Originally Posted by Coach_May:
Palmetto Sand Gnats - Loved that name. And they were good too. Then there were the "Old Providence Mud Dawgs" They were pretty darn good as well. I always loved the names of teams that identified with a community or area. And you can get away with a kind of funky name if your really good. But it doesn't always go like that.
I agree the "Elite" "Future" "Prospects" those names I never could get.
We were, in youth ball, the Golden Gophers. Whenever we traveled, people assumed we were from Minnesota. Nope. Golden, Colorado.
Coming up through youth ball, there was a very good team in the area known as the Brighton Bulldogs (this was the high school name). This was a USSSA major team. A couple of years later, there was another team formed from the town. This team was not very good and played mostly at the AA level. They took the name Brighton Bulldogs Elite. A little confusing.