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Staten Island Yankees takes on 'Pizza Rats' nickname

NEW YORK -- A minor league baseball team in New York says it will rebrand as the "Staten Island Pizza Rats" -- at least for five season home games.

The Staten Island Yankees announced Monday that they were honoring a 2016 fan vote to change their name, and will be selling merchandise promoting the new one. "Pizza Rats" emerged as the winning moniker in the Name the Team contest, when fans voted overwhelmingly for the infamous pizza slice-carrying subway rodent seen in a viral video.

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