We won't have the Yankees to kick around anymore. The most hated team in baseball — the Staten Island Yankees — is looking to be hated less, as team management announced this week it is going to change the name of the squad from the moniker made famous by the boys in the Bronx to something more befitting of team the plays on the Rock.

And who better to name the team than the throngs of Islanders with internet access — the Evil Empire of the New York-Penn League will allow fans living in bucolic Staten Island to submit their favorite names for the boys in blue. The best six names will then be voted on by fans, and a new name will be chosen.

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Source: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/