Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball - Worcester Tornadoes

Worcester Tornadoes Unveil Nickname and Logo

Worcester Tornadoes - Primary Logo

On January 24, Worcester welcomed the first professional baseball team in 71 years to call Central Massachusetts home. Today, that team received a name when team officials introduced the Worcester Tornadoes and unveiled several logos at a press conference at the College of the Holy Cross.

“The name embodies the strength and dominating force the team will strive to display on the field,” said Alan Stone, Tornadoes CEO and President. “Manager Rich Gedman is assembling a team that will represent the spirit of the city of Worcester and the Tornadoes name.”

The team’s primary logo features a bat inside of a swirling funnel cloud that bears a prominent ‘W’ set over top of a baseball. The name “Worcester Tornadoes” rings the baseball in a stylized text on a black background. Team hats will display the bat and funnel cloud logo with the ‘W’. The team’s primary color will be a burnt orange, accented by beige, grey, black and white.

To help determine the name, team officials turned to the fans and held a “Name Your Team” contest. The organization accepted entries for nearly a week and was overwhelmed by the response of the fans. More than 2,800 submissions and more than 4,600 individual entries were received, with Tornadoes finishing among the most popular.

Since so many entries were submitted with the Tornadoes name, one fan was randomly selected as the contest winner. Lynne Orsted of Worcester was chosen; as the winner, she will receive a pair of season tickets, an authentic team jersey and a team hat.

Team officials acknowledged that the name stems from the devastating tornado that struck Worcester in 1953. But the Tornadoes moniker was selected to celebrate the city’s evolution since the event, not dwell on the tragedy itself.

“The Worcester Tornadoes symbolize the spirit of triumph, survival and growth the city of Worcester has demonstrated since the 1953 tornado,” said Tornadoes general manager Mike Lieberman. “It by no means trivializes a tragic event, but rather celebrates how the people of Worcester have prevailed and prospered in the years since.”

The team announced that season tickets are now on sale. Season ticket prices will start at $360 per seat for lower box seats, followed by $450 for upper box seats and $630 for VIP seats. A very limited number of Executive season tickets will be available in the first four rows behind home plate for $810 per seat. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the Tornadoes office at (508) 792-2288. The team’s current web site at www.worcesterprobaseball.com will be replaced in the near future by a full-featured site at www.worcestertornadoes.com.

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