Gordon Monson on the people's choice, The Fighting' Brine Shrimp: 'No, no, no, no, hell no.' Please join The Tribune's social media team (and Palak_Jayswal) in furiously booing this man.
Early concepts of a Major League Baseball park planned for Salt Lake City's Power District.in the form of an expansion franchise, let’s go ahead and conjure 20 potential names for the team. This is a most important consideration, one to be taken seriously because the handle, whatever it ends up being, if it ends up being, could be attached to the city — and it should be the city, not the state — from now until … kingdom come.
Singular noun names, such as the Jazz and the Thunder, haven’t made inroads into MLB the way they have in more progressive leagues, but they’re included on this list because baseball’s rather boring cling to tradition shouldn’t get in the way of creativity here or anywhere.OK, bag this one right from jump. It’s too dusty, too stodgy, too antiquated.
The problem with it is, the gull, which happens to be Utah’s state bird, is actually the California gull, and Utah has already swiped enough crazy things out of that state without honoring it further by naming its Major League Baseball team after a bird from over there. We can do better.The Salt Lake Buzz.
Kingfishers are found in Utah year-round and there’s something about the name that sounds regal, distinguished, put-together, and fresh.
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