Biscuits Backlash

Apparently, the new minor league baseball team in Montgomery hasn't exactly been getting rave reviews for it's new nickname (See yesterday's post).

On the Associated Press wire today:
(Montgomery-AP) -- The nickname of the new Class Double-A baseball team in Montgomery, the Biscuits, isn't going down too well with many fans.
A Montgomery Advertiser fan reaction poll got more than 60 responses. Only two said they liked the name.
Many critics lamented future newspaper headlines to come. They might include: 'Barons Bake Biscuits' or 'Biscuits rise to challenge.'
Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright tried to put a positive spin on it. He says he's never seen Montgomery people talking and laughing so much.
The team owners, Tom Dickson and Sherrie Myers, picked the name after receiving more than 28-hundred entries to a name-the-team contest.
Poll respondents were begging for a new name. Darryl Gates, of Titus, said he -- quote "can't stand the name Biscuits."
The Advertiser also criticized the name in an editorial.
Despite the chilly response, the owners have said they will not change the name. And it has gotten one endorsement -- from Southern League President Don Mincher. He says he approves of the logo -- featuring a biscuit with a pad of butter for a tongue and baseball cleats is clever and looks good to him.

As one of my co-workers said today, "It looks like the biscuits are in a bit of a jam." (groan...)