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Here's the logo of the new Can-Am baseball team, the Ottawa Rapids. I actually don't mind the name, I guess there's a tie-in there to the Rideau River (meh, maybe a stretch saying that) but whatever. What do Kings have anything to do with Los Angeles for instance? Anyway, Rapids: pretty close to bilingual (rapides), you think of the words fast, exciting, quick (in other words, the opposite of what baseball is all about) and another thing is that it's original; I'm not aware of any other sports teams having the same name.

Anyway, I hope the team takes off and Ottawa will forget the Lynx and give baseball a try again. I don't like seeing teams fail in this city and for once, maybe something outside of hockey will thrive.

(In case you care, here are some of the names I submitted for the "name the team" contest: Colonels, Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Red, Gladiators off the type of my head...I thought Colonels would have a good shot but no dice. Guess the mascot for this team might be a gigantic fish or something, or perhaps a man with a foam canoe....?).

p.s. Happy Valentine's Day. I celebrated the day with the adding of chocolate to milk.