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Comedy Mark
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Date Posted: 12/15/04 2:43pm
In reply to:
confirmation man
's message, "its true" on 12/15/04 2:23pm
I see. I like how the logo is two nuts.
> www.modestonuts.com
> whatashittyasstown
> withstupidpeople
>
>>My God. I just did extensive research to confirm your
>>story, and goddammit you're right. The Modesto Nuts.
>>
>>The Modesto Nuts.
>>
>>Nope, it doesn't grow on you.
>>
>>The Modesto Nuts
>>
>>Doesn't get better with time.
>>
>>If you go to the modesto bee online poll, it looks
>>like 52% of the voters didn't want any of "finalist"
>>names. Nuts wins with 18% of the popular vote.
>>
>>Fucking awesome!
>>
>>>For those that don't know, Modesto has a single A
>>>minor league baseball team. Formerly known as the
>>>Modesto Athletics. Oakland pulled their minor league
>>>team out of Modesto for a number of reasons (mainly
>>>because it's a penny-pinching shithole), but we are
>>>going to have another minor league team. What better
>>>way to name a new team than to have the general
>>>population decide through a contest. There were 5
>>>finalists (funny, I never got a ballot). And the
>>>winner is........................The Modesto Nuts.
>>> I just changed my major to journalism so that I
>>>can go work for the Modesto Bee sports section. I can
>>>already read the headlines:
>>>
>>>"Stockton Ports crush Modesto Nuts"
>>>
>>>"Nuts hanging by a string in playoff hunt"
>>>
>>>"Nuts show guts: pull out victorious"
>>>
>>>"Nuts hanging in there after defeat"
>>>
>>>"Modesto Nuts hope to make big splash in playoffs"
>>>
>>>"Sacramento Rivercats clip Nuts in upset"
>>>
>>>"Nuts on a roll with help from big stick"
>>>
>>>"Modesto Nuts top latest poll"
>>>
>>>"Nuts come home bruised and battered from roadtrip"
>>>
>>>"Modesto Nuts hit Stockton Ports Hard"
>>>
>>>"Nuts stink: lose twentieth straight game"
>>>
>>>"Nuts swollen with pride after playoff victory"
>>>
>>>I just hope they have a team slogan contest as well
>so
>>>I can submit my entry:
>>>
>>>"Modesto Nuts: just inches away from being assholes"
>>>
>>>So what could be worse than the Modesto Nuts? It
>isn't
>>>worse as much as it is equally horrible. But one of
>>>the other five finalists was, I shit you not, The
>>>Modesto Slayers. At least we could have had multiple
>>>mascots. Big furry models of Condit and Peterson
>>>running around John Thurman Field pumping up the
>>>crowd. Modestans are fucking brilliant.
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