Sports
By Reilly Moore
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October 21, 2009
Richmond is already the home of the only Spiders in the country. Now, it's also the home of the Flying Squirrels.
The city will be the new home of the San Francisco Giants double-A baseball team starting next spring, and after a "Name the Team" contest that drew more than 15,000 nickname suggestions, the franchise chose its new name: the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
No, I'm not kidding.
The fact that the team will don caps and uniforms featuring our furry, flying, four-legged friends is comical enough in itself, but the nicknames that the Squirrels beat out were even more unusual.
The franchise chose five finalists from the entries, which were submitted online.