News Article: MLB To Raleigh

[Navin R Slavin]

Go for tradition. Link to the past.

Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks.

0-10 and relocated to Ohio, then 1-9 and folded. A legacy to be proud of!

 

[CandyCanes]

Remember the Carolina Cobras indoor football team? That was a good time

The Carolina Cobras are back again and they play in Greensboro

 

[To Be Determined]

Go for tradition. Link to the past.

Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks.

Too mainstream, man. Raleigh Bullfrogs is where it's at!

The Carolina Cobras are back again and they play in Greensboro

But are the snake charmers back?

 

[Svechhammer]

0-10 and relocated to Ohio, then 1-9 and folded. A legacy to be proud of!

Tepper owned them?

 

[raynman]

Raleigh Capitals - various incantations over the years but last played in Devereaux Meadows 50s and 60s. The original Crash Davis played in the 40s.

An affront to the one and true capital… New Bern. Got damn city slickers taking our culture

 

[A Star is Burns]

Raleigh Meths in Bojangles Parking Lot Stadium

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

An affront to the one and true capital… New Bern. Got damn city slickers taking our culture

Believe both Bath and Edenton came before New Bern though.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Ok this is a funny one



Carolina Copperheads and the logo is of a rat snake

NGL, Carolina Copperheads is actually a really good name.

That wasn't what scuttled it. That was what you were told scuttled it. The NCSU/RH relationship was doomed the day Matt Szulik left. But again: maybe over beers sometime.

What you’re saying isn’t inconsistent with what I witnessed. The priorities of the person behind the big desk matters a lot when it comes to the way a company interacts with its community. Ask Charlotteans how much of a difference Hugh McColl’s retirement made to that city.

The larger point is that the decision-making majority of Red Hat leadership no longer sits in Raleigh (contrary to your assertion above that they are still here), so the company is no longer treating Raleigh as their “back yard”, and continuation of the major investments they once made at NC State and local community colleges (which really did happen, and relatively recently again contrary to your assertion above) is no longer in the plan. This stuff happens when leadership changes. Every company is vulnerable to these dynamics; it’s the price of success at developing home-grown startups that become acquisition targets.

 

[raynman]

Believe both Bath and Edenton came before New Bern though.

The legislature passed an act in 1747 declaring New Bern the capital. I don’t thing they passed any acts around bath, edenton, or Wilmington being the capital

EDIT: then again this wasn’t the us of effin a so it really doesn’t matter

 

[tarheelhockey]

Believe both Bath and Edenton came before New Bern though.

Turns out New Bernians are the city slickers, eh? How the turns have tabled.

The legislature passed an act in 1747 declaring New Bern the capital. I don’t thing they passed any acts around bath, edenton, or Wilmington being the capital

EDIT: then again this wasn’t the us of effin a so it really doesn’t matter

It would seem Edenton was declared the capital jn 1722. But this isn’t my area of expertise, I just read it online.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

We can call it the Triangle High Speed Commuter Rail

Because it's never happening

 

[Navin R Slavin]

The larger point is that the decision-making majority of Red Hat leadership no longer sits in Raleigh (contrary to your assertion above that they are still here)

Actually, I think you missed my point, or I didn't explain it clearly enough. The center of gravity of the company moved to Boston in 2005 -- or, more specifically, Westford. The decision making has *always* been there ever since. When Cormier won his internal power struggle with Szulik, that die was cast. My point is not that the decision making is all in Raleigh; my point is that it never has been, and nothing has really changed. And in all those years, the Raleigh office was still the fastest growing office in the company -- until the pandemic scrambled the world, anyway. Why? Because Raleigh is a great and comparatively cheap place to live, and when given the choice, RH employees continued to choose Raleigh over Westford.

And re: RH education investments in NC being "relatively recent", I guess it's possible that some investments were made that I didn't hear about, but I do know very directly about the large investments that weren't made, and why.

 

[raynman]

Turns out New Bernians are the city slickers, eh? How the turns have tabled.



It would seem Edenton was declared the capital jn 1722. But this isn’t my area of expertise, I just read it online.

It’s the internet that shit ain’t real

 

[tarheelhockey]

It’s the internet that shit ain’t real

Update: the internet is now saying that Fuquay-Varina has been the capital of NC since 1371.

 

[Chrispy]

Update: the internet is now saying that Fuquay-Varina has been the capital of NC since 1371.

