Holyoke Giants… err Sox

I went to the Holyoke Sox opening dinner last night and put up a couple of photos here.

Some things that are new:

- The Holyoke baseball franchise now has its own “dance team.”

- The mascot is a dog. His name is Big Red. The team still seems to be working through the color problem, since Big Red’s jersey is red and white.

- At least the team will be wearing blue. Presumably.

- I get that it’s the socks themselves that are blue, but I don’t get that the dog is still Big Red. I suppose I could have asked at the event, but everyone seemed so excited and happy, I didn’t want to rain on their parade. For the record, I’m wicked excited. Home opener is June 11th. Are you going?

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categories holyoke, photography, western mass | kristen June 5, 2008

8 Comments

  • By VanDog, June 5, 2008 @ 7:49 pm

    Nice photos! I see that they are not changing the logo. Your right, the red/blue thing is confusing, then again, maybe it will be one of those things that makes them unique.

  • By Britt, June 5, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

    Now that there are dancers to watch, I’ll go.

  • By Matthew Larsen, June 6, 2008 @ 10:13 am

    I’m so bummed I didn’t make the dance team. Maybe next year.

  • By JoshuaT, June 6, 2008 @ 11:30 am

    Yeah, I think a dog mascot named “Big Blue” would be cool, but oh well. My softball schedule for next week is empty, so I’m hoping to get to the Sox game. We’ll see…

  • By kristen, June 6, 2008 @ 3:52 pm

    I really really hope that they get a clue and change the name of the dog at least.

  • By ash, June 7, 2008 @ 1:14 pm

    Now that there are dancers to watch, I’ll go.

  • By kristen, June 7, 2008 @ 2:55 pm

    those dancers better be good

  • By jbo, June 9, 2008 @ 12:41 pm

    The gum people will probably have the same talk with them MLB did and the dog’s name will have to be changed to “Big Aqua.” (“Big Blue” would just bring the IBM guys down on you.)

    From what I can tell, the entire front office of this outfit is made up of marketing executives. The fact that they screwed up this naming situation so massively even though that is presumably their core competency does not bode well for the enterprise.

    I will still go, because I love baseball, but really, this is pretty moronic.

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