Golden Baseball League - Yuma Scorpions

Yuma Scorpions Unveil Nickname, Logo

BY RICH POLIKOFF,
STAFF WRITER

Yuma Scorpions - Primary Logo

Yuma's new Golden Baseball League franchise has a stadium, a manager, 11 players — and now it has a name: the Scorpions.

The official announcement came Tuesday evening from Scorpions general manager Pat Brown at Bahamas Bar & Grill. The team also revealed its logo during the ceremony.

"This is a name that's very appropriate for the area we're in," Brown said. "Now, we can do good marketing and have something that people can be proud of."

Fans originally submitted nominations for the new team's name, which were then narrowed down to 10 in November. Voting was done on the Web sites for the GBL and The Sun, and Scorpions was the top selection.

"They're indigenous to the area, so I think it's great," Yuma mayor Larry Nelson said. "It's a new start, a new name and a new beginning."

Yuma Scorpions - Secondary Logo

As part of the contest, Sarai Camacho, 8, was randomly selected from over a dozen entries for the name "Scorpions." Camacho won $500.

"At first I thought about it, and they're in the desert, so I picked scorpions," Camacho, a third grader at Desert View Academy, said.

The Scorpions will open their season in late May and will play a 90-game season with Desert Sun Stadium as its home ballpark.

There will be eight teams in the GBL next season, three in Arizona (Mesa, Surprise, Yuma), four in California (Chico, Fullerton, Long Beach and San Diego) and one in Mexico (Tijuana).

Scorpions T-shirts and caps are currently available at the team's offices, located at the Desert Sun Stadium clubhouse.

"Scorpions is going to work for us," Brown said. "Our league marketing director said he thought we were going to lead the league in sales. We're going to make all the teams that come in here afraid of Scorpions."

Rich Polikoff can be reached at rpolikoff@yumasun.com or 539-6882.

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