I'm checking out the bush league team names--they're kind of cool. South Atlantic League.

Owen had an accident in the bakery while we were ordering his birthday cake. I think he was just so excited about the Monsters vs. Aliens cake with it's giant Insectosaurus wreaking havoc on the Golden Gate Bridge that he didn't realize he had to go. Then he politely pointed out the puddle to another patron before she stepped in it.

Tennessee State Symbols:

State Amphibian: Cave Salamander
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail
State Butterfly: Zebra Swallowtail
Official Sport Fish: Largemouth Bass
Commercial Fish: Channel Catfish
Cultivated Flower: Iris
Wildflower: Passion Flower
Fruit: Tomato
Gem: River Pearls
Tree: Tulip Poplar
Horse: Tennessee Walking Horse
Insects: Firefly & Ladybug
Agricultural Insect: Honeybee
Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle
Rock: Limestone & Agate
Wild Animal: Racoon

Hm... The one that appeals to me the most is the Tennessee Walking Horse, but somehow, I think it's bad baseball karma to name a team the Walkers.

so Polite. What a good boy you've raised.

Nashville Greeks

acc'ding to Wikipedia Nashville is known as the 'Athens of the south"

I'm checking out the bush league team names--they're kind of cool.

Yeah, they're always fun, as are the old Negro League team names as well.

acc'ding to Wikipedia Nashville is known as the 'Athens of the south"

Yep. We have a Parthenon with a statue of Athena Nike in Centennial Park and everything. (Lived in Nashville for five years.)

Nashville Bobs

Ok,that just strikes me as funny

Nashville Catfish sounds pretty good to me. I don't know why

How about the "Nashville Dreams"?

I seem to meet more and more people that have lived in Nashville.

Yeah, the Tennessee Tulips doesn't seem quite manly enough.

and you know that ladybugs and fireflies don't play baseball, they play tag.