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The Springfield Cardinals are no more. The #stlcards' Double-A affiliate announced this evening that it will now go by the name “Ozarks Springbirds.” TCN's Jamie Santner reports from Route 66 Stadium. (free) https://t.co/HA5Gg9L8YF pic.twitter.com/BrbMc1Jd0b
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I dont have any issues with it. They get their own identity and will prob sell lots of merch. Plus it helps stir up a little excitement
Ozark Mountain Daredevils sounds better. Seriously, would you like to be walking around in public in a shirt with a sweet little birdie on it with the bold word “SPRINGBIRDS”?
Not a fan of that change, you’re flushing a long-held identity. Unless that team’s advertising contract or stadium land is being sold off and the new owners can’t use “Cardinals” in their merchandising efforts, why change something that was already way good?
I would rather it had stayed Cardinals, but the city owns the team so it’s theirs to do as they will. I wish they had picked a more clever, fun name if they were going to change it. It seems like they settled on a middle option where it’s sort of creative, but not too over the top. Over the top names seem to sell jerseys. This one is unremarkable.
Some of all the minor league teams have wacky names. I think the Springbirds is now one of them. “Ozark” might attract more fans from the area especially during the summer months with all of the vacationers. “Springbirds” ugh. Whoever picked that moniker needs to see a doctor. At least there is a cardinal within their logo. Springbirds…… nope and nope.
A minor correction. The city does not own the team. It is owned by Diamond Baseball Holdings, a group that owns 49 of the 120 full season minor league teams including Memphis.
I’d go with Ozarks Redbirds…maybe they are fighting the Northwest Arkansas Naturals for the Branson crowd.
I guess the locals won’t turn on them to much though with Spring still in the name.
They probably didn’t go with Redbirds since that is already used by Memphis. I’m not a big fan of going by Ozarks but I guess Springfield Springbirds would have been a little too much.
When I googled “springbird”, it came back with “Spring Bird”…..a 14 acre wildlife sanctuary in the greater East Dundee and West Dundee, Illinois area. So then I googled “Springbirds” and then a plethora of articles popped up about the name change of our AA affiliate. I guess it’s not a big deal either way, but I still think the choice of “Springbirds” for a name of a baseball team is kinda lame.
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