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NY Yankees' minor league team rebrands as the 'Pizza Rats
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No Pizza Rats yet: Staten Island Yankees postpone name change
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Staten Island Yankees Battle Dropping Attendance - The New York Times
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Report: Pizza Rats promotion, other issues may have led to N.Y. Yankees cutting ties with Staten Island Yankees
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The Pizza Rats? Here are 10 crazy nicknames in minor league baseball
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What Makes a Team Name Quintessentially 'Staten Island'?
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Year in review: Here's Staten Island's Top 10 sports stories of 2018
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Staten Island Yankees ask fans to help pick new nickname
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Minor league baseball team Staten Island Yankees will be called the PIZZA RATS this summer
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Italian group is offended by the Staten Island Pizza Rats rebranding