Omaha Royals Change Team Name To Storm Chasers; Ensure Lameness
With Promo Video  In what could prove to be the year's second-
worst re-branding effort, the Omaha Royals announced today that
they will now be known as the Storm Chasers. The promotional
video almost makes it all pathetically endearing, but mostly
it's just pathetic.  The Royals, Kansas City's Triple-A
affiliate, are moving to a brand new stadium next year — and to
really start fresh, the ball club let their fans suggest new
mascot ideas. They sorted through over 1,500 submissions, held
an online vote, and then went with the people's choice. The in-
transition website would like to desperately remind you that the
name was "voted on by you, the fans." In other words you, the
fans, are the ones responsible for your new mascots: Stormy,
Vortex, and Casey.  The team's press release reads:  "The team
name recognizes the importance of weather in the metro area and
across the state," said [VP and GM Martie J.] Cordaro. "It also,
in a whimsical way, pokes