Warthogs to be renamed The Dash

(Winston-Salem Journal) - The Winston-Salem Warthogs have become The Dash.

Winston-Salem's baseball team will be renamed "The Dash," Mayor Allen Joines confirmed today.

The name is one of five that came from a communitywide contest to pick the new mascot of the city's high-A minor league team. The others were Rhinos, Aviators, Wallbangers and Racers.

Team owner Billy Prim, the local entrepreneur who started Blue Rhino Corp. and now owns Primo Water, said in April that when the team moved from Ernie Shore Field to a new $22.6 million stadium downtown, it would have a new name.

The team plans to formally announce the name and unveil the new logo and uniforms, at a ceremony at 12:25 p.m. today at the millenium center.