Tidbits: The fictional Springfield Isotopes from the long running TV series The Simpsons were the influence for the new name of the team. In the episode Hungry, Hungry Homer, main character Homer Simpson attempts to thwart the team's plan to move to Albuquerque by going on a hunger strike. Subsequently, when an Albuquerque Tribune online survey helped the team decide its new name, Isotopes received 67 percent of the 120,000 votes.