Comments on: Orleans Cardinals Change Name to Firebirds

By: Orleans Cardinals… er, Firebirds - Ataxia

Orleans Cardinals… er, Firebirds - Ataxia — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:21:40 +0000

[...] goodbye to my beloved Orleans Cardinals. They will now be called the Orleans Firebirds. The Chatham A’s also decided to forgo MLB’s onerous merchandise approval process and [...]

By: Backstop

Backstop — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:49:32 +0000

This name is terrible.

By: Wille

Wille — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:20:56 +0000

When it all gets sorted out, the Mariners should be the only one to challenge their name. MLB can have the Pilots back….lol

By: CapeMan

CapeMan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:49:16 +0000

My guess is that those organizations simply did not have the time to get a name change done or are not very tied to local merchants for their souvenirs and uniforms. You’ve got to figure some organizations have a ton of inventory to go through and perhaps want a season to get rid of it. Others might simply not have the offseason bandwith to get it done as I imagine it is quite an undertaking to change names…signs, printed matter, websites, etc. Others may have been far ahead in the ’09 planning before the decision came down from MLB. They may have already ordered hats, etc for the season. Others may simply not have the money right now to take on a name change.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:38:38 +0000

Greg: You forgot the Mets. Step right up and greet the Mets!

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:45:23 +0000

I am curious at this point about why the Braves, Red Sox and Mariners want to keep their MLB names. Is the price worth it?

I don’t have a strong point either way but I am curious why two teams changed and three teams did not.

By: Joseph F. Cavanaugh III

Joseph F. Cavanaugh III — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:52:50 +0000

I agree that the name does not have a Cape feel to it (notwithstanding the purported raptor connection), but I like the name nonetheless. It’s good to see the CCBL teams eschewing the MLB names and logos. Personally, I’ll have the most trouble with Harwich changing, since mariners have always been associated with Cape Cod, and Harwich used the name long before Seattle adopted it.

By: CapeMan

CapeMan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:10:23 +0000

Good point about the uniform and mascot. However, I would have rather seen something more “local” like Chatham did.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:55:13 +0000

Looks like this has been in the works for a while. I did a domain lookup for orleansfirebirds.com:

Creation date: 10 Oct 2008 18:30:03
Expiration date: 10 Oct 2009 18:30:00

It’s a very modern name and logo. It will have to grow on me. However, I do like that it should not require a uniform and (in this case) a mascot change.