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BLUE ASH, Ohio (AP) - Police in Ohio say an 89-year-old woman is facing a charge of petty theft because neighborhood children accuse her of refusing to give back their football. More here.

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A Chicago blogger and former Fort Wayne resident by the name of T.R. Slyder, had this to say about the new name for the (former) Fort Wayne Wizards.

Wow. My hometown’s single-A baseball team just changed names for no reason. They used to be the Fort Wayne Wizards. Now they are the Johnny Appleseed homaging- Tincaps. Above is their logo. No seriously, that’s their logo. Way to keep it greezy, Fort Weezy.

I just hope their motto is: “Hide the Women and Children: We’re Coming to Your Town to Spread our Seed.”

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Update: Okay, I was all wet. Yes, I’m admitting it here, I was wrong. Chad’s actually a nice guy and just moments ago, he sent me a very nice email.

My apologies for the unintended ommision AWB. An honest oversight on my part. Although, the statement that I don’t “like you” is innacurate. I don’t know you beyond your blog. As far as your disdain for baseball, the name, Harrison Square; it doesn’t really matter to me. We’re all entitled to our opinions and it’s your right to have yours, and not my right to judge. Thanks for the link BTW. Best wishes. - Chad

I’m now linking to his Blog as well. Go visit it.

Yeah, call me a schmuck.

I guess Chad Gramling doesn’t like me because I think Harrison Square is freakin’ farce. I suppose since he’s a baseball wing nut, (he wrote the book Baseball in Fort Wayne) it’s perfectly fine to feel that way.

Today he has a list of *all* of the discussions surrounding the absolutely stupid name of Tin Caps for the Fort Wayne Wizards. Well, all of them of course except yours truly, who back in September broke the story on the name (here).

Considering more of the HS/Hardball pundits hang their hats here, I’ve decided to swipe part of his post and recreate it here (with spelling corrected).

Gramling writes: I cannot believe the number of headlines and opinions that have been circulating about the renaming of the Fort Wayne Wizards to the Fort Wayne Tin Caps.

Discussion on Reaction to the Fort Wayne TinCaps Name:

• Added by AWB - FortWayneNews.com (35 comments)
  [HATE IT, IT SUCKS]
• Fort Wayne TinCaps! (7 comments)
  [LIKES] (Baseball Think Factory)
• Johnny Appleseed Would Be Ashamed (0 comments)
  [DISLIKES] (ScLoHo’s Really?)
• TinCaps (0 comments)
  [DISLIKES] (Ann’Re @ Home)
• The Something Aweful Forums (3 comments)
  [MIXED]
• TinCaps? Quirky, Yes, But Not Loving It - Yet (1 comment)
  [Willing to Give it a Chance] (News Sentinel)
• Fort Wayne Tin Caps Are You Serious? (4 comments)
  [Not Real Thrilled] (Decatur Indiana Community)
• Fort Wayne TinCaps (1 comment)
  [Not Real Thrilled] (Goateed Librarian)
• The TINCAPS???!!! God save us from Atlanta ad agencies (6 comments)
  [ABSOLUTELY HATES] (Common Sensibilities)
• TinCap Reaction (0 comments)
  (Rattler Radio - first to complain about capitalization!)
• TinCaps Not a Big Hit Right Off the Bat, But the Team Hopes it Will Grow on You
  (comments N/A)
  (IndianasNewsCenter - longest headline award)
• TinCaps? Just Give it Some Time (comments N/A)
  (Journal Gazette)

The rest of his post is here.

It’s still a stupid name. HS is still a stupid project.

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http://www.fortwaynepotheads.com/

LMAO - AWB

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Update: I’m moving this to the top of the fold for obvious reasons.

Not many people like the name. Anyway, welcome to Fort Wayne, home of the Pot Heads!

Also, I’d like to point out the rumor that started on the Pat White Show yesterday that “Tin Cap” was a name used for LSD is simply a rumor. I’ve looked on Google and there’s no reference to it anywhere, (see here).

If you’re interested in making your very own tin cap, click here for instructions.

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Hardball Capital used Sky Design from Atlanta to consult on the name. Funny, they didn’t use a local Fort Wayne agency, and there’s plenty of them here. That’s really playing local, Mr. Freier.

Freier is speaking now justifying the name by giving us a history of John Chapman. He’s not let the crowd know the name yet.

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Look at this.

http://www.badapplemotorsports.com/

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In about 15 minutes we should know. Stay tuned.

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You saw it here first folks.