"Lolla-blue-za"

by sammy on Aug 24, 2007 10:59 AM PDT

Anyone else have a visceral reaction to the word? Forget for a moment the cheap and bewildering attempt at a tie-in to recent local countercultural history; just the sound of the phrase drives me up the wall. Aurally, it's one of the clunkiest, crappiest phrases you could come up with. It doesn't help that the phrase it's bastardizing is the exact opposite: lilting, rhythmic, rolls right of the tongue.

It pains me that the organization is going to shove this phrase down our throats and the 2007 season will be remembered as the Lolla-Blue-Za year.

We can come up with something better. Suggestions?

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It could be worse.

Down here in Portland, the Beavers are looking to rename themselves, to avoid constant confusion with Oregon State. One of the ideas they came up with was the Wet Sox.

But back to your question, seems like they should go with something simple, like Mariner Madness, or something.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:04 AM PDT 0 recs

Wow, what choices

Four stupid Sock/Sox names, and then the original, shitty name that led to the proposed name change. It's like their powers that be don't really want to change the name, so they narrowed choices down to the original name and four crappy alternatives.

by Gomez on Aug 24, 2007 11:07 AM PDT up 0 recs

The funny thing was

they sent out a survey to all the season ticket holders soliciting their input, and one of the questions was "if you could rename the team, what would you name it?" Which is I'm sure where both the "green sox" and "wet sox" came from.

I love Portland, but sometimes I want to burn all the hippies alive.

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by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:13 AM PDT up 0 recs

Somebody shoud call their team

The Zombies.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 24, 2007 11:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

I've always wanted a team called

The Drunken Reprobates.

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by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

Kinda tough to do,

since minor league ball is considered very "family oriented".

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 11:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

Which is why

Thursday nights at PGE Park (and, oddly, this last Tuesday as well) are $2 beer nights.

But yeah, I get your point

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by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

Cheney has them too,

I always thought it was odd that they'll have Barney at the park one day, and then $2 beer night the next...

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 11:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

Or the Crack Monkeys

Think of how awesome the mascot would be.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 24, 2007 11:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

Oooh, I like that one.

Or, the Sucking Chest Wounds. Since the Beavers are currently about 20 games under .500, it's fitting.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:22 AM PDT up 0 recs

I love this

"Thorns place themselves strategically like a batting order."

Um. What?

by Graham on Aug 24, 2007 11:15 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think they should

be the AAA affiliate for Milwaukie, then rename themselves the Microbrewers.

Dean! Have you been shooting dope into your scrotum? You can tell me! I'm hip! -Dr. Venture

by PetRock on Aug 24, 2007 12:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wet Sox is by far the worst choice.

Thorns wouldn't be horrible I suppose.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 11:15 AM PDT up 0 recs

It's sad when...

...Sockeye, a stupid name, is the best of the choices given. And by "best" I mean "least stupid".

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by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:18 AM PDT up 0 recs

SOCKEYES

A Tough Name, A Tough Fish...

jesus christ

by thenatural on Aug 24, 2007 12:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wet Sox got a plug from Deadspin

who love the, um, other inference one could draw from that name.

I'm fully supportive of more subtle sexual double entendres in team names, just not for the teams I support.
So c'mon Portland! Go with Wet Sox!

by marc w on Aug 24, 2007 11:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

I have to live here

and I am a season ticket holder. I do not want to be a Wet Sox season ticket holder - I saw that on Deadspin yesterday and I cringed, fearing a Colbert-style mass vote-in for the dumbest name possible.

If you're going to name a team after something close to the region's identity, how about the Portland Microbrews, or the Portland Zoobombers? Anything but Wet Sox...

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by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 11:26 AM PDT up 0 recs

The Portland Sticky Towels

by chrisisasavage on Aug 24, 2007 11:28 AM PDT up 0 recs

The Portland Dog Crap

What if the Mariners or the Raniers had a renaming contest. What would you guys vote to call the team?

by chrisisasavage on Aug 24, 2007 11:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

Oh man

I'm full of them today, or should that be, "I'm full of it everyday."

Either way:

The 3 Eyed Retarded Mutant Hillbillies
The Little Leaguers
The Convicts
The Asshats
The Influenza

I'd make a great marketing person.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 24, 2007 11:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

Careful,

you could end up being called the "Roses" or something even worse.

But Wet Sox is just horrific. In an office somewhere, somebody sat at a desk, and said "Yeah, Wet Sox.. That sounds like it would be a good name"... Someone should kick that guy right in the McAsspants.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 11:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'd look forward to those Rainiers-Wet Sox series

Names like the Modesto Nuts carry some obvious jokes, but at least the Modesto Nuts seems otherwise benign and is aesthetically friendly.

This reminds me of when the Astros moved their A ball team to Kissimmee, FL but had to change the team's nickname because they didn't want them to be the Kissimmee Astros.

by Gomez on Aug 24, 2007 11:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

Of course it could be worse

Who let the dogs out? Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof-Woof!

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Aug 24, 2007 11:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

That song, or any reference to it

Should be banned under penalty of death.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 24, 2007 11:37 AM PDT up 0 recs

I agree

my bad

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Aug 24, 2007 11:49 AM PDT up 0 recs

Maybe Oregon State should rename themselves...

by I'm NOT Corco on Aug 24, 2007 12:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

yeah

"Why should I have to change my name? He's the one that sucks"

by thenatural on Aug 24, 2007 12:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

Office Space

Sweet reference!

