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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Baseball Team Names #179887 10/27/08 06:16 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 B Bill M OP stranger OP Bill M stranger B Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 I volunteer for a summer baseball league on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Major League Baseball has prohibited us from using the name "Mariners" any further because the Seattle Mariners have the trademark rights (we have used the name since 1930, but as a charitable non-profit we never thought we'd have a problem using the name). We've been trying to come up with a new name associated with the seafaring heritage of the town (Harwich). Is there any reference source that could give us a wide selection of words associated with marine/nautical life, seafaring, navigation, the ocean, etc.? Many thanks. Bill M Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Bill M #179888 10/27/08 06:28 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont welcome, Bill! and silly MLB. don't they know it would only bring more recognition to the Seattle team? oy. anyway, a quick google of "nautical terms" gave me these as a starter: Nautical terms and Nautical terms and Nautical terms. have fun! probably should stay away from The Hawseholes! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Buffalo Shrdlu #179901 10/27/08 10:17 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Seamen probably wouldn't be good either... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Coffeebean #179903 10/27/08 11:49 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada (I would have thought that provable prior use would let you be exempted from the trademark rule but I suppose that takes time, money and lawyers.) Harwich Harriers (sp?, like the fighter planes) but I suppose that might get mocked as hairiers. Harwich Hounds - Go Seadogs? Harwich Harpies - no this is softball not roller derby. Corsairs? Pirates? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Bill M #179907 10/28/08 01:54 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome aBoard, Bill. Cape Cod Whalers? wofa might have some good suggestions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Bill M #179918 10/28/08 10:12 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Up South we have a team named the Dockers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter From the ridiculous to the sublime, and back Jackie #179929 10/28/08 06:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,539 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,539 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Sailing terms: Yawl (in case you ever go South on tour) Sloop Mast Spar Sail Keel Ketch Pequod Harpoon Lobstering et al: Lobster (Is there already a New England Lobster team somewhere?) Trap Claw Pincers Clambake Crust (short for "Crustaceae") How about the "Cape Cod Bay"? the Harwich Trade (to rhyme with Carriage Trade) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Zed #179930 10/28/08 07:26 PM Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 35 New Yorker F Fauve newbie Fauve newbie F Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 35 New Yorker I actually like Sea Dogs for the name. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Fauve #179933 10/28/08 08:24 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Sea dog is a seal . We call them so: zeehond. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baseball Team Names Fauve #179935 10/28/08 09:20 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: Fauve I actually like Sea Dogs for the name. Might run into the same problem. The Portland SeaDogs are a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. If it's MLB that's doing the complaining, they might extend their complaint to minor league teams. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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