Perhaps in an effort to change the team's fortunes, ownership attempted to change the club's name in 1944. Though the new moniker never really took flight, the team logo and jerseys also incorporated the new name, raising outcry not only from Phillies fans, but from students at Johns Hopkins University, which complained about the association of their mascot with such a losing franchise. What name did the Phillies attempt to use, only to give it up by 1946?
Blue Jays