Insert Cocks + Blowfish Joke Here
Columbia’s getting a new baseball team that really blows (I’m so clever). Team officials announced that the new Coastal Plain Expansion franchise will be the Columbia Blowfish. And yes, the team was purposely named after Hootie and the Blowfish, the oh-so-awesome band that Darius Rucker and company started at the University of South Carolina. So, to summarize, Columbia’s latest sports team has been named after a band that rocked America’s socks off back in the mid-90’s. I hope they’re better than Santa Barbara’s Wet Sprockets, named after that city’s hometown band, Toad the Wet Sprocket.
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Jonathan said,
December 1, 2005 @ 9:55 pm
As the last Hootie fan under 40 in town, this is one of the lamest ideas I’ve ever heard. It’s right up there with the classic old slogan “A Capital Place to Be” and all the State Fair commercials.
Daniel H. Beck said,
July 27, 2008 @ 1:00 am
I have an extreme dislike for Hootie and the Blowfish! Those guys need to “keep their mouths shut” about our honorable and wonderful Confederate flag. I love baseball, but I will not watch/support a baseball team that is named for those guys’ band!