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From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statecollegebaseball.com\"><b>statecollegebaseball.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The name spikes refers to the unbranched antler of a young deer and signifies popularity of  deer hunting in Centre County and throughout Pennsylvania.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Is it just me or picking a mascot specifically because people <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartfordwhalers.org\/\"><b>like to kill it<\/b><\/a> a little weird? I wonder if there will be any backlash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of 500 unique names, the State College baseball team is called the &#8230; &#8211; CDTThe short season minor league baseball team that will begin play in State College next year will be the State College Spikes. 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