Melanie Beck has been a baseball lover since she was 8-years-old. Her favorite professional team is the Baltimore Orioles. Although Beck, a Virginia Commonwealth University sophomore, was excited when she heard that the San Francisco Giant’s affiliate and Double-A team, The Richmond Flying Squirrels, would debut at The Diamond on Boulevard in April 2010, originally the team’s name left her confused.
“I was a little thrown off by it,” Beck said. “I have no idea how that came about so it’s just like random and I don’t know what squirrels have to do with Richmond.”
While the Flying Squirrels’ first home game won’t take place until April 15, they have been striving to become a valued member of the Richmond community.
In late September, the franchise held a contest with the Richmond Times-Dispatch to name the team. The competition helped generate some buzz for the new team, and was actually how Beck first heard about them.
https://docs.google.com/a/mymail.vcu.edu/Doc?docid=0AbYsv3RHMZQbZGhtNThtYzlfMmZkNnpja3px&hl=en
“I was a little thrown off by it,” Beck said. “I have no idea how that came about so it’s just like random and I don’t know what squirrels have to do with Richmond.”
While the Flying Squirrels’ first home game won’t take place until April 15, they have been striving to become a valued member of the Richmond community.
In late September, the franchise held a contest with the Richmond Times-Dispatch to name the team. The competition helped generate some buzz for the new team, and was actually how Beck first heard about them.
https://docs.google.com/a/mymail.vcu.edu/Doc?docid=0AbYsv3RHMZQbZGhtNThtYzlfMmZkNnpja3px&hl=en
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