Brockton's getting a pro baseball team. What will its name be?
BROCKTON — We don't know the name of Brockton's new pro baseball team. But it won't include "Brockton."
The Frontier League club's mascot hasn't been chosen yet, a team official said. But it will be the New England [somethings], not the Brockton [somethings.]
"Our market has expanded," said Nicholas Desrosiers, managing director and general manager of the amateur club that plays at Campanelli Stadium, the Brockton Rox. Both clubs will play at Campanelli, to the tune of 80 combined home games in the upcoming season.
Desrosiers said fans come from Pawtucket and beyond to Campanelli, so the new team will be named to attract a regional audience.
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Contest to be held to name team
There's still a chance the club's mascot could have a Brockton flavor. Desrosiers said that in the coming weeks the team will put up an online contest to name the pro baseball team. New England Boxers, maybe?
Several of the existing franchises in the 16-team league have regional identities instead of being named for the city or town that hosts them. The New Jersey Jackals, for instance, play in Paterson, New Jersey. A franchise on the Hudson River just north of New York City calls itself the New York Boulders. The squad in tiny Sauget, Illinois is called the "Gateway Grizzlies" as a nod to its proximity to the St. Louis gateway arch.
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This article originally appeared on The Enterprise: Pro baseball team coming to Campanelli Stadium in Brockton
