I think naming a sports team after a punctuation mark is alright, but then again I live in a town that has a team named after a bug.
We do pretty well in the stadium-project comparison game, though.
Is it unkind to point out that a more accurate name would be The Hyphen?
More here: "I'm also wondering what the mascot will look like."
UPDATE:
A commenter at the Journal says the Hyhen's logo "looks like an angry purple penis." Heck of a thing to say about Mr. Happy.
The name and the logo seem to have distracted folks from the news that the stadium is now 70% over budget and behind schedule. The mascot looks like a generic goofy mascot.
The Bugs, meanwhile, won an award for awesomeness.
If they were referring to this definition of dash (dart: run or move very quickly) might the Winston-Salem Smoke (smoke: a pitch thrown with maximum velocity) have been more appropriate?
Posted by: Tony Wilkins | Dec 04, 2008 at 02:45 PM
i think the Hyphenates would work. It does in Hollywood
Posted by: newk | Dec 04, 2008 at 03:46 PM
Some folks think the logo looks like a penis and they're saying so in the comments of the W-S Journal article. BTW, I think they're setting some sort of record for number of comments on of their stories with this one; the last I checked they had 129. The managing editor talks about it on his blog and says that if the commenter had used vulgar synonyms they'd have yanked it.
Other commenters pointed out that calling them the Dash because of the hyphen between Winston-Salem was also incorrect. Details, details.
I also love the fact that this story was considered bigger news than AT&T laying of 12,000 people, or any number of local operations laying off "fill in the blank" numbers of people as we approach the holidays.
Posted by: Jon Lowder | Dec 04, 2008 at 05:02 PM
I thought Ed was just joking about The Dash referring to the hyphen. You mean someone actually thought that?
Posted by: Tony Wilkins | Dec 04, 2008 at 06:55 PM
What a stupid, generic, wussy-assed name. What idiot came up with that? My lifetime streak of having never seen them play will remain intact.
Posted by: Roger Greene | Dec 04, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Hummmmm; kinda looks like one of the prominent buildings in Winston.
Posted by: John G | Dec 05, 2008 at 03:08 AM
John, a couple of Journal readers agree with you -- without even waiting for the Wachovia sale to be formalized, they call it the Wells-Fargo Phallus.
Posted by: Ed Cone | Dec 05, 2008 at 08:42 AM
Finally, a subject I can understand. I was relieved when my daughter commented that the building looks like roll-on deodorant. We are so Brady Bunch. No nasty daughter responses please-I'll find where you live.
Posted by: cheripickr | Dec 05, 2008 at 09:03 AM
"John, a couple of Journal readers agree with you -- without even waiting for the Wachovia sale to be formalized, they call it the Wells-Fargo Phallus. "
Funny Ed, but I've had a lifelong impression that Winston Salem suffered from envy of Greensboro, though they've always had a lot of prosperity and, until recently, a rich corporate involvement, ie., Reynolds Tobacco, second to none. I guess that's why they built one that they think is bigger than ours.
Posted by: Roger Greene | Dec 05, 2008 at 09:50 AM
Roger, do you mean...size...really...does...matter?
Posted by: Tony Wilkins | Dec 05, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Tony, only to a town that lacks it I guess.
Posted by: Roger Greene | Dec 05, 2008 at 01:35 PM
I recall that at one time W-S Warthog team wear was quite in demand, that it was one of the bigger selling items in minor league baseball.
The Warthog logo was unique. It was both hip and kitschy.
The "Dash"? Jeez, imagine the headlines after getting swept: "WINSON-SALEM'S HOPES 'DASHED'"
As Letterman once said, "Who's the ad wizard who thought this up?
Posted by: John The Catholic | Dec 06, 2008 at 09:21 AM
As usual, John the Catholic is WRONG. It was Jerry Seinfeld, who during his stand-up days, said "who are the ad wizards who thought of this?!"
Posted by: Brad Krantz | Dec 06, 2008 at 10:01 AM