Still on the line

The old Wichita Aeros never made much headway in the American Association, and when they moved to Buffalo in the middle 1980s to become the Bison, a name which seems at least slightly redundant, scarcely anyone mourned. A new Texas League club, the Pilots, later the Wranglers, was assembled, but they're moving to Springdale, Arkansas for next season.

There's a contest to pick the name for the new new team — you can participate here if you're so inclined — but Wichita Eagle sportswriter Bob Lutz has a better idea.

Were it up to me, and be glad it isn't, I'd christen them the Wichita Linemen.