Alliteration? Check.
Uniqueness? Check.
A nut with wings that provide a grip for the thumb and forefinger? Um... check.
Wichita's new baseball team will be called the Wingnuts.
Wichita Pro Sports, which owns the Thunder hockey team as well as the Wingnuts, revealed the team's name during a news conference Friday at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
A name-the-team contest was held this summer, but no name was announced until Friday. Wingnuts was chosen over the top vote-getters in the contest: Dust Devils, Spirit and Dreamliners.
"It's a very universal part," Wingnuts general Josh Robertson said. "'Wing' obviously ties in with the city of Wichita, and obviously you can do a lot with it."
The Wingnuts will begin play in May and compete in the American Association, an independent minor league not affiliated with Major League Baseball.
