Comments on: Fort Wayne Tin Caps unveil two new mascots

By: Denise Hunter, Author

Denise Hunter, Author — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:12:37 +0000

The Denise Hunter who posted the above comments is NOT local author Denise Hunter–me!–who fully supports the Tin Caps, name and all!

By: Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:17:59 +0000

How stupid are some of the people in FW. Do you remember how you all responded to the Wizards or how the people of Lansing responded to the Lugnuts. BTW the Lugnuts logo is sold more then any other minor league logo.

10-1 odds you will all end up at a game with the family and will think twice about your original thoughts. Grow up.

By: C. Mill

C. Mill — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:11:54 +0000

Who cares about the name tin caps…when has this city really cared about the baseball team anyways…its all about the KOMETS baby….honestly look what this hockey team has brought to fort wayne!! more than any of the baseball or basketball teams that have been here will ever dream of!

By: Mike Harvey

Mike Harvey — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:39 +0000

You are right B.J… after hearing all the complaining about the name I now like it… but the bad thing about it all is the stadium itself… all this constant pursuit by the city for the “next piece of the puzzle” (when will it end) that will make downtown work when they are going about it all wrong… What needs to be done is stop trying to make downtown something its not and instead make it something that it can be… In other words be more realistic… In a one word explanation of the above I submit the word “condos”..

Where is Graham Richard to guide us through our adolescence (his quote re: the people of Fort Wayne)? Well, he won’t be guiding us from a condo… How about if you are going to push something like that to buy a condo and live in it and live what you believe with your heart and soul? That’s what a lot of us do in our lives…. or try to…

I mean, sure, you don’t know what its like to be in someone else’s shoes and understand what they are dealing with (G.R.’s not mayor anymore of course)… props to Tom Henry on the willingness to buy a condo, but I’m sorry… I think if I were the former mayor I would have bought an effing condo…. or maybe he just doesn’t care:

http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2008/06/pat-rollers-excuses/

http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2008/06/eleventh-hour-city-training-contract-called-legal-with-no-wrongdoing/

By: B.J.

B.J. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:08:03 +0000

Come on, people! Let’s be real here. If a name of a team is going to keep everyone from supporting the team, then Fort Wayne does not desire no baseball team, no Hockey team, nothing! I bet that the logo and name will be the highest gross mechadise for the Minor Leauges for years to come, why: ITS ORIGINAL! The city desire something fresh, different from everyone else because the city needs a fun, exciting identity. Downtown will start to be a downtown again and the name will promote that progress, more so than then the northern Fort Wayne getting more congested and South Side being ignored and the downtown area becoming a ghost town! Triple A minor league team, the Albuquerque Isotopes, chose their name from “The Simpson” cartoon episode and they have sold more hats, bats, and other items in Minor League history since the change in name! Wake up people, there is more in life to get upset over an name of the team than spending a summer day in the heart of your city and watching baseball with an original name (Wizards is used by 4 sporting teams, and Bulldog, Tigers, and other dumb animals are old and ancient) with your family and experience a rebirth to Fort Wayne.

By: Ron Dauscher

Ron Dauscher — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:51:04 +0000

There has been considerable time gone by now with comments and suggestions
regarding the extremely bad choice of the name ‘Tin Caps’. The people responsible for this surely will have enough moxie to reconsider. Consider this:
Fort Wayne Johnny’s ( keeping with John Chapman’s legacy.
Fort Wayne Ground Hogs ( base ball is a ‘ground game’ so to speak and the mascot and logo ideas are unlimited. ground Hogs are very common in the region.

By: Benjamin Hill

Benjamin Hill — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:56:40 +0000

As if there were not enough people to say it already…from now on we will all be known as the Fort Wayne Pot-Heads. Now, seriously, is a reference to drugs something to be proud of? …much less something we will all have to painfully explain to our children.

By: IAn

IAn — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:26:03 +0000

uhhh….how about the fort wayne FREELOADERS

By: Me

Me — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:56:54 +0000

Can I throw out the first apple?

By: Wizards Fan

Wizards Fan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:37:50 +0000

It appears to be unanimous that this name is horrible. Have not heard anyone say it is a good name, in fact itâ€™s embarrassing!

What can we the fans do about this? I was planning on going to many games, but now not sure if I want toâ€¦

I know itâ€™s only a name, but it stinks!

By: Erin Lowden

Erin Lowden — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:04:21 +0000

What a horrible name! 1st, it’s a myth that Johnny Appleseed even wore a pot, and 2nd, Tin Caps is also a name for LSD! I thought the Wizards was bad…this is just straight up stupid.

By: Kevin James

Kevin James — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:13:18 +0000

Good point! Maybe this whole idea was thought up by the opposition from the league! Competing teams want our club to be under physiological disadvantage, to be a loosing team with a loosing name and having a looser for a mascot; this name has definitely as done that! We are sunk as a ball club.

Kevin James
Fort Wayne, IN

By: Rex Harris

Rex Harris — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:03:26 +0000

I want to throw-up! Sports figures are supposed to be imposing!
San Francisco Giants!
Cleveland Indians!
Pittsburgh Pirates!
Even Wizards could work ‘magic’ on the playing field!

Some one better wake up, get our half million dollars back and send this PR organization packing to California! before Fort Wayne citizens show up with torches and pitchforks!

No more excusses or rationalizations, get the bums responisble out of town now!

Rex Harris
Fort Wayne

By: Mark Dippold

Mark Dippold — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:56:27 +0000

Tin Caps is actually quite Ridiculous. How much did we pay this out of state firm. Are we sure they are not from Outer Space. If you spell Tin Caps backwards, you actually get a better name, SPAC NIT
Although anything would be better than Tin Caps