But that was after it relocated from Lumberton.

 

[tarheelhockey]

But that was after it relocated from Lumberton.

That was Lumberton’s fault for not building them a new arena.

 

[AD Skinner]

But are the snake charmers back?

Asking the real questions

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Update: the internet is now saying that Fuquay-Varina has been the capital of NC since 1371.

Fuq that!

 

[hockeynjune]

Fuq that!

Que up “ Another Night in Fuquay” to the tune of Another night in Bangkok

Time flies, doesn't seem a minute since Fuquay Varina had a hyphen in it.
Hey guys, don't you know when you name a town you use one word, not two.
It's not Siler City, or Spivey's Corner, or Lizard Lick, or...or Your Place.

One night in Fuquay is a redneck jungle
ain't nothing going on to do or see.
There's only one way there to spend an evening,
drinking beer and wasting electricity,
watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV.

Fuquay, Carolina city, a spot on a map in a rural setting.
It's the creme de le creme of the farm world,
in a town with everything, except indoor plumbing.

One night in Fuquay makes your brain cells crumble
can't be too careful with your company.
There's only one way there to spend an evening,
drinking beer and wasting electricty,
watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV.
I can feel a redneck standing next to me.


@tarheelhockey

 

[Negan4Coach]

Again, this should be a no-brainer IMO. Promote the Durham Bulls to MLB and re-develop Durham Bulls Athletic Park into an MLB-sized facility. They have the history and the universal name recognition to be a success in the majors as long as there's a good team backing it up.

100%

I've long thought they should do that. But yeah, there are some problems with this. Getting that stadium filled day after day with it located in Durham may be a challenge, but I think there are enough tech firms around here that may be surmountable with corporate events and the like. But then again there are plenty of MLB teams where you see 80% of the stadium empty in the dog days of summer and they are still around.

 

[Chrispy]

Que up “ Another Night in Fuquay” to the tune of Another night in Bangkok

Time flies, doesn't seem a minute since Fuquay Varina had a hyphen in it.
Hey guys, don't you know when you name a town you use one word, not two.
It's not Siler City, or Spivey's Corner, or Lizard Lick, or...or Your Place.

One night in Fuquay is a redneck jungle
ain't nothing going on to do or see.
There's only one way there to spend an evening,
drinking beer and wasting electricity,
watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV.

Fuquay, Carolina city, a spot on a map in a rural setting.
It's the creme de le creme of the farm world,
in a town with everything, except indoor plumbing.

One night in Fuquay makes your brain cells crumble
can't be too careful with your company.
There's only one way there to spend an evening,
drinking beer and wasting electricty,
watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV.
I can feel a redneck standing next to me.


@tarheelhockey

This is impressive.

No one has ever contemplated Fuquay Varina and Chess in the same thought before.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Fuquay-Varina has become a bit of a hot spot over time. Aviator has kind of taken over that one area of the town and it brings in a lot of people and it's one of the fastest growing spots in NC. The two downtowns is kind of wonky though, but there's a lot more going on. Due to road design, the traffic sucks though.

We considered moving there when we downsized, but since we travel to our farm up north a lot, that would have added an extra 45min - 1 hour each way vs. where we moved to and I didn't want to deal with that.

 

[tarheelhockey]

One night in Fuquay is a redneck jungle

This is ****ing poetry

 

[Svechhammer]

Did someone say something about that one night?

 

[Chrispy]

Que up “ Another Night in Fuquay” to the tune of Another night in Bangkok

Time flies, doesn't seem a minute since Fuquay Varina had a hyphen in it.
Hey guys, don't you know when you name a town you use one word, not two.
It's not Siler City, or Spivey's Corner, or Lizard Lick, or...or Your Place.

One night in Fuquay is a redneck jungle
ain't nothing going on to do or see.
There's only one way there to spend an evening,
drinking beer and wasting electricity,
watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV.

Fuquay, Carolina city, a spot on a map in a rural setting.
It's the creme de le creme of the farm world,
in a town with everything, except indoor plumbing.

One night in Fuquay makes your brain cells crumble
can't be too careful with your company.
There's only one way there to spend an evening,
drinking beer and wasting electricty,
watching Dukes of Hazzard on black and white TV.
I can feel a redneck standing next to me.


@tarheelhockey

I also have to say, no matter how much time you spent coming up with this, you did significantly more work than Sioux City, IA.