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Slammers' New Hound Dog Needs a Name
The baseball team is asking fans to submit name ideas for their newest addition. The winner will receive four game tickets and a chance to throw out the first pitch.
This pooch has everything -- looks, charm, jowls. Everything, that is, but a name.
That's where the Joliet Slammers hope fans will step up to the plate.
The latest addition to the Joliet minor league baseball team, who will tag along with team mascot Spikes, is -- what else? -- a hound dog puppy. An homage, no doubt, to Elvis Presley's song You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog and the fact that the King starred in the movie Jailhouse Rock.
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So, presumably, he needs a name that conjures up prison guards, striped inmate uniforms and life behind bars.
Submit your name suggestions online at jolietslammers.com/namethedog by 5 p.m. May 3. The person who provides the winning entry will receive four tickets to the Slammers Bark in the Park game on May 19 and will throw out the first pitch. If more than one person suggests the name, a winner will be selected at random.
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For updates on the new dog’s arrival, fans should “like” the Slammers on Facebook and “follow” them on Twitter. Fans can also check out the YouTube video of the newest member of the Slammers’ family.
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