(watch out for the cornhole)

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 12:07 PM PDT up 0 recs

Checking out the IMDB quote sections again, I see

"...it would have different conclusions... that you could jump to."

Ah. Crrassic.

Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 12:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

That might be the worst idea I've ever heard!

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 12:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

I was watching Rescue Me last night

and Denis Leary's ex-not-ex-then-ex again wife just took a job in a real estate office. Leary went to visit her, and as he walked in, his ex was walking past a coworker; she handed the coworker a stack of papers and said "Here's those TPS reports you were looking for". Classic.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 2:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

LOL!!!

I missed the last episode of Rescue Me, I'll have to see when they are running it again so I can catch up.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 2:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think they rerun them Friday nights

at 10 or 11 or something.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

Great.

I'm meeting a buddy tonight for a video-golf grudge match. I'll probably be waiting for a cab to stumble into by that time.

Why don't I have a freakin' DVR? I hate me sometimes.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 2:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hmmm.

I like the Portland Pinots

Of course, someone in the graphics/marketing department would likely screw things up some day, and turn them into the Portland Pintos...

Since the M's are a playoff team right now, I'm not gonna boo nobody. Not even Johnny Mac. Maybe Bavasi, but no players. I suggest y'all do the same!

by PositivePaul on Aug 24, 2007 7:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's just for the Angels series, I believe

Not the worst idea they could come up with.

by Gomez on Aug 24, 2007 11:04 AM PDT 0 recs

I think it's cheesy personally

But it doesn't piss me off or anything. As someone said earlier in the thread, they should have just stuck with something simple like "Mariner Madness" or "Turn Safeco blue" or something...

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 11:18 AM PDT up 0 recs

Pray for Mojo

by Robert on Aug 24, 2007 11:16 AM PDT 0 recs

Haven't they done

"Marinerpalooza" once already before? Just bust that one out again.

I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not...

by TIF on Aug 24, 2007 1:45 PM PDT 0 recs

If I have to hear one more spin-off of

"Lalapalooza", I'm going to Puke-a-palooza on my desk. Can't anyone come up with a new idea anymore?

I wasn't upset about this earlier, but the more I hear it, the more grating it gets.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 1:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'd take "marinerpalooza"

over "lollablueza" any day of the week. There's just something about substituting the "paloo" with "blue" that sounds makes the word sound more than just stupid; it makes the word actively offensive.

by sammy on Aug 24, 2007 2:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

Mojo Risin'

I think their new ad campaign is suckin'.

It's the "in'" part that gets me. Conceptually it's a nice tie in to "SoDo Mojo". But ING. RISING. MOJO RISING.

please.

by mobvok on Aug 24, 2007 2:05 PM PDT 0 recs

The stole it from the Doors,

and their just being obvious about it.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

I would have went with . . .

"Bavasi . . . I want to kill you"

by DCMariner on Aug 24, 2007 3:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

s/b "they're"

Dammit.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 2:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

I like the "Mojo Risin'" campaign

But the M's could shoot that campaign in the foot if they win the World Series "this" year. Then the mojo wouldn't be risin', it would have already been rose'n. Or whatever.

I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not...

by TIF on Aug 24, 2007 2:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

"Risen"

;)

Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 2:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

I thought and still do think that Sodo Mojo

is stupid myself.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Aug 24, 2007 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

At least it's more original

than Lolla-Blue-Za

Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 3:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Lollapalooza?

That was really fresh sixteen years ago.

by Shawk on Aug 24, 2007 2:15 PM PDT 0 recs

At least they didn't call it

The Mariner US Festival.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

you sir, have kicked ass today.

It was back in the summer of '83, there's a reason I remember it well.

by Shawk on Aug 24, 2007 3:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh man you just made me feel old.

by Nadingo on Aug 24, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

My wife got the US Festival DVD

for her birthday last month (not from me). You think you feel old now, try watching it. I felt reeeeeeeeaally old after I watched about an hour of it. Really took me back to being a freshman in high school, which actually is not a place I wanted to be.

That said, though, Oingo Boingo were fantastic as usual, and the metal day was pretty good too.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Aug 24, 2007 2:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

I hate to plug myself

But I think I did a bang-up job:

"It's a fantastic idea. It really is. But the name couldn't be dumber.

In essence, all it is is a plea for M's fans in attendance of the upcoming series against the Angels to wear lots and lots of blue. (At least there isn't a possibility of this going as horribly wrong as the first game between the Nets and Raptors in last year's NBA playoffs, when Raptor fans were urged to wear red -- the Raptors, being the home team, wore white. The Nets wore their alternate color. Red. Needless to say, the Raptors lost.)

So, please, if you're going to one of these "Lolla-Blue-Za" games next week, wear blue. (Not red.)"

Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 2:34 PM PDT 0 recs

I agree with the premise.

I just don't care for the name.

"Two ice creams today bitches..."

by Thingray on Aug 24, 2007 2:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

Agreed

The "(insert color here)-Outs" are generally really cool.

I don't know how you could even concentrate in that sea of orange.

George Washington (my alma mater) tried that for a game last season but weren't organized enough. Although with the official color being "buff", a shade of gold, I should just be thankful noone showed up in the nude.

by DCMariner on Aug 24, 2007 3:07 PM PDT up 0 recs