Comments on: Winston-Salem Warthogs vs. Lynchburg Hillcats: Pictures!

By: Curtis Hatley

Curtis Hatley — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:07:55 +0000

Can I purchase tickets for the opening game at the new Winston-Salem baseball staduim next spring? Curtis

By: Extra P.

Extra P. — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:27:49 +0000

A friend of mine used to work for the Greensboro team when it was the Bats. I still have a hat with the old logo. But I still like Grasshoppers better.

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By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:52:38 +0000

bats are kind of cool though, and definitely scarier than grasshoppers. grasshoppers are probably better base-stealers, but bats, man, they fly at you from outta nowhere and they BITE. and they have rabies – so it’s like a team of Milton Bradleys!

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By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:50:40 +0000

oh my god don’t even tell me there’s a mascot. that thing will give me nightmares…I’ll start looking around for a midget running around screaming “the bay-bay! the bay-bay!”

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By: melissa

melissa — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:00:11 +0000

I would like to see it be “War Pigs” and they could use the Black Sabbath song for their theme music.

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By: Sarah Green

Sarah Green — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:44:09 +0000

Warthogs is good, but Iron Pigs is more creative (and has more to do with the local economic culture), so Iron Pigs wins.

Also, the Greensboro Grasshoppers used to be the Greensboro Bats. I think we can all agree their new name is way awesomer, no?

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By: coley

coley — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:25:25 +0000

Is warthogs better than iron pigs? I can’t make up my mind.

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By: Wes Wilson

Wes Wilson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:09:43 +0000

It’s a good thing for Wake Forest, too. Their field is EASILY the worst in the Atlantic Coast Conference. I’ve seen high schools in North Carolina with better baseball stadiums.

As for the Warthogs, they used to be called the Winston-Salem Spirits back when they were the Cubs and Reds farm clubs. I liked that name — back when Frank Castillo played there. Then they had a contest to rename the team, and Warthogs was chosen. The name kind of stinks, but it has character, and I think the mascot is awesome.

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:29:55 +0000

Ernie Shore is also about to be given to Wake Forest University. The WFU team has lights on their field, and the Warthogs are building an impressive new stadium in downtown Winston-Salem.

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By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:52:16 +0000

the team is called the Warthogs??? why would anybody want to be a warthog? is this a compliment? I mean, it’s certainly better than the Winston-Salem Mechanical Voiceboxes, or the Winston-Salem Lung Tumors, but still…

were those scary pig-like things in Willow warthogs? the ones that ran around and ate babies?

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