There
was a professional women's softball sports team in Buffalo for a
while called the Buffalo Breskis! For real – it was in the
seventies – actually, Google says the team existed from 1976
through 1978 and then in 1979 the name was changed to the Buffalo
Bisons, and then the league disbanded.
Breski was the name
of one of the players and founders of the team. The team would be
mentioned during the sports segment of the news broadcasts, but most
of us heard of them through the jokes that were made on the radio.
You have to admit that naming a women's softball team Breski
would indeed engender jokes – admittedly juvenile humor. But there
you have it.
Even thinking about the Breskis, one would ponder about the
mascot possibilities; the imagery of a Breski up to bat, or
sliding into home. Did the team realize this when they took on the
name and decide the free publicity would be good? Or did they give us
all credit for a lot more maturity and think Breski would be
synonomous with outstanding female atheletes who made Buffalo proud?
Well, it worked both ways – the humor in the name made them known,
and their playing gave them respect.
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