Iron Not Strong As High Point Baseball Announces Top Six Names
Iron Dragons, Iron Eagles & Hush Puppies Eliminated – Wild Card Added
High Point, NC – During the first elimination week over 2,500 voters from across North Carolina weighed in on their favorite names for the new High Point Baseball team, which is slated to join the Atlantic League for the 2019 season. The Hush Puppies, Iron Dragons, and Iron Eagles were eliminated from future consideration. However, based upon fan feedback looking to include both the history of furniture and textiles RockerSox was added as a Wild Card.
Fan voting begins on June 15th for the remaining Serious Six (6) Names plus the Wild Card at www.highpointbaseball.com. Each week all previous vote totals for each name are eliminated and fans will vote for their favorite remaining names starting at zero. On Thursday, June 21st four more names will be eliminated resulting in the Big & Final Three (3) Names. The final team name and primary logo will be announced as part of a BB&T Progress Party on Thursday, July 12th at 6PM.
“Iron in and of itself is strong, but it just didn’t manifest its strength when combined with Dragons or Eagles, while Hush Puppies were flat out deep fried”, said Ken Lehner, High Point President. “However, we had a significant number of fans requesting that we tie in the historical perspective of both furniture and textiles and thus RockerSox was added as a wild card.”
The remaining Serious Six (6) Names plus the Wild Card in alphabetical order are as follows:
Chairmen
Dragon Claws
Pioneers
Rockers
RockerSox as the Wild Card
Splinters
Tri-Stars
Fans are encouraged to visit www.highpointbaseball.com to vote for their favorite team name. There will only be one vote allowed per week per email address. One randomly selected lucky fan who votes for their favorite team name during each week of voting will also be eligible to win two tickets to Opening Day 2019 and two t-shirts bearing the final team name and logo. The individual winner who voted for a team name over the past week, regardless of whether or not it is among the remaining Serious Six (6) Names, is Larry M. of Trinity, NC.
The next BB&T Point Progress Party (see logo embedded below) will be on Thursday, July 12th at 6:00PM at the construction site at the intersection of Church Avenue and North Elm Street in downtown High Point. This free community wide celebration will reveal the final name and primary logo. In addition, official limited edition team merchandise will be available for purchase for the first time. The first 100 people to arrive will receive a free yard sign featuring the new name and logo to proudly display either at home or work. Each BB&T Point Progress Party will have a theme, as well as, a tour to a specific spot on the construction site. This particular tour will lead fans to the future first row of seats next to the dugout where you can take as many photos as you would like. The additional dates for the BB&T Point Progress Parties are August 2nd, September 6th and October 4th. The themes and tour destinations for those BB&T Point Progress Parties will be announced closer to each party date.
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