Here is the
Fort Wayne Journal coverage of
the switch from Wizards to Tin Caps.
Mike Nutter wasn’t sure he wanted a name change.
But then the general manager of Fort Wayne’s Class A minor league baseball team had what he called a “eureka” moment. With the team moving to a new downtown park next season, he thought it was the perfect time to make a change.
Quick aside. I hope it wasn't like
the original "eureka" moment...
Archimedes...reportedly proclaimed, "Eureka!" when he stepped into a bath and noticed that the water level rose – he suddenly understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had submerged. This meant that the volume of irregular objects could be calculated with precision, a previously intractable problem. He is said to have been so eager to share his realisation that he leapt out of his bathtub and ran through the streets of Syracuse naked.
back to the story...
Octane, Fuel and Current were among those in the final round. The franchise had been named the Wizards since it moved from Kenosha, Wis., in 1993.
“It was a process, it took us awhile to get here. But we’re very happy to have it out there now,” Nutter said. “This was not one of those deals where ahead of time we knew what it was going in. We didn’t.
“… When we got to the national expert, he said nobody has done the apple, which is about as all-American as it gets with our national pastime. Nobody has that logo.”
Fort Wayne Tin Cap fan reaction forthcoming.
