Baseball team's name makes a stink, takes off like a rocket

MADISON, Ala. � A new Alabama minor league baseball team�s name is taking off like a rocket after making a big stink.

Meet the Madison-based Rocket City Trash Pandas.

www.Al.com reported the team held an event Saturday to unveil its new logo and start merchandise sales. They will begin playing in 2020.

�The name has gone viral,� said managing partner Ralph Nelson. Nelson told the newspaper they had already received merchandise requests from 30 countries around the world.

The team�s logo features a raccoon lifting off in a trash-can like rocket.

A team news release said official team colors included �Space Black, Rocket Red, Sky Blue and Trashcan Gray.�

A California-based marketing firm helped developed the concept, which pays homage to the region�s aerospace industry. And trash pandas.