The Long Beach Armada professional baseball team recently announced it has changed its official name. The new name will be the Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska.
The name will be the longest of any professional sports team in the world. The Armada have partnered with Barrow, Alaska, to form the northernmost sister-city franchise in professional baseball.
“In order to better reach the larger Armada Nation, we felt compelled to lengthen the name to incorporate all our fans stretching from the warm beaches of Los Angeles to the frigid beaches of the artic circle,” said Golden Baseball League Chief Executive Officer Dave Kaval. “Our inspiration was Arte Moreno’s brilliant marketing gambit of positioning the Anaheim Angeles as an L.A. team. Being a real Los Angeles county team, we too wanted to extend our reach as far north as possible.”
The team will carry an abbreviation of LBALACUSNAIBA. To honor the last two letters of their abbreviation, The Armada will host “Barrow Alaska Day at Blair Field” Saturday, July 30. The game will be dedicated to the Armada fans in Barrow.
“We are proud of our position as the city of Long Beach, California’s only professional team,” said team manager and ex-Major League Baseball all-star Darrell Evans, who hit 414 career home runs in the big leagues. “Instead of burying our hometown at the back of our long name, we are proud to lead off with Long Beach at the top of the order. Just like in baseball, when you lead off with your best hitter.”
The Long Beach Armada had its first home game for the 2007 season on Wednesday when they played against the Yuma Scorpions.
Fans can now buy tickets online by going to www.Long BeachArmada.com, or by calling the Armada corporate offices at (562) 434-7161, or at the Blair Field Box Office.
