughtful alternative names. We’ll see how the “Nationals” work out for the club next season.

    - Steve
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