Our Baseball Haven - The First Vote

Yes, we know, it's been awhile since our last blog post but there is no better time than today to start the continuous flow of information to our members and potential members.
We are on the eve of our first vote and hours away from closing the call for submissions.
And the response has been great!
The community known as Our Baseball Haven is ready to name a team, which will begin play in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2010.
More than 60 submissions were posted and a good amount were duplicates - which made life easier for us to form the ballot.
But what made this process enjoyable was the amount of thought and enthusiasm that was put into naming the first community-operated baseball team in the United States.
Every team needs an identity. By the end of the week, we will have one.
Here is a sampling of your thoughts.
Let the voting process begin.

- I would like to submit a possible name for the new team: Torrington Phoenix - how fitting as we are reviving a baseball team, and as a city, we are revitalizing!

- Have another suggestion. Since Torrington was originally called Wolcottville back in the 1700s, we thought why not name the team with some history behind the city and call it the WolCats. It would be great to have this name and use a tiger as the team mascot and have a logo with a tiger and a large TW in the backdrop.

- Since the team will be in Litchfield County and supported by many within the county: Litchfield Leaguers, Litchfield Big Leaguers, Litchfield Sluggers, Litchfield Fielders, Litchfield Lightning.

- The Torrington Bismarks. The reason for that name is twofold. The first is the Otto von Bismark brought the unification of Germany in the mid to late 1800s. This is similar to the unification that "Our Baseball Haven" is bringing to Torrington with the arrival of a new team. The second reason is that Bismark is my brother's and my father's dog's name. We gave Bismark to our dad for father's day in 2002 and think it is a great name showing the uniting of an entity/family/community.

- Two possibilities are the River Otters, named for the Naugatuck River flowing through town and behind the left field fence of Fuessenich Park and the woods that make up much of the geographical area of Torrington, and the Hilltoppers, for the topographical layout of the city of Torrington, which means "town surrounded by hills."

- I have a suggestion for a team name: Torrington Braves. Torrington Braves was the name of the local team in the Colonial League, which operated from 1947 to 1950. Thanks for bringing baseball back to Torrington!

The ballots will be sent out to our members - hundreds strong and growing - Monday morning.
Good luck and thank you for making this happen.
This is now your